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  • Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Prove That Footage Of Russian Attacks On Ukraine Is Staged

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    Does a video circulating on social media show evidence that war footage of Russian attacks on Ukraine was staged? No, that's not true: It took out of context the footage of actual film sets -- one clip dating from 2013 -- recycling the falsehoods that fact-checkers had debunked during the first days of the war. The claim appeared in an…

    • Oct 26, 2022
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Prove That Footage Of Russian Attacks On Ukraine Is Staged Old Falsehoods
  • Fact Check: Zelenskyy's Name Is NOT Translated To English As 'Evil Rules The World'

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    Is it true that Google translates the Ukrainian president's last name to English as "evil rules the world"? No, that's not true: Lead Stories replicated what social media users suggested others do to get this result but found no confirmation. The claim appeared in a tweet (archived here) on October 7, 2022. It said: πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ This is creepy .... Take…

    • Oct 25, 2022
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Zelenskyy's Name Is NOT Translated To English As 'Evil Rules The World' Bad Conversion
  • Fact Check: The French Ambassador To Ukraine Did NOT Resign

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    Did France's ambassador to Ukraine, Etienne de Poncins, resign his post from fear of Russian bombardments on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv? No, that's not true: "This is fake news," Ambassador de Poncins posted on his official Twitter account on October 19, 2022.A Facebook account called RT Afrique, which describes itself as a personal blog, posted the French-language claim on October…

    • Oct 20, 2022
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: The French Ambassador To Ukraine Did NOT Resign Did Not Quit
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Senior Commander Of The Russian Army Was Taken Prisoner

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    Does a video prove its headline claim that the senior commander of the Russian army was taken prisoner? No, that's not true: A video posted on Facebook made this false claim in its clickbait headline, but the video itself did not state or prove that a senior commander of the Russian Army has been captured. The claim appeared in a…

    • Oct 19, 2022
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Senior Commander Of The Russian Army Was Taken Prisoner Clickbait Line
  • Fact Check: This Is NOT Recent Photo From Kyiv Of Man Shooting At Iranian Drones From His Balcony Window

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    Is this a recent photo from Kyiv, Ukraine, of a man shooting at Iranian drones from his balcony window? No, that's not true: This photo is from a Twitter account that acknowledges this tweet is an old picture and a meme. The claim appeared in a tweet on October 17, 2022 (archived here), that opened: Casual morning in Kyiv: Coffee,…

    • Oct 17, 2022
    • by: Courtney Kealy
    Fact Check: This Is NOT Recent Photo From Kyiv Of Man Shooting At Iranian Drones From His Balcony Window Satirical
  • Fact Check: Video Offers NO Proof US M1A1 Abrams Tanks Were Deployed To Ukraine

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    Did the U.S. deploy M1A1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine? No, that's not true: A video with a headline that makes this claim offers no proof. A tag in its lower right-hand corner says that "Video footages are used for illustration purposes only." The claim appeared in the headline of a video posted on Facebook on October 9, 2022. The headline…

    • Oct 14, 2022
    • by: Courtney Kealy
    Fact Check: Video Offers NO Proof US M1A1 Abrams Tanks Were Deployed To Ukraine No Evidence
  • Fact Check: Recent Ukrainian Refugee Did NOT Paint Swastika In London Mall -- Video Dates From 2018

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    Was a refugee from Ukraine recently caught defacing a tile floor with a swastika in a UK shopping center and then made to clean it off? No, that's not true: A bystander video of the incident first surfaced online in 2018, and no evidence exists that the young man scrubbing the swastika off the floor is a Ukrainian refugee. He…

    • Oct 14, 2022
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Recent Ukrainian Refugee Did NOT Paint Swastika In London Mall -- Video Dates From 2018 2018 Video
  • Fact Check: Durham Did NOT Unveil Biden's 'Russian Plot' Aimed At Getting Clinton Elected in 2024

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    Did special counsel John Durham unveil President Joe Biden's "Russian plot," aimed at getting Hillary Clinton elected in 2024? No, that's not true: Durham has said no such thing. A post making the claim includes various Newsmax clips as supposed support for its statement, but the clips do not corroborate the allegation. They are unrelated to it. The claim appeared…

    • Oct 14, 2022
    • by: Dana Ford
    Fact Check: Durham Did NOT Unveil Biden's 'Russian Plot' Aimed At Getting Clinton Elected in 2024 Baseless
  • Fact Check: Ukrainian Missile Did NOT Destroy Russian Tank Convoy On Crimean Bridge

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    Did the Ukrainian military fire a missile at the Kerch bridge in Russian-occupied Crimea, taking out a convoy of Russian tanks? No, that's not true: The video with this claim says the damage was caused by a truck that exploded on the bridge on October 8, 2022, and makes no mention of tanks. The claim appeared in a Facebook post…

    • Oct 14, 2022
    • by: Alex Kuli
    Fact Check: Ukrainian Missile Did NOT Destroy Russian Tank Convoy On Crimean Bridge No Missile
  • Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show A 'Kiev Orphanage' Destroyed By A Russian Drone

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    Did a video circulating on social media depict the collapse of an orphanage in Kyiv after a Russian drone attack on October 10, 2022? No, that's not true. The video in a claim does not show an orphanage collapsing in Kyiv. The footage shows the collapse of the World Trade Center 7 skyscraper in New York City on September 11,…

    • Oct 13, 2022
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show A 'Kiev Orphanage' Destroyed By A Russian Drone 2001 Footage
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