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  • Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT Say Ukraine Must Compensate Russia For Aircraft Destroyed In June 1, 2025, Drone Attacks

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    Did President Trump say that Ukraine must compensate Russia for the aircraft it destroyed in a June 1, 2025, drone attack on Russian air bases? No, that's not true: There is no record of President Trump posting these words on his social media accounts or saying them publicly. A Google search for the quote finds it only on social media…

    • Jun 2, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT Say Ukraine Must Compensate Russia For Aircraft Destroyed In June 1, 2025, Drone Attacks Never Said It
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Russian Attack on Ukrainian Airbases in June 2025

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    Did a widely-shared clip show Russian missile strikes on Ukrainian airbases, in retaliation against a series of drone attacks on Russian warplanes in June 2025? No, that's not true: The footage was old, and dated to July 2024 at the latest. It appeared to show Russian missiles striking a children's hospital in Kyiv, not airbases. The claim appeared in a…

    • Jun 2, 2025
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Russian Attack on Ukrainian Airbases in June 2025 Old Footage
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Explosion In Moscow -- Old Crimea Footage

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    Does a video shared online show a huge explosion in Moscow, Russia in 2025? No, that's not true: The video shows an explosion in Crimea in 2023 related to an attack on a ship. It does not show an attack on the Russian capital in 2025. One example of the video being shared with a misleading caption was an X…

    • Jun 2, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Explosion In Moscow -- Old Crimea Footage 2023 Ship Boom
  • Fact Check: Video Game Footage Does NOT Show Actual Destruction of Russian Strategic Bombers

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    Does a viral video really show the destruction of "40 Russian strategic bombers" of type TU-95 destroyed by a "daring Ukrainian FPV-drone swarm raid"? No, that's not true: This particular viral social media footage originates from the video game ARMA3. It does not depict the actual drone strikes reported on by worldwide media on June 1, 2025. The video (archived…

    • Jun 2, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Video Game Footage Does NOT Show Actual Destruction of Russian Strategic Bombers Video Game
  • Fact Check: Robert Hawks Post Contained FAKE Quotes by Cadets Refusing to Shake Hands With Trump at West Point -- It Was Satire

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    Did cadets' concerns about upholding their Honor Code cause Donald Trump to leave West Point graduation on May 24, 2025 without shaking the hand of every graduate, as a viral social media post claimed? No, that's not true: The post, reshared 39,000 times on Facebook in less than a day, was satire, author Robert Hawks said after fact checkers looked…

    • May 29, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Robert Hawks Post Contained FAKE Quotes by Cadets Refusing to Shake Hands With Trump at West Point -- It Was Satire Satirist
  • Fact Check: Florida Court Did NOT Rule That New York Times And Washington Post Have To Return Their 2018 Pulitzers, As Of May 28, 2025

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    Did a Florida court rule that two newsrooms have to be stripped of their Pulitzer Prizes for covering the role of Russia in the 2016 election campaign? No, that's not true: The court's ruling was procedural. The judge only allowed the case to continue, denying the defendants' petition for a stay. The claim appeared in a post (archived here) on…

    • May 29, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Florida Court Did NOT Rule That New York Times And Washington Post Have To Return Their 2018 Pulitzers, As Of May 28, 2025 Didn't Rule It
  • Fact Check: Image Claimed To Show '1930 Russian/Soviet Tarantaika' Is NOT Real Photo

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    Does a viral image authentically show a "1930 Russian/Soviet 'Tarantaika'"? No, that's not true: The picture was likely AI generated. The same picture was previously falsely claimed to have been a "restored 1875 chuckwagon" and Nicola Tesla's invention. The claim appeared in a post (archived here) published on Facebook on May 26, 2025. It opened: 1930 Russian/Soviet 'Tarantaika' (Boneshaker). The…

    • May 28, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Image Claimed To Show '1930 Russian/Soviet Tarantaika' Is NOT Real Photo AI Generated
  • Fact Check: Next Air Force One Is NOT Qatari-Made -- Qatar Manufactures No Jet Airliners

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    Did the Pentagon in May of 2025 approve acquisition of a "Qatari-built jet" to be the next Air Force One? No, that's not true: There is no aircraft manufacturing industry in Qatar that could make a jet of that size. The Pentagon on May 21, 2025 announced it had approved President Trump's plan to accept a Boeing 747 as a…

    • May 21, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Next Air Force One Is NOT Qatari-Made -- Qatar Manufactures No Jet Airliners 747 U.S. Made
  • Fact Check: Pam Bondi NOT Prosecuting People Saying 'Clown Prince Trump' -- Spoof Headline From Satire Page

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    Did Attorney General Pam Bondi threaten to prosecute anyone calling President Trump "Clown Prince Trump" and was this reported on Fox News? No, that's not true: A viral image making that claim originated on a satirical Facebook page. It contained several hints that were hard to discern on a phone screen, such as a "Fox Mews" logo and a "Braking…

    • May 21, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Pam Bondi NOT Prosecuting People Saying 'Clown Prince Trump' -- Spoof Headline From Satire Page Joke Image
  • Fact Check: Image Does NOT Prove Ukrainian Government Issued 'Rules For Reporters' Photographing Zelenskyy In Turkey In May 2025

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    Does a viral image confirm that the Ukrainian government issued new rules prohibiting taking pictures of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy from certain angles? No, that's not true: Talking to Lead Stories, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian Embassy in the United States referred to the image as "fake". The "rules" were self-contradictory and lacked any specific identifying information tying it to…

    • May 16, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Image Does NOT Prove Ukrainian Government Issued 'Rules For Reporters' Photographing Zelenskyy In Turkey In May 2025 Ukraine Denies
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