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Fake: USAID Funded Hollywood Celebrities’ Visits to Ukraine During War – E!News

Fake: USAID Funded Hollywood Celebrities’ Visits to Ukraine During War – E!News

Feb 7, 2025
The E!News portal never published such a story, and the widely circulated news is fake, debunked by both the media and the celebrities who visited Ukraine.
Musk amplifies fake report claiming USAID paid celebrities to support Zelensky

Musk amplifies fake report claiming USAID paid celebrities to support Zelensky

Feb 6, 2025
Elon Musk, Donald Trump Jr and other prominent conservatives are sharing a video that claims to show E! News reporting that the US’s humanitarian agency paid millions of dollars to celebrities including Angelina Jolie and Ben Stiller to visit Ukraine and help boost President Volodymyr Zelensky’s popularity amid the country’s war with Russia. But the clip is not an authentic report, a spokesperson for the entertainment news channel told AFP, and Stiller has publicly rejected the allegations as false.
PolitiFact | Zelenskyy’s statement about Ukraine aid didn’t reveal money laundering operation

PolitiFact | Zelenskyy’s statement about Ukraine aid didn’t reveal money laundering operation

Feb 5, 2025
Much of the money the U.S. has dedicated for Ukraine aid is spent in the U.S. on domestic weapons manufacturers and U.S. military and government operations. Direct military support to Ukraine totaled about $70 billion out of the $175 billion Congress has appropriated. The money isn’t being laundered, it’s being spent as Congress intended.

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How Yandex suppresses information for Russian internet users

A report by the Digital Forensics Research Lab (DFRLab) has accused Yandex of succumbing to Russia’s domestic regulations by suppressing Ukraine war information for its users in Russia.
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Fact check: Fictional Tucker Carlson quote on Ukraine spreads online

Thousands of social media users shared a made-up quote in which Tucker Carlson appeared to question the authenticity of images from Bucha, Ukraine.

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