| Title: | FACT CHECK: Exchange between U.S. defense official and journalist on Ukraine-Russia FAKE |
| URL: | https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-exchange-between-us-defense-official-and-journalist-on-ukraine-russia-fake |
| Publisher: | VERA Files |
| Date published: | March 11, 2025 |
| Description: | WHAT WAS CLAIMED: U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and a journalist had an exchange about the impending peace talks between Ukraine and Russia. OUR VERDICT: Fake: No such exchange on diplomacy and Russia’s concessions took place between Hegseth and a reporter in a press briefing after a NATO defense ministers’ meeting on Feb. 13. |
