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Three claims accuse Volodymyr Zelensky of being addicted to cocaine

In recent weeks, people have been sharing at least three videos purporting to show Ukrainian PresidentÂ Volodymyr Zelensky either using cocaine or making incoherent remarks after allegedly consuming drugs. But these videos have been cut misleadingly andÂ sometimes even digitally manipulated.

April 26, 2022
Coordinated disinformation Disinformation Fact checks / debunkings Media taken out of context Methods Misconceptions Narratives Russia Russian propaganda Substance abuse Ukraine

Fact-checking footage claiming to show recent attack on Russian warship Moskva

The VERIFY team analyzed two videos claiming to show an attack on Russian warship Moskva. Here is how we know those videos weren't taken in 2022.

April 15, 2022
Disinformation Fact checks / debunkings Media taken out of context Methods Misconceptions Russia Ukraine

No, the BBC didn’t air a video claiming Ukraine bombed one of its own train stations

A video claiming to be a BBC News report suggested Ukraine bombed one of its own train stations. The video was fake and did not come from BBC News.

Russian TV claimed Ukraine used mannequins to fake war casualties. That video is actually from a TV show set

During a Russia-24 news segment, broadcasters claimed Ukraine was using mannequins to exaggerate the civilian death toll. The clip they shared is from a TV show set.

No, a Ukrainian plane didn’t hit a street sign while avoiding Russian radar

Social media users have been circulating two photos showing a Ukrainian airplane that they say smacked into a street sign because it was flying low to avoid Russian radar. In reality, this incident happened during a training exercise back in August 2020 and has nothing to do with the war in Ukraine.

April 1, 2022
Disinformation Fact checks / debunkings Misconceptions Russia Ukraine

Photos of Nazi symbols in Ukraine are shared out of context – Truth or Fake

SeveralÂ videos and photos are circulating online, lending credibility to Russian claims of a serious neo-Nazi problem in Ukraine. The problem here though is that the images and videos are a distortion of reality and, in some cases, completely fictional.Â We take a closer look in this edition of Truth or Fake.

No, these videos do not show a Russian hypersonic strike in Ukraine

The Russian military claimed to have used a hypersonic missile on March 18 to strike an underground warehouse in western Ukraine. Two videos have emerged onÂ social networks claiming to show this attack, but, in fact, they have nothing to do with this event.

March 21, 2022
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No, this military choir in Russia was not arrested for singing anti-war songs

Posts shared online claim to show members of a Russian military choir being arrested for singing anti-war songs. Although Russian President Vladimir Putin has indeed cracked down on people spreading "false information" about the war in Ukraine, leading to many people's arrests, this video is not an example of that. In fact, it shows an incident from 2015 when the choir performed a song from a James Bond film.

March 18, 2022
Disinformation Fact checks / debunkings Misconceptions Russia

FACT CHECK: Does This Video Show A Russian KA-52 Helicopter Being Shot Down? | Check Your Fact

Verdict: False The video shows footage from an open-world military simulator video game. It does not depict an actual Russian helicopter being shot down.

March 17, 2022
Disinformation Fact checks / debunkings Media taken out of context Methods Misconceptions Russia Ukraine

No, the video of Ukrainian President Zelenskyy urging surrender isn’t real. It’s a deepfake

The VERIFY team confirmed a video of Ukraine President Zelenskyy telling his people to surrender is a deepfake. It was created using images from press conferences.