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  • Fact Check: Moscow Was NOT Blown Up By Rockets

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    Was Moscow blown up by rockets? No, that's not true: Video posted in support of the claim actually shows footage from a Russian airstrike on a mall in central Ukraine. The claim appeared in a Facebook post on June 28, 2022. It includes a roughly 12-minute video and a caption that reads: KREMLIN Electricity is Under Attack! PUTIN Panics When…

    • Jul 1, 2022
    • by: Dana Ford
    Fact Check: Moscow Was NOT Blown Up By Rockets Ukrainian Mall
  • Fact Check: Failed Russian Missile Did NOT Return To Exact Site Of Launch

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    Did a Russian missile do a complete U-turn and return to strike the troops who fired it? No, that's not true: This missile launch was a failure, but the missile did not return precisely to the site of its launch. It exploded in a field nearby. The angle of one video makes it appear that the missile doubled back to…

    • Jun 30, 2022
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Failed Russian Missile Did NOT Return To Exact Site Of Launch Failed Launch
  • Fact Check: This is NOT Russian Flagship Moskva (Moscow) Sinking In Black Sea

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    Is this video of the Russian warship, Moskva -- the English-letter spelling of the Russian term for Moscow -- sinking in April 2022 after an ammunition explosion while being towed back to Sevastopol, a major maritime port in the Black Sea? No, that's not true: This video offers no evidence that it is. It's actually a video of the USS…

    • Jun 30, 2022
    • by: Courtney Kealy
    Fact Check: This is NOT Russian Flagship Moskva (Moscow) Sinking In Black Sea Not The Moskva
  • Fact Check: Picture Does NOT Show Zelenskyy's Russian Passport

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    Does an image of a Russian passport shared on social media in spring 2022 prove that Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelenskyy is a secret Russian citizen? No, that's not true. Analysis of similar images shows that forged passport scans are easy to create with free software if one has a passport-style photograph of a person. Zelenskyy's image in the social media…

    • Jun 29, 2022
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Picture Does NOT Show Zelenskyy's Russian Passport Counterfeit
  • Fact Check: This Picture Of A Crying Girl Does NOT Show The Consequences Of Russia's 2022 Invasion Of Ukraine

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    Does a picture of a grieving girl hugging a tombstone stem from the 2022 Russia-Ukraine conflict? No, that's not true. The photograph first appeared on a Georgian-language website in January 2019. The original image contained a Georgian-language inscription, but it was cut out from the later versions of the picture, adding more ambiguity about where the photograph was taken. The…

    • Jun 28, 2022
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: This Picture Of A Crying Girl Does NOT Show The Consequences Of Russia's 2022 Invasion Of Ukraine Wrong Country
  • Fact Check: NASA Did NOT Hand Over Control Of ISS To Russia After They Threatened To Crash It Into Earth

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    Did NASA hand over control of the International Space Station (ISS) to Russia after a Russian official threatened to crash it into Earth? No, that's not true: A NASA spokesperson told Lead Stories that a long-established ceremonial change of command "does not represent overall control of ISS. That remains unchanged with the crew." There was no threat to "crash it…

    • Jun 27, 2022
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: NASA Did NOT Hand Over Control Of ISS To Russia After They Threatened To Crash It Into Earth It's Tradition
  • Fact Check: The Ukrainian City Of Ochakiv Is NOT Home To A NATO Base

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    Is it true that Russia destroyed a NATO base in the Ukrainian city of Ochakiv? No, it's not true. Not a single NATO facility has ever existed in Ukraine. The Ochakiv naval base belongs to Ukraine, not NATO. While it was reported that Russians shelled the base on more than one occasion, a video of its purported destruction contains unrelated…

    • Jun 24, 2022
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: The Ukrainian City Of Ochakiv Is NOT Home To A NATO Base Ukrainian base
  • Fact Check: US Air Force F-35s Did NOT Carry Out Air Raid In Black Sea Destroying Russian Forces In June 2022

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    Did U.S. Air Force F-35s carry out an air raid in the Black Sea destroying Russian forces in June 2022? No, that's not true: The United States, while offering billions of dollars in military aid, equipment and training to Ukrainian forces since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, has not been involved in any direct military operations against Russian…

    • Jun 23, 2022
    • by: Courtney Kealy
    Fact Check: US Air Force F-35s Did NOT Carry Out Air Raid In Black Sea Destroying Russian Forces In June 2022 No US Air Raid
  • Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show Russian Plane Crashing Due To Missile In June 2022

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    Did a Russian airplane get hit with a missile, killing 50 people, in 2022? No, that's not true: A fatal plane incident happened on May 6, 2019, before the 2022 Russian-Ukrainian war. Forty-one people died as a passenger plane crash-landed at a Moscow airport. Surviving passengers suggested that the crash happened because of a lightning strike that hit the plane.…

    • Jun 22, 2022
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show Russian Plane Crashing Due To Missile In June 2022 2019 Story
  • Fact Check: Poland Did NOT Annex Ukraine Via Tax Office Data Contract

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    Is it true that at the beginning of June 2022 Poland annexed Ukraine? No that's not true. Such posts on social networks began to appear after the publication of a press release from the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, in which the alleged state contract for the construction in Poland of a backup data processing center of the Ukrainian tax service…

    • Jun 17, 2022
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Poland Did NOT Annex Ukraine Via Tax Office Data Contract Extrapolation
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