Claim of 1 million Ukrainian soldiers dead has no official backing // PolitiFact
Source published on: May 26, 2023 /
Reuters reported in April that leaked documents allegedly from U.S. intelligence agencies estimated as many as 354,000 Ukrainian and Russian soldiers have died or been injured in the war. Reuters has not been able to independently verify the documents, and U.S. officials said some files appeared to be altered.
The Facebook video’s claim that 1 million Ukrainian soldiers have been “wiped out” is much higher than any official reported estimates. So we rate this claim False.
Indexed on 2023-05-26 12:00 // Categories: Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Media taken out of context, Methods, Misconceptions, Russia, and Ukraine
Watch out, this isn’t a real American ad campaign calling for homeless people to fight in Ukraine // France 24
Source published on: May 23, 2023 /
A call for homeless Americans to join the Ukrainian front? That”s what these advertisements shared on Twitter since April 2023 claim to show. Publications in several languages claim that a poster in the New York subway is offering financial benefits to those who are down on their luck – by fighting in Ukraine. However, there are several visual inconsistencies in the poster that point to it being fake. Plus, Ukrainian authorities have denied the existence of any such campaign.
Indexed on 2023-05-23 12:00 // Categories: Fact checks / debunkings, International community, Ukraine, and USA
Does This Video Show NATO Troops in Ukraine? | Snopes.com // Snopes
Source published on: May 22, 2023 /
Because the video predates Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and because it was filmed in Afghanistan, we rate the version claiming that it shows a build-up of NATO forces in Ukraine “Miscaptioned.”
Indexed on 2023-05-22 12:00 // Categories: Aid to Ukraine, Fact checks / debunkings, International community, Media taken out of context, Methods, Military aid, Misconceptions, NATO, and Ukraine
FACT CHECK: Did Vladimir Putin Collapse After Suffering A Heart Attack? | Check Your Fact // Check Your Fact (The Daily Caller)
Source published on: May 18, 2023 /
Verdict: False
The screenshot appears to be digitally fabricated, as the headline neither appears on the outletâs website nor its social media accounts. A reverse image search reveals the photos were created using artificial intelligence (AI).
Indexed on 2023-05-18 12:00 // Categories: Fact checks / debunkings, International community, Misconceptions, Putin, Russia, and South Africa
Does the Russian Army Use a Drone Named ‘Supercum’? // Snopes
Source published on: May 17, 2023 /
Ukrainian forces shot down three Russian unmanned vehicles originally identified as “Supercum” drones.
Indexed on 2023-05-17 12:00 // Categories: Fact checks / debunkings, Russia, and Ukraine
Are These Before-and-After Pics of the Same Location in Bucha, Ukraine? // Snopes.com
Source published on: May 15, 2023 /
Claim: A pair of photographs shows the same location in Bucha, Ukraine, following Russia’s withdrawal in April 2022 and roughly a year after efforts to rebuild were undertaken.
Rating: True
Indexed on 2023-05-15 12:00 // Categories: Attacks on civilians, Bucha, Fact checks / debunkings, Ukraine, and War crimes
Parties in Kyiv nightclubs in the midst of war? Watch out for these misleading images // France 24
Source published on: May 12, 2023 /
A video compilation that has been circulating since May 3 claims to show that – despite the war – the party is in full swing in Kyiv’s nightclubs, taking advantage of foreign donations to Ukraine’s war effort. Most of these images date from before the war, however, and some of the establishments where they were filmed have been closed since the conflict began in February 2022.
Indexed on 2023-05-12 12:00 // Categories: Aid to Ukraine, Coordinated disinformation, Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Media taken out of context, Methods, Misconceptions, and Ukraine
Was Russia’s Only ‘Victory Day’ Tank Actually Built in Ukraine? // Newsweek
Source published on: May 11, 2023 /
While there is some truth to the tweet about the tank, it doesn’t tell the full story. The T-34 was developed in 1939-1940 in Kharkiv, then part of the Moscow-controlled Soviet Republic of Ukraine at Plant Number 183. Production was later moved to the Russian cities of Omsk, Nizhny Tagil, and Nizhny Novgorod due to (later confirmed) fears of German invasion. […]
According to Zaloga, the turret on the tank in the Victory Day parade indicated that it was likelier built in Nizhny Tagil, where a redesign called the T-34-85 was built.
