Online claims misrepresent White House remarks on Ukraine military aid | Fact Check // AFP
Source published on: January 9, 2024 /
[T]he president did not threaten to deploy US troops to fight Russia if the budget was not approved. Instead, he was warning of what may happen if Russian forces were to expand into any of the NATO territories neighboring Ukraine, which the United States is bound by treaty to help.
Indexed on 2024-01-09 12:00 // Categories: Aid to Ukraine, Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Military aid, Misconceptions, and USA
This Is a Real Photo Of Putin Speaking with Other Leaders at an Enormous Table | Snopes.com // Snopes
Source published on: January 9, 2024 /
Claim: A photo authentically shows Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking with regional leaders at an enormous but sparsely populated table.
Rating: True
[…] Putin’s public appearances often involve abnormally long or large tables, which has been a consistent source of speculation and mockery since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Indexed on 2024-01-09 12:00 // Categories: Fact checks / debunkings, International community, Putin, and Russia
Fact Check: Image of NYT headline on ‘low’ civilian casualties in Ukraine is fake | Reuters // Reuters
Source published on: January 8, 2024 /
The New York Times did not publish a headline saying Western military experts were bewildered by low civilian casualties in Ukraine. The headline in the circulating screenshot has been altered from an authentic article published by the outlet in late December on Russian airstrikes on Ukraine.
Indexed on 2024-01-08 12:00 // Categories: Attacks on civilians, Coordinated disinformation, Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Misconceptions, Russia, and Ukraine
Video of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Belly Dancing Is a Deepfake | BOOM // BOOM
Source published on: January 8, 2024 /
BOOM found that the video is not real and Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s face has been morphed on another dancer’s face.
Indexed on 2024-01-08 12:00 // Categories: Coordinated disinformation, Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Misconceptions, and Ukraine
FACT CHECK: Kim Jong Un And Vladimir Putin Video Edited To Show The Two Refusing To Drink From Glasses After Toasting | Check Your Fact // Check Your Fact (The Daily Caller)
Source published on: January 5, 2024 /
The caption reads, “When Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong UN met and none of them was willing to drink first.”
The claim is inaccurate. The video has been edited to remove the moment that they drink. The full video shows that they did drink. The video shows the two toasted each other and then the other people at the table and then were clearly seen drinking.
Indexed on 2024-01-05 12:00 // Categories: Coordinated disinformation, Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Misconceptions, North Korea, Putin, and Russia
Russia did not invade Ukraine to stop a NATO genocide in eastern regions // Logically Facts
Source published on: January 5, 2024 /
The Verdict: False.
There is no evidence that the people of eastern Ukraine were subject to systematic extermination. […]
The claim was spread widely after [Russian Foreign Affairs official] Maria Zakharova […] stated in February 2022 that there was a “systematic extermination of the Donbas population.” However, an OSCE monitoring mission active in Ukraine since 2014 has found no evidence of mass targeted killings of civilians in the Donbas region. The Russian Foreign Ministry has not provided any proof to back up Zakharova’s claim.
Indexed on 2024-01-05 12:00 // Categories: “Genocide” vs Russian-speakers, Coordinated disinformation, Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Misconceptions, Russia, Russian propaganda, and Ukraine
Russian Nationalist Channels Fabricate YouTube Data to Claim Ukrainians Don’t Listen to Ukrainian Musicians // POLYGRAPH.info
Source published on: January 5, 2024 /
“It’s just that YouTube Music published the TOP artists in Ukraine. Not a single performer in Ukrainian.”
That is false.
Musicians singing in Ukrainian dominated all of YouTube’s weekly charts of top artists in Ukraine in 2023 as shown in YouTube’s own data.
Indexed on 2024-01-05 12:00 // Categories: Coordinated disinformation, Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Misconceptions, Russia, Russian propaganda, Ukraine, and Ukrainian culture
Zelenskyy belly dancing video is a deepfake – Full Fact // Full Fact
Source published on: January 5, 2024 /
WHAT WAS CLAIMED: A video shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy belly dancing at an event.
OUR VERDICT: The footage is not genuine. It has been digitally altered, and President Zelenskyy’s face has been imposed onto the dancer’s using deepfake techniques.
