Kremlin Attempts to Erase Decades of Russia’s Military Expansion in Europe // POLYGRAPH.info
Source published on: July 14, 2023 /
“On July 11, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov criticized Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda’s proposal to establish permanent military NATO bases near the Russian border, claiming that Russia never moved its military infrastructure westward.
That is false.
Below is a brief catalog of Russian military progress in Europe.”
Indexed on 2023-07-15 04:27 // Categories: Disinformation, Misconceptions, NATO, Russia, and Russian propaganda
FACT CHECK: Image Claims To Show Russian ‘Meat Cubes’ Used To Transport Dead Soldiers | Check Your Fact // Check Your Fact (The Daily Caller)
Source published on: July 13, 2023 /
Verdict: False
The image shows leftover pet food in the Belgorod region, not dead Russian troops.
Indexed on 2024-10-14 10:38 // Categories: Dehumanizing others, Fact checks / debunkings, Hatred and bigotry, Misconceptions, and Russia
FACT CHECK: Video Claims To Show Russian Soldier Exploding After Hitting Tank With Artillery Shell | Check Your Fact // Check Your Fact (The Daily Caller)
Source published on: July 12, 2023 /
A video shared on Twitter claims to show a Russian soldier exploding after hitting a tank with an artillery shell.
Verdict: Misleading
The explosion is edited in. There is no evidence the soldier died during this.
Indexed on 2024-10-14 10:38 // Categories: Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Misconceptions, and Russia
Article: “Wartime Elections in Ukraine Are Impossible” // Foreign Policy
Source published on: July 11, 2023 /
It is illegal under Ukraine’s constitution to hold elections while martial law is in effect. These rules predate President Zelensky’s time in power.
This Foreign Policy article gives a detailed overview of why holding elections in wartime Ukraine would be not just illegal, but would also put millions of civilians at risk while lining up under Russian missiles. An election today would also disenfranchise many of the millions of Ukrainians who are displaced, abroad as refugees, under Russian occupation, or prisoners in Russia.
Indexed on 2023-07-23 05:13 // Categories: Democracy, Elections, Misconceptions, and Ukraine
Does NATO’s Website Offer Ukrainian as a Language Option? // Snopes
Source published on: July 11, 2023 /
NATO’s official languages are French and English.
Indexed on 2023-07-11 12:00 // Categories: Fact checks / debunkings, International community, NATO, and Ukraine
What we can VERIFY about bans on cluster bombs and whether using them is a war crime // VERIFY
Source published on: July 11, 2023 /
Cluster munitions that the U.S. is sending to Ukraine are banned in more than 100 countries. The use of cluster bombs can be a war crime in some cases.
Countries that haven’t ratified the Convention on Cluster Munitions treaty, such as the United States, Russia and Ukraine, can use cluster bombs without violating international law.
However, there are some cases where the use of cluster bombs by any country could violate international law and be considered a war crime. These include attacks that indiscriminately target civilians.
Indexed on 2024-10-14 10:38 // Categories: Aid to Ukraine, Fact checks / debunkings, International community, Military aid, Misconceptions, Russia, Ukraine, and USA
Twitter Blue accounts fuel Ukraine War misinformation // BBC News
Source published on: July 8, 2023 /
BBC News debunks several disinformation narratives making the rounds on Twitter – amplified in particular by paid “blue check” accounts:
– Weapons for Ukraine not used in French riots
– No evidence of ‘baby factories’ in Ukraine
– Kramatorsk missile not Ukrainian
– Zelensky has not cancelled elections
Indexed on 2023-07-08 11:34 // Categories: Aid to Ukraine, Corruption, Democracy, Disinformation, Elections, Misconceptions, and Ukraine
Were Dead Russian Soldiers Packed Into Grisly ‘Meat Cubes’? // Newsweek
Source published on: July 7, 2023 /
So far Newsweek has been unable to find any evidence to support the “meat cube” claims.
According to local reports, the images of slabs of meat packed in between wooden craters show leftovers of expired animal feed in Russia’s Belgorod region, not the bodies of Russian soldiers.
