Fact checks: from across the internet
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Below, you can find the fact-check articles published by other websites across the internet.
Disclaimer: Ukraine Fact Check was not involved in producing the articles listed below. The information presented in them may be incorrect, incomplete, or misleading. As with any other type of article, read with a critical eye, check sources, and seek other opinions before making up your mind on important topics.
Fake: France Congratulates Ukraine on Independence Day With a Map without Crimea // StopFake.org
Source published on: August 24, 2023 /
The photo on the billboard is fake. Moreover, the picture used captures a traffic stop in Denmark’s capital Copenhagen, and not in France. French President Emmanuel Macron, speaking at the Crimea platform on August 23, once again emphasized that France does not recognize Russia’s annexation of Ukrainian territories.
Indexed on 2024-10-14 10:38 // Categories: AI-generated images, Denmark, Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, France, International community, Media taken out of context, Methods, Misconceptions, and Ukraine
Fake: Kyiv Throws a ”Makhachkala on Fire” Party // StopFake.org
Source published on: August 16, 2023 /
The Kyiv club did not plan to hold a “Makhachkala on fire” party to celebrate the gas station explosion in the Russian city of Makhachkala. There is no such poster on the club’s website and in its social media. The club representatives refuted the information spread on social networks.
Indexed on 2024-10-14 10:38 // Categories: Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Media taken out of context, Methods, Misconceptions, Russia, Russian propaganda, and Ukraine
Fake: Ukraine Asks Interpol to Return those Who Flee Mobilization // StopFake.org
Source published on: August 17, 2023 /
Ukraine has not asked Interpol to help track down Ukrainians who are evading mobilization. There is a more compelling reason for Ukraine to work with Interpol: to bring suspected collaborators who fled Ukraine to justice.
Indexed on 2024-10-14 10:38 // Categories: Coordinated disinformation, European Union, Fact checks / debunkings, International community, Misconceptions, Russia, Russian propaganda, and Ukraine
Fake: Ukraine to Set Military Conscription Age As Early As 20 // StopFake.org
Source published on: August 27, 2023 /
Ukraine has no plans to lower the conscription age to 20 years. Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Secretary Oleksiy Danilov publicly stated that no changes in mobilization should be expected.
Indexed on 2024-10-14 10:38 // Categories: Coordinated disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Misconceptions, Russia, Russian propaganda, and Ukraine
Fake: US General Called F-16 Fighters Useless for the Armed Forces // StopFake.org
Source published on: August 24, 2023 /
The US Air Force in Europe and Africa commander James Hecker did not call F-16 useless for Ukraine. The general noted that American fighter jets will provide additional capabilities to the Armed Forces on the battlefield, but will not be a panacea in the fight against the invaders.
Indexed on 2024-10-14 10:38 // Categories: Aid to Ukraine, Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, International community, Media taken out of context, Methods, Military aid, Misconceptions, Ukraine, and USA
PolitiFact | ‘Zero response’ for Maui, Hawaii claim is false; government aid came hours after wildfire started // PolitiFact
Source published on: August 24, 2023 /
Claim: “There has been zero response from local, regional or federal officials” to aid people affected by the Maui, Hawaii, wildfires.
Verdict: ‘Zero response’ for Maui, Hawaii claim is false; government aid came hours after wildfire started
Indexed on 2024-10-14 10:38 // Categories: 2023 Hawaii wildfires, Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, International community, Misconceptions, Narratives, and USA
Does the Ukrainian Military Display a ‘Nazi Cross’ on Some Vehicles or Tanks? | Snopes.com // Snopes
Source published on: June 28, 2023 /
The cross at issue in the viral video is neither a modern-era German Iron Cross nor the simple cross used as an indicator by the Ukrainian army. It is true that variants similar to the cross in the viral video had been used by the Nazis in World War II.
This type of cross has a specific history in Ukraine, however, that predated its use in Nazi Germany. A guerrilla warfare campaign carried out by the Ukrainian National Army against the Red Army and other forces from 1919 to 1920 is known as the First Winter Campaign. […] A “steel cross,” as it is sometimes described in Ukraine, was the symbol of that Winter Campaign – the military award given for participation in these campaigns contained that equidistant cross.
In 2019, a Ukrainian military unit that has been fighting in the Donbas region of Ukraine since 2014 – the 28th Mechanized Infantry Brigade – was renamed “Knights of the First Winter Campaign.” That Brigade’s insignia, approved by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, presently contains this same cross. […]
While one could debate the merits of using a symbol that has since become complicated by its use in other contexts, there is no reason to interpret such cross’s use in Ukraine as a reference to Nazism.