Indexed on 2024-01-05 12:00 // Categories: Coordinated disinformation, Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Misconceptions, and Ukraine
How pro-Russian ‘yacht’ propaganda influenced US debate over Ukraine aid // BBC News
Source published on: December 20, 2023 /
A website founded by a former US Marine who now lives in Russia has fuelled a rumour that Volodymyr Zelensky purchased two luxury yachts with American aid money. Despite the false claim, the disinformation plot was successful. It took off online and was echoed by members of the US Congress making crucial decisions about military spending.
It was an incredible assertion – using two advisers as proxies, Mr Zelensky paid $75m (£59m) for two yachts. But not only has the Ukrainian government flatly denied the story, the two ships in question have not even been sold.
Indexed on 2023-12-20 12:00 // Categories: Aid oversight, Aid to Ukraine, Corruption, Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Misconceptions, Russia, Russian propaganda, Ukraine, and USA
Photo of Hawaiian park falsely shared as ‘Putin’s private villa’ // AFP
Source published on: December 20, 2023 /
A photo of a building complex inside a massive volcanic crater has been repeatedly shared in social media posts that falsely claim it shows a private villa owned by Russian President Vladimir Putin. In fact, the picture shows the Diamond Head Crater in Hawaii, a state park owned and maintained by the US government.
Indexed on 2023-12-20 12:00 // Categories: Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Misconceptions, Putin, and Russia
Fake: Ukrainian Serviceman Sent to Avdiyivka to Die for Posting a Tik Tok // StopFake.org
Source published on: December 19, 2023 /
The author of the TikTok video is alive and was never sent to the frontlines in Avdiyivka. StopFake managed to track him down and the serviceman refuted the information spread by propaganda.
Indexed on 2023-12-19 12:00 // Categories: Bot farms, Coordinated disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Media taken out of context, Methods, Misconceptions, Russia, Russian propaganda, and Ukraine
No, Volodymyr Zelensky didn’t buy a villa in Florida // France 24
Source published on: December 18, 2023 /
Did Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky buy a house in Florida? And did he get American citizenship? Those are the rumors circulating on social media along with a couple of photos. However, the villa that appears in the photos is still up for sale and the certificate of nationality is fake, making this the latest example of fake news stories implying that Ukrainian officials are using international aid money for personal purposes.
Indexed on 2023-12-18 12:00 // Categories: Aid to Ukraine, Coordinated disinformation, Corruption, Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, International community, Misconceptions, Narratives, Outrageous luxuries, Ukraine, and USA
Fake: Elon Musk Wants to Receive Russian Passport and Thinks Putin Is “Not a… // StopFake.org
Source published on: December 17, 2023 /
An excerpt from a broadcast on X (formerly Twitter), in which Elon Musk praises Putin and Russia, was generated by a neural network and shared initially by Russian sources. The original recording of the broadcast with Musk, where he says no such thing, is available online.
Indexed on 2023-12-17 12:00 // Categories: Coordinated disinformation, Deep fake videos, Fact checks / debunkings, International community, Media taken out of context, Methods, Misconceptions, Putin, Russia, Russian propaganda, and USA
Manipulation: Former NATO Commander Praises Russian Army and Give Up on Ukrainian Forces // StopFake.org
Source published on: December 16, 2023 /
Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe James Stavridis did not say that the Russian army is significantly superior to the Ukrainian army, and certainly did not “give up on the Ukrainian army.” He only noted that the Russian army currently has a significant advantage in aviation. In his column on the Bloomberg website, Stavridis emphasizes the importance of further military support for Ukraine from its Western partners. The ex-military officer also notes that, with sufficient means, Ukraine “will at a minimum be able to hold off further significant Russian land gains.”
Indexed on 2023-12-16 12:00 // Categories: Coordinated disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Faked news reports, International community, Media taken out of context, Methods, Misconceptions, NATO, Russia, Russian propaganda, Ukraine, and USA
Fake: Ukrainian Resort Bukovel Saves Guests from Mobilization for Money // StopFake.org
Source published on: December 15, 2023 /
In a comment to StopFake, the resort’s press service denied the existence of such a service and noted that representatives of Territorial drafting centers have full access to the territory of Bukovel.
Indexed on 2023-12-15 12:00 // Categories: Coordinated disinformation, Corruption, Fact checks / debunkings, Misconceptions, Narratives, Outrageous luxuries, Russia, Russian propaganda, and Ukraine