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  • Fact Check: Merkel Does NOT Say In Interview That U.S., NATO Planned War In Ukraine Against Russia

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    Did former German Chancellor Angela Merkel reveal in an interview plans by the United States and NATO for war in Ukraine with Russia? No, that's not true: Nowhere in her interview with the German weekly news magazine Der Spiegel, which was published in November 2022, does she talk about NATO plans for the war. The claim appeared in a Facebook…

    • Dec 28, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Merkel Does NOT Say In Interview That U.S., NATO Planned War In Ukraine Against Russia No War Plans
  • Fact Check: There Is NO 'Huge Army Of 2500000 Chechens' Preparing 'The End Of Russia' Or Helping Putin In Ukraine

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    Is there a "huge army of 2500000 Chechens preparing the end of Russia" or helping "get Putin out of the bottleneck" in Ukraine? No, that's not true: The self-contradictory claim that fails to mention a source cites an unrealistic number exceeding the entire population of the Chechen republic. The claim appeared in a post published on Facebook on December 24,…

    • Dec 27, 2022
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: There Is NO 'Huge Army Of 2500000 Chechens' Preparing 'The End Of Russia' Or Helping Putin In Ukraine War Clickbait
  • Fact Check: 80,000 Ukrainian Troops Have NOT Imposed A 'Total Blockade' On Russian Forces In The Donetsk Region

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    Have 80,000 Ukrainian troops totally blockaded Russian invasion forces fighting in Ukraine's semi-occupied eastern Donetsk region? No, that's not true: The post making the claim in its caption does not mention a blockade in an accompanying video. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Donetsk on December 20, 2022, and did not say his forces had surrounded the Russian invaders. Keyword searches…

    • Dec 21, 2022
    • by: Alex Kuli
    Fact Check: 80,000 Ukrainian Troops Have NOT Imposed A 'Total Blockade' On Russian Forces In The Donetsk Region No Blockade
  • Fact Check: Leonel Messi Did NOT Direct Profanity Or Criticism At Ukraine's Zelenskyy In Instagram Post

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    Did Leonel Messi, an Argentinian football star who led his national team to the 2022 World Cup, swear at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Instagram, demanding that the Ukrainian leader "take [his] people and get out of Europe" and displaying a sign with profanity directed at Zelenskyy? No, that's not true. The image was digitally altered, and Messi did not…

    • Dec 21, 2022
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Leonel Messi Did NOT Direct Profanity Or Criticism At Ukraine's Zelenskyy In Instagram Post Altered Photo
  • Fact Check: 80,000 Polish Troops Did NOT Besiege Kaliningrad, Russia

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    Did 80,000 Polish troops besiege Kaliningrad, Russia? No, that's not true: The video making this claim in its headline does not mention 80,000 Polish troops besieging Kaliningrad, Russia, in its recorded content. There have also been no news reports of this purported event. The claim appeared on Facebook on December 17, 2022. The caption read: Red Alert in Kremlin- 80,000…

    • Dec 19, 2022
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: 80,000 Polish Troops Did NOT Besiege Kaliningrad, Russia Clickbait
  • 2022 At Lead Stories: Debunking Claims About War, Vaccines and Elections; Debunking In Three New Languages & Defeating Lawsuits

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    The year is almost over, so it is good to look back. First, the numbers, as of December 15, 2022. This year we have published 1,555 fact checks in English (so far ...) 283 fact checks about COVID misinformation; 244 debunks of Russian propaganda and false claims about the invasion of Ukraine; 140 debunks of false claims about election fraud,…

    • Dec 15, 2022
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    2022 At Lead Stories: Debunking Claims About War, Vaccines and Elections; Debunking In Three New Languages & Defeating Lawsuits 2022
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Russian Evacuation Of 800K From Crimea

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    Does a video show the Russian government evacuating 800,000 people from the "island" of Crimea? No, that's not true: Russian officials said in media reports and on social media sites that no evacuations have occurred in Crimea. Also, Crimea is a peninsula, not an island. The claim appeared on Facebook on November 7, 2022, under the title "It's all over-…

    • Dec 12, 2022
    • by: Jennifer Dobner
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Russian Evacuation Of 800K From Crimea No Evacuation
  • Fact Check: Ukrainian Man Was Sentenced For Treason, Kidnapping, NOT For Hanging Russian Flag In Odesa

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    Was a man from the Ukrainian city of Odesa sent to prison for 15 years for hanging up the Russian flag? No, that's not true: The unnamed person in question was found guilty of treason, collaboration with Russian forces and kidnapping. The claim appeared in a tweet (archived here) posted on December 1, 2022. It said: An Odessa man was…

    • Dec 8, 2022
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Ukrainian Man Was Sentenced For Treason, Kidnapping, NOT For Hanging Russian Flag In Odesa Other Charges
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence That Graffiti Showing Zelenskyy Eating Money Ever Appeared In Paris

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    Did graffiti showing Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy eating money appear in the capital of France during November 2022? No, that's not true: Neither local authorities nor the personnel of a store located near the supposed graffiti's site saw it. Journalists sent on location did not find any signs of the graffiti. The absence of other images of the scene suggests…

    • Dec 7, 2022
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: NO Evidence That Graffiti Showing Zelenskyy Eating Money Ever Appeared In Paris No Signs
  • Fact Check: These Photos Do NOT Show A 'Ukrainian Soldier' With A Swastika Tattoo Captured In November 2022

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    Do photos circulating on social media show a recently captured Ukrainian POW with a swastika tattoo on his back? No, that's not true: These are seven-year-old images, taken during fighting in 2015 with armed, Russia-backed separatists in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region. A 2015 video interview with an individual who closely resembles the man in these photos established that he is…

    • Dec 2, 2022
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: These Photos Do NOT Show A 'Ukrainian Soldier' With A Swastika Tattoo Captured In November 2022 Russian
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