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  • Fact Check: This 'Witness' Account Of Theater Shelter Bombing Does NOT Match Mariupol's Geography

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    Did this woman witness a detonation or bomb attack that destroyed a theater where children were sheltering in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol on March 16, 2022? No, that's not true: Her path from a sports complex shelter to the evacuation site she describes on the video would not pass the theater location, which is in the opposite direction. Russian…

    • Mar 22, 2022
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: This 'Witness' Account Of  Theater Shelter Bombing Does NOT Match Mariupol's Geography Not Possible
  • Fact Check: Zelenskyy Video Filmed At Night Does NOT Prove That He is In Poland

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    Did Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy flee Kyiv for a bunker in Poland? Is this evident because he posted a video filmed in front of a greenscreen with a scene of Kyiv added as a background? No, that is not a conclusive argument: There is no evidence that President Zelenskyy is in Poland, and he maintains that he is in Kyiv.…

    • Mar 21, 2022
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Zelenskyy Video Filmed At Night Does NOT Prove That He is In Poland Night Lighting
  • Fact Check: There's NO Evidence Brent Renaud Was An American Spy

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    By Uliana Malashenko and James Rosen Was U.S. citizen Brent Renaud, who was killed March 13 by Russian troops at a checkpoint near the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, an American intelligence operative? No, it is not true. The claim was made with no evidence of Renaud's affiliation with the CIA or any other U.S. spy agencies. He was an award-winning…

    • Mar 21, 2022
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: There's NO Evidence Brent Renaud Was An American Spy Claim ≠ Proof
  • Fact Check: Russia Boycott, Keystone XL Stoppage Are NOT The Drivers Of Gas Price Hikes

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    Did President Joe Biden's wartime ban on Russian oil imports cause the cost of gasoline to skyrocket and would completing the XL branch of the Keystone pipeline bring prices down? No, that's not true: Oil market experts and economists say the Russia ban is not the only driver of gas prices and bringing the XL section online would not guarantee…

    • Mar 18, 2022
    • by: Jennifer Dobner
    Fact Check: Russia Boycott, Keystone XL Stoppage Are NOT The Drivers Of Gas Price Hikes Many Causes
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Russian Soldiers In Ukraine -- They Are Kenya Defence Forces

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    Does a Facebook video show Russian soldiers using a Soviet-era rocket-propelled grenade in Ukraine during the 2022 invasion? No, that's not true: Two military experts contacted by Lead Stories in March 2022 said the uniforms worn in the video don't match those of Russians fighting in Ukraine. Nick Reynolds, a research analyst for land warfare at the U.K.'s Royal United…

    • Mar 18, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Russian Soldiers In Ukraine -- They Are Kenya Defence Forces Kenyan Forces
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show US Paratroopers In Ukraine In 2022

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    Does a video show U.S. paratroopers in Ukraine during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine? No, that's not true: The clips in the video are at least six years out of date, excerpted from videos identified as showing U.S. military paratrooper training exercises 5,000 miles from Ukraine. The claim appeared in a Facebook post (archived here) on March 7, 2022.…

    • Mar 18, 2022
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show US Paratroopers In Ukraine In 2022 2016 Training
  • Fact Check: Zelenskyy's Shirt Had Symbol Of Ukrainian Armed Forces -- NOT Infamous Iron Cross

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    Did Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wear a T-shirt with an iron cross on his chest while addressing the U.S. Congress on March 16, 2022? No, that's not true: The shirt he wore had the symbol of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the left chest. Social media posts calling attention to the cross shape of this symbol tried to associate it…

    • Mar 17, 2022
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Zelenskyy's Shirt Had Symbol Of Ukrainian Armed Forces -- NOT Infamous Iron Cross Armed Forces
  • Fact Check: Russian Missiles Killed 35 Ukrainians, NOT 180 'Foreign Mercenaries' In Yavoriv

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    Did Russian missiles kill up to 180 foreign mercenaries at the Yavoriv military base in Ukraine on March 13, 2022? No, that's not true: There is no evidence of any nationality but Ukrainians among the dead. Although it can't be stated there were no foreign volunteers or military trainers at the base, no other country has reported casualties among its…

    • Mar 17, 2022
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Russian Missiles Killed 35 Ukrainians, NOT 180 'Foreign Mercenaries' In Yavoriv 35 Ukrainians
  • Fact Check: UK Agency Did NOT Publish Data Confirming People Triple-Vaccinated For COVID-19 Are Weeks Away From Developing AIDS

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    Did the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) publish data confirming the triple vaccinated are weeks away from developing AIDS? No, that's not true: The data does not show immune systems being destroyed by COVID-19 vaccines but instead how vaccine efficacy wanes over time. COVID vaccines boost the ability of our bodies to fight coronavirus. They do not compromise our body's…

    • Mar 17, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: UK Agency Did NOT Publish Data Confirming People Triple-Vaccinated For COVID-19 Are Weeks Away From Developing AIDS Vax ≠ AIDS
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Zelenskyy Surrendering -- It's A Low-Quality Deepfake

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    Did Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy publish a video telling Ukrainian soldiers to lay down their weapons? No, it's not true. The video is an obviously manipulated compilation of audio and video, called a deepfake. Zelenskyy's neck is grossly out of proportion as a side-by-side comparison clearly shows. There is no corroboration of Ukrainian capitulation reported by credible American, Ukrainian, or…

    • Mar 17, 2022
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Zelenskyy Surrendering -- It's A Low-Quality Deepfake Wrong Neck
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