Video of Ukrainian flag on Statue of Liberty is fake

What was claimed: A video shows the Ukrainian flag being flown from the top of the Statue of Liberty.

Our verdict: This is not a real video. A watermark in the bottom right corner suggests it was made by OpenAI's text-to-video artificial intelligence model, Sora.

Title: Video of Ukrainian flag on Statue of Liberty is fake
URL: https://fullfact.org/online/ukrainian-flag-statue-of-liberty-fake/
Publisher: Full Fact
Date published: March 14, 2025
Description:

What was claimed: A video shows the Ukrainian flag being flown from the top of the Statue of Liberty.

Our verdict: This is not a real video. A watermark in the bottom right corner suggests it was made by OpenAI’s text-to-video artificial intelligence model, Sora.