Was video footage of an artillery attack of a hospital taken in Ukraine during the 2022 Russia-Ukraine conflict? Yes, but some of the details have been muddled: The Facebook post incorrectly suggested that the incident happened in Kyiv (spelled Kiev in the post), Ukraine's capital city, and that the incident occurred later than it did. The footage actually shows a…
Does this video show footage of the Russian war in Ukraine? No, that's not true: This is 2016 footage of U.S. Marine Corps training that took place in the desert near Yuma, Arizona, close to the Mexican border. The mislabeled video was posted on Facebook by "MIL Show" on March 7, 2022. It was captioned: 🔴 Russian War In Ukraine…
Does a disproved meme using an old photo of Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy imply that he must have left the capital city of Kyiv in early March 2022? Does the Russian chairman of the State Assembly, Vyacheslav Volodin, know that Zelenskyy is in Lviv, in western Ukraine, and if not there, that he must be in Poland? No. In the…
Did Russia start offering humanitarian aid to Ukraine, according to this video? No, that's not true: This video does not talk about humanitarian aid once. It is from a Russia-controlled television network, RT, that the U.S. State Department calls a critical element "in Russia's disinformation and propaganda ecosystem." Kherson, the city where the reporter is speaking, was one of the…
Have American megachurches failed to offer help to the Ukrainian people? No, that's not true: An informal survey by Lead Stories shows several of America's largest congregations and denominations are actively soliciting and distributing relief to the people impacted by the war in Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his "special military action" in Ukraine on February 24, 2022. The…
Does this video show a failed emergency landing of a "military aircraft C-17," with the pilot getting fired as a result? No, that's not true: This footage is from a flight simulator, which can be used on personal computers. The footage is not real. The claim appeared in a Facebook post (archived here) on March 1, 2022. The caption is:…
Does a viral image show a large group of Ukrainian soldiers praying during the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict? No, that's not true: Although the image does show soldiers on their knees in prayer, the image was taken years before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The claim was implied in a Facebook post (archived here) on March 6, 2022. It has an…
Does this video show a battle between Russian and Ukrainian tanks? No, that's not true: This video shows American-made Abrams tanks in a training exercise. The video was posted on TikTok by an account called @mzhoneybunn81 and also posted on Facebook by Charnee Anderson on February 27, 2022, with a caption that had 11 hashtags: Shocking... #viralreels #reelsvideo #trendingreels #fypã‚·ã‚šviral…
Does a video of Russian President Vladimir Putin show him putting his hand through a microphone, meaning it was filmed in front of a green screen? No, that's not true: His hand appearing to float through the microphone is only visible in low-resolution videos and not in higher-resolution ones. The video anomaly appears to be due to video compression and…
Does a video showing a destroyed city highlight the "present situation" in Ukraine during the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict? No, that's not true: The video used as evidence of the "present situation" is footage from at least 2020 that seems to show the aftermath of explosions in Lebanon. The claim appeared in a Facebook post (archived here) on March 7, 2022.…
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