Fact checks: from across the internet
Ukraine Fact Check presents fact checks on Ukraine in two different ways. Our team works to:
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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.
Did Lindsey Graham Say, ‘The Russians Are Dying – It’s the Best Money We’ve Ever Spent’? // Snopes
Source published on: May 30, 2023 /
A video supposedly showed the senator from South Carolina making the statement to Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Indexed on 2024-10-14 07:38 // Categories: Fact checks / debunkings, Russia, and Ukraine
Did Members of Ukraine’s Armed Forces Help Make This Bollywood Video? // Snopes
Source published on: June 13, 2023 /
A viral tweet described the video as “war propaganda in the style of Bollywood dance videos.”
Indexed on 2024-10-14 07:38 // Categories: Fact checks / debunkings, India, International community, and Ukraine
Did the Head of the Wagner Group Write a Children’s Book? // Snopes
Source published on: June 28, 2023 /
Yevgeny Prigozhin and his mercenary force launched a brief rebellion in Russia in June 2023.
Indexed on 2024-10-14 07:38 // Categories: Fact checks / debunkings, Russia, and Wagner Group
Did Trapped Zoo Animals Drown After the Nova Kakhovka Dam Collapse? // Snopes
Source published on: June 8, 2023 /
Russia initially claimed that the story was false because the city in question â which has a zoo â did not, in fact, have a zoo.
Indexed on 2024-10-14 07:38 // Categories: Fact checks / debunkings, Russia, Ukraine, and War crimes
Did Zelenskyy Say There Would Be No Elections in Ukraine Until War Ends? // Snopes
Source published on: June 28, 2023 /
The Ukrainian Constitution does not allow for elections when martial law is imposed.
Indexed on 2024-10-14 07:38 // Categories: Democracy, Elections, Fact checks / debunkings, and Ukraine
Does NATO’s Website Offer Ukrainian as a Language Option? // Snopes
Source published on: July 11, 2023 /
NATO’s official languages are French and English.
Indexed on 2024-10-14 07:38 // Categories: Fact checks / debunkings, International community, NATO, and Ukraine
Does Video Show Proof That Ukraine Drowns Its Citizens on Purpose? // Snopes
Source published on: June 9, 2023 /
Social media users shared an old video to spread a false narrative about the Nova Kakhovka dam explosion in Russian-occupied Ukraine.
Indexed on 2024-10-14 07:38 // Categories: Fact checks / debunkings, Russia, and Ukraine
Does Video Show Ukrainian Armed Forces Training Child Soldiers? // Snopes
Source published on: June 16, 2023 /
Social media users started sharing a video that supposedly showed Ukrainian child soldiers trained to fight in the war with Russia.
Indexed on 2024-10-14 07:38 // Categories: Fact checks / debunkings and Ukraine
Is This a Real Video of a Traffic Jam of People Fleeing Crimea in July 2023? // Snopes
Source published on: July 18, 2023 /
According to social media users, tourists were leaving Crimea in the aftermath of an attack on a significant bridge.
Indexed on 2024-10-14 07:38 // Categories: Fact checks / debunkings, Russia, and Ukraine
Are These Real Videos of People Partying in Kyiv, Ukraine, During Wartime? // Snopes
Source published on: May 8, 2023 /
Since the Russian invasion in February 2023, the city has been under various levels of curfew.
Indexed on 2024-10-14 07:38 // Categories: Fact checks / debunkings and Ukraine
Did Rep. Paul Gosar Promote Holocaust-Denying Website in Email to Constituents? // Snopes
Source published on: April 17, 2023 /
Gosar referenced a piece that originated as an article published by Russian state media decrying the influence of “Jewish warmongers” in Ukraine.
Indexed on 2024-10-14 07:38 // Categories: Antisemitism, Fact checks / debunkings, Hatred and bigotry, and Nazism
Did Ukraine Attack the Kremlin in Russia With Drone Strikes? // Snopes
Source published on: May 3, 2023 /
Videos on social media purportedly showed the Kremlin being attacked and smoke emerging from behind the building.
Indexed on 2024-10-14 07:38 // Categories: Fact checks / debunkings, Russia, and Ukraine
Does the Russian Army Use a Drone Named ‘Supercum’? // Snopes
Source published on: May 17, 2023 /
Ukrainian forces shot down three Russian unmanned vehicles originally identified as “Supercum” drones.
Indexed on 2024-10-14 07:38 // Categories: Fact checks / debunkings, Russia, and Ukraine
No, Volodymyr Zelenskyy Did Not Wear a Nazi Symbol // Snopes
Source published on: March 17, 2022 /
Conspiracy theorists and Russian apologists reached new lows in attacking the Ukrainian president in March 2022.
Indexed on 2024-10-14 07:38 // Categories: Fact checks / debunkings, Russia, Russian propaganda, and Ukraine
Was Russia’s RT To Announce Tucker Carlson as New Washington Bureau Chief? // Snopes
Source published on: April 25, 2023 /
Fox News fired its popular host Tucker Carlson within a week of agreeing to pay Dominion Voting Systems $787.5 million to settle a defamation lawsuit.
Indexed on 2024-10-14 07:38 // Categories: Fact checks / debunkings and Ukraine