Indexed on 2024-10-14 10:38 // Categories: AI-generated images, Aid to Ukraine, Fact checks / debunkings, Germany, Hatred and bigotry, International community, Media taken out of context, Methods, Military aid, Misconceptions, Nazism, and Ukraine
FACT CHECK: DID 45,000 UKRAINIAN TROOPS REACH THIS MAJOR UKRAINIAN CITY? // Check Your Fact (The Daily Caller)
Source published on: July 6, 2023 /
A video shared on Facebook claims 45,000 Ukrainian troops reached Melitopol, Ukraine.
Verdict: False
Ukraine’s offensive has not yet reached the city.
Indexed on 2024-10-14 10:38 // Categories: Counteroffensive 2023, Fact checks / debunkings, Misconceptions, Russia, and Ukraine
FACT CHECK: Did Zelenskyy Belly Dance In A Sparkly Gold Costume? | Check Your Fact // Check Your Fact (The Daily Caller)
Source published on: July 19, 2023 /
A post shared on social media purportedly shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dancing.
Verdict: False
The claim is inaccurate. The video is not of Zelenskyy.
Indexed on 2024-10-14 10:38 // Categories: AI-generated images, Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Methods, Misconceptions, and Ukraine
FACT CHECK: Image Claims To Show Russian ‘Meat Cubes’ Used To Transport Dead Soldiers | Check Your Fact // Check Your Fact (The Daily Caller)
Source published on: July 13, 2023 /
Verdict: False
The image shows leftover pet food in the Belgorod region, not dead Russian troops.
Indexed on 2024-10-14 10:38 // Categories: Dehumanizing others, Fact checks / debunkings, Hatred and bigotry, Misconceptions, and Russia
FACT CHECK: Video Claims To Show Russian Soldier Exploding After Hitting Tank With Artillery Shell | Check Your Fact // Check Your Fact (The Daily Caller)
Source published on: July 12, 2023 /
A video shared on Twitter claims to show a Russian soldier exploding after hitting a tank with an artillery shell.
Verdict: Misleading
The explosion is edited in. There is no evidence the soldier died during this.
Indexed on 2024-10-14 10:38 // Categories: Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Misconceptions, and Russia
No evidence that test of US nuclear missile was done to threaten Russia // PolitiFact
Source published on: June 30, 2023 /
Claim: Joe Biden launched unarmed nuclear bombs as a “Russia threat.”
Verdict: No evidence that test of US nuclear missile was done to threaten Russia.
The Air Force described it as routine. News reports on the testing did not mention Russia.
Indexed on 2024-10-14 10:38 // Categories: Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, International community, Media taken out of context, Methods, Misconceptions, Russia, and USA
No, the U.S. didn’t ‘accidentally’ send an extra $6 billion to Ukraine // VERIFY
Source published on: June 28, 2023 /
No, the U.S. government did not accidentally send an extra $6 billion to Ukraine.
This viral claim takes what actually happened completely out of context. The U.S. actually sent about $6 billion less than it intended in military equipment to Ukraine â not $6 billion more.
That happened because the Pentagon overestimated the value of military equipment sent to the country, meaning it was worth about $6 billion less than originally estimated.
Indexed on 2024-10-14 10:38 // Categories: Aid oversight, Aid to Ukraine, Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, International community, Military aid, Misconceptions, Ukraine, and USA
What we can VERIFY about bans on cluster bombs and whether using them is a war crime // VERIFY
Source published on: July 11, 2023 /
Cluster munitions that the U.S. is sending to Ukraine are banned in more than 100 countries. The use of cluster bombs can be a war crime in some cases.
Countries that haven’t ratified the Convention on Cluster Munitions treaty, such as the United States, Russia and Ukraine, can use cluster bombs without violating international law.
However, there are some cases where the use of cluster bombs by any country could violate international law and be considered a war crime. These include attacks that indiscriminately target civilians.
Indexed on 2024-10-14 10:38 // Categories: Aid to Ukraine, Fact checks / debunkings, International community, Military aid, Misconceptions, Russia, Ukraine, and USA
FACT CHECK: No, Zelenskyy Did Not Say He Did Not Know Who Blew Up The Kerch Bridge | Check Your Fact // Check Your Fact (The Daily Caller)
Source published on: July 21, 2023 /
A video shared on Twitter claims Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy said he did not know who blew up the Kerch Bridge.
Verdict: False
Zelenskyy was discussing Ukraine obtaining the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS), not the attack on the Kerch Bridge.
Indexed on 2024-10-14 10:38 // Categories: Aid to Ukraine, Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Media taken out of context, Methods, Military aid, Misconceptions, and Ukraine