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  • Fact Check: Latvia Did NOT Plan To Invade Russia In 2023 Or Between 2011 And 2015 -- It's A Parody Account's Claim

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    Have Latvia's "secret plans" to invade Russia recently been exposed? And does information from military archives confirm these plans? No, that's not true: The author of the claim later publicly referred to it as "obvious satire." The story originated from an entry (archived here) published on X, formerly known as Twitter, on August 10, 2023. The post stated: ‼️BREAKING: Recently…

    • Aug 18, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Latvia Did NOT Plan To Invade Russia In 2023 Or Between 2011 And 2015 -- It's A Parody Account's Claim Did Not Happen
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove That Prigozhin Joined Zelenskyy Or That Wagner Mercenaries Agreed To Fight For Ukraine

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    Did Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin switch his loyalty to Kyiv, reaching an agreement with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that his paramilitary unit would fight alongside Ukrainian soldiers? No, that's not true: A viral video on social media does not cite any verifiable sources of information or provide visual evidence of the claim's accuracy, and no credible reports corroborate it.…

    • Aug 11, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove That Prigozhin Joined Zelenskyy Or That Wagner Mercenaries Agreed To Fight For Ukraine Distortion
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 2 Russian Tu-160 Bombers 'Actually Landing In South Africa' In 2023 -- It's From 2019

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    Did a viral video capture two Russian Tu-160 military jets arriving in South Africa in 2023? No, that's not true: The footage, initially aired by the Russian state-sponsored TV network RT, showed a 2019 event. The claim appeared in a post (archived here) on Facebook on July 26, 2023. Its caption was: What is this? The video contained what appeared…

    • Aug 11, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 2 Russian Tu-160 Bombers 'Actually Landing In South Africa' In 2023 -- It's From 2019 Old Footage
  • Fact Check: Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant Does NOT Face A Chornobyl-Style Disaster From Water Shortage As Of July 2023

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    by: Evgenia Prodaeva Can "a nuclear explosion like in Chornobyl," the world's worst nuclear accident, now occur at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant after the June 6, 2023, explosion that destroyed the Kakhovka dam emptied most of the reservoir used to cool down the plant's reactors? No, that's not true: Zaporizhzhia's six power units shut down in 2022, and no…

    • Aug 2, 2023
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant Does NOT Face A Chornobyl-Style Disaster From Water Shortage As Of July 2023 Enough Water
  • Fact Check: Billboard In Japan Did NOT Carry An Anti-Ukraine Message -- Sign In Video Is Edited

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    Did a billboard in Japan read "Stop War, Stop Zelenskyy"? No, that's not true: Those statements were added to an electronic billboard on a Japanese street in a video. The actual advertisement on the sign had nothing to do with the Russian war on Ukraine. Japan's government released a statement in support of Ukraine in June 2023, and there is…

    • Aug 1, 2023
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: Billboard In Japan Did NOT Carry An Anti-Ukraine Message -- Sign In Video Is Edited Edited Screen
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Ukraine Troops SURRENDER En-masse' -- It's A Prisoner Exchange

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    Does a viral video show a large group of Ukrainian soldiers surrendering on July 24, 2023, or on July 30, 2023? No, that's not true: The clip captures a prisoner exchange that was reported to have taken place in late May 2023 in an undisclosed location in Ukraine. The story appeared in an article (archived here) published by halturnerradioshow.com on…

    • Jul 31, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Ukraine Troops SURRENDER En-masse' -- It's A Prisoner Exchange Prisoner Swap
  • Fact Check: Migrants Filmed Jumping From Bus Were NOT In Germany -- Filmed In Algeria

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    Did illegal migrants in Germany evade deportation by breaking a window and jumping out of a bus moving slowly in traffic? No, that's not true: The details of this widely circulated video are not well documented, but the video was not filmed in Germany. All indications -- from the captions on the earliest copies of the video to the registration…

    • Jul 28, 2023
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Migrants Filmed Jumping From Bus Were NOT In Germany -- Filmed In Algeria In Algeria
  • Fact Check: Elijah Wood Did NOT Address Zelenskyy 'In His Stories' On Instagram; Actor Did NOT Offer Ukraine's President 'To Cure His Drug And Alcohol Addiction'

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    Did American actor Elijah Wood offer Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy "to cure drug and alcohol addiction" on Instagram? No, that's not true: The actor doesn't post Instagram stories publicly. Wood did not say anything that would imply he was addressing Zelenskyy specifically in the heavily edited clip circulating on social media. The claim appeared in a tweet published on July…

    • Jul 26, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Elijah Wood Did NOT Address Zelenskyy 'In His Stories' On Instagram; Actor Did NOT Offer Ukraine's President 'To Cure His Drug And Alcohol Addiction' Edited
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show UK Military Robot Sent To Help Ukraine In War -- It's Digitally Edited

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    Did the United Kingdom send a "'Robot Royal Force' 🇬🇧 Type-C robot" to help Ukraine with the war in July 2023? No, that's not true: There was no information or credible report online to corroborate the claim that the United Kingdom sent or would send a "'Robot Royal Force' Type-C robot" to help Ukraine following Russia's military invasion. Also, animation…

    • Jul 24, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show UK Military Robot Sent To Help Ukraine In War -- It's Digitally Edited Robot Added
  • Fact Check: Some Video Clips Are NOT "Real News Footage" In Jason Aldean's 'Try That In A Small Town' Music Video

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    Does the music video "Try That In A Small Town" by country music singer Jason Aldean only contain "real news footage," as he asserted in a public response to criticism that his song and video promote violence and allude to timeworn lynching threats? No, that's not true: Not every clip in the video is news footage. There are several stock…

    • Jul 21, 2023
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Some Video Clips  Are NOT "Real News Footage" In Jason Aldean's 'Try That In A Small Town' Music Video Not All News
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