| Title: | Fact Check: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin Was NOT Killed In Kyiv On January 3, 2024 | Lead Stories |
| URL: | https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2024/01/fact-check-defense-secretary-lloyd-austin-was-not-killed-in-kyiv-in-january-2024.html |
| Publisher: | Lead Stories |
| Date published: | January 10, 2024 |
| Description: | Was Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin killed by Russian cruise missiles in Kyiv, Ukraine, on January 3, 2024? No, that’s not true: A Pentagon duty officer confirmed to Lead Stories that this claim is false. On January 1, 2024, Austin was hospitalized in Washington, D.C., due to complications from surgery and remained there as of January 10, 2024. Also, this claim is from a website that regularly publishes fabricated content often mistaken for real news. |