Indexed on 2023-07-07 12:00 // Categories: Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Misconceptions, and Russia
FACT CHECK: DID 45,000 UKRAINIAN TROOPS REACH THIS MAJOR UKRAINIAN CITY? // Check Your Fact (The Daily Caller)
Source published on: July 6, 2023 /
A video shared on Facebook claims 45,000 Ukrainian troops reached Melitopol, Ukraine.
Verdict: False
Ukraine’s offensive has not yet reached the city.
Indexed on 2024-10-14 10:38 // Categories: Counteroffensive 2023, Fact checks / debunkings, Misconceptions, Russia, and Ukraine
Was Russian Soldier Blown Up Bashing Tank With Artillery Shell? // Newsweek
Source published on: July 4, 2023 /
The video shared on Twitter has been edited. The explosion seen in the film is a video effect, available on TikTok.
The original video, which has been shared on other social media for at least seven months, shows the soldier using the shell to hammer a component into the tank before turning and smiling at a group behind him.
Indexed on 2023-07-04 12:00 // Categories: Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Misconceptions, and Russia
Is RFK Jr. Right That U.S. Has Sent $113 Billion to Ukraine? // Newsweek
Source published on: June 30, 2023 /
While Congress has allocated $113 billion worth of spending toward Ukraine, analysis of that spending shows that a significant proportion will not go directly to Kyiv.
Analysis by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, which tracks U.S. spending in Ukraine, has suggested the total direct spend to be around $77 billion.
Indexed on 2023-06-30 12:00 // Categories: Aid to Ukraine, Fact checks / debunkings, Misconceptions, Ukraine, and USA
No evidence that test of US nuclear missile was done to threaten Russia // PolitiFact
Source published on: June 30, 2023 /
Claim: Joe Biden launched unarmed nuclear bombs as a “Russia threat.”
Verdict: No evidence that test of US nuclear missile was done to threaten Russia.
The Air Force described it as routine. News reports on the testing did not mention Russia.
Indexed on 2024-10-14 10:38 // Categories: Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, International community, Media taken out of context, Methods, Misconceptions, Russia, and USA
Ukraine’s top general, Valery Zaluzhny, wants shells, planes and patience // Washington Post
Source published on: June 30, 2023 /
“For Ukraine’s counteroffensive to progress faster, Gen. Valery Zaluzhny, the top officer in Ukraine’s armed forces, says he needs more — of every weapon. And he is telling anyone who will listen, including his American counterpart, Gen. Mark A. Milley, as recently as Wednesday, that he needs those resources now.”
Indexed on 2023-07-15 12:05 // Categories: Counteroffensive 2023, Military aid, and Ukraine
Did RFK Jr. Use Russian Photo in Campaign Ad? // Newsweek
Source published on: June 29, 2023 /
The photo used in the Kennedy campaign ad is from a picture used to help illustrate designs for online stores. The same retouched photo has been used by multiple online outlets.
While Newsweek was unable to find the location of the store, it does appear to have been shot in Russia or a Russian-speaking region.
However, there is no suggestion the choice of the photo was deliberate and is far likelier to have been an oversight of the RFK Jr. campaign team. Other photos the campaign has used for its merchandise were also shot in other locations around the world.
Indexed on 2023-06-29 12:00 // Categories: Fact checks / debunkings, Russia, and USA
Opinion | Don’t second-guess the Ukrainian counteroffensive. It’s just starting. // Washington Post
Source published on: June 29, 2023 /
Columnist Max Boot writes: “The Ukrainian counteroffensive is less than a month old and already the murmurs of defeatism are starting, with unnamed “Western officials” telling CNN that it is “not meeting expectations on any front.” Even Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky concedes that the counteroffensive is going “slower than desired.”
In truth, the plodding pace of the advance should not be a surprise or a cause for serious concern, yet.”
Indexed on 2023-07-15 12:22 // Categories: Counteroffensive 2023, Military aid, and Ukraine