Indexed on 2023-05-11 12:00 // Categories: Fact checks / debunkings, Misconceptions, Russia, and Ukraine
Was Russian Victory Day Tank Sent to Ukraine After Parade? // Newsweek
Source published on: May 11, 2023 /
Misleading Material. The video shared on Twitter is from a Russian parade in 2018. While similar to the tank used in the recent Victory Day parade, it is not the same vehicle.
Although we cannot say with certainty that the Victory Day parade tank hasn’t been or won’t be used in the war against Ukraine, there is no evidence to suggest that it or others of the same model will or have been used, least of all because they were manufactured dating to World War II.
Indexed on 2023-05-11 12:00 // Categories: Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Misconceptions, Russia, and Ukraine
Are These Real Videos of People Partying in Kyiv, Ukraine, During Wartime? // Snopes
Source published on: May 8, 2023 /
Since the Russian invasion in February 2023, the city has been under various levels of curfew.
Indexed on 2023-05-08 12:00 // Categories: Fact checks / debunkings and Ukraine
Did Ukraine Attack the Kremlin in Russia With Drone Strikes? // Snopes
Source published on: May 3, 2023 /
Videos on social media purportedly showed the Kremlin being attacked and smoke emerging from behind the building.
Indexed on 2023-05-03 12:00 // Categories: Fact checks / debunkings, Russia, and Ukraine
Putin didn’t ‘shut down’ all Russian oil to the U.S. It’s already banned. // PolitiFact
Source published on: May 3, 2023 /
This isn’t accurate. The U.S. banned all imports of Russian oil, natural gas and coal in March 2022 after Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine.
A caption on an April 26 viral Facebook video claims that Russian President Vladimir Putin “just SHUTDOWN All Oil To The US, Collapsing The US Economy!”
Oil prices have dropped in recent days, but market experts credit that largely to weak demand and economic jitters over banking. This is the opposite of what would be expected with prices if this claim were accurate.
It’s not. This claim is Pants on Fire!
Indexed on 2023-05-03 12:00 // Categories: Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, International community, Media taken out of context, Methods, Misconceptions, Putin, Russia, and USA
Is Image of ‘Scared’ Putin Connected to Russia’s Ukraine War? // Newsweek
Source published on: April 28, 2023 /
Misleading Material. While the image in the tweet is a photo of Putin, it has nothing to do with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It was taken during a submarine dive off an island in the Gulf of Finland in 2019.
Indexed on 2023-04-28 12:00 // Categories: Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Misconceptions, Russia, and Ukraine
Have U.S. Taxpayers Sent Over $200B to Ukraine? // Newsweek
Source published on: April 26, 2023 /
False. Congress has only approved $113 billion for spending in Ukraine. Researchers tracking spending suggest that only around $77 billion has gone directly to Ukraine, a combination of financial, military and other forms of aid.
It’s not clear where the $200 billion figure has come from. A Fox News report in February 2023 attributed it to a Ukrainian government statement that Newsweek could not find. Another estimate broadcast on Tucker Carlson Tonight the same month was presented without evidence and upon inspection appears dubious.
Indexed on 2023-04-26 12:00 // Categories: Aid to Ukraine, Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Misconceptions, Ukraine, and USA
FAKE: The mayor of Riga promised to close the Riga Russian Theater // Vox Ukraine
Source published on: April 25, 2023 /
Mārtiņš Staķis did not promise to close the Mikhail Chekhov Russian Drama Theater in Riga.
Indexed on 2024-10-14 08:48 // Categories: Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Hatred and bigotry, Incitement & hate speech, Misconceptions, Russia, and Wagner Group