War in February 2022
All our fact checks concerning the Russia/Ukraine war. We also have a Russian and a Ukrainian language version of our site with fact checks in those languages.
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Monday, February 28, 2022
- Fact Check: Some Explosion Details In Cherkasy Oblast Are Incorrect Or NOT Yet Verified
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Ukrainian Citizens Destroying Russian Tanks With Molotov Cocktails In Kyiv
- Fact Check: This Is NOT Photo From 2022 Russian Invasion -- It's From 2016
- Fact Check: Russia Did NOT Unveil New Nuclear Weapon Called 'Satan 2' In 2022 - It's From 2016
- Fact Check: Image Of Two Men With Rifle Cutouts Is NOT 'Staged' For 'Propaganda'
- Fact Check: Video Of Soldiers Firing Weapons Is NOT Related To Russia-Ukraine Conflict
- Fact Check: Actor Steven Seagal Was NOT Spotted Among Russian Special Forces Near Kyiv
- Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Tweet That 'Bernie Gores' Was Killed In Both Afghanistan, Ukraine
- Fact Check: This Post Does NOT Show A Ukrainian Girl Standing Up To A Russian Soldier -- It's A Young Palestinian Activist And An Israeli Soldier
- Fact Check: Putin Did NOT Declare War On Kenya, Did NOT Target African Countries For Talking About Russia's War With Ukraine
Saturday, February 26, 2022
- Fact Check: Old Images Of Jet Crashes Do NOT Show Downed 'Ghost Of Kyiv'
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Air Defense and Missile Impact in Ukraine -- Shows Missile in Baghdad
- Fact Check: Samuyil Hyde Is NOT The Mythical 'Ghost of Kyiv' Pilot in Ukraine
Friday, February 25, 2022
- Fact Check: This Photo Does NOT Show Ukraine's President On Russian Invasion Front Line In 2022 -- Other Footage Does
- Fact Check: WWII CGI Animation Does NOT Show February 2022 Conflict In Ukraine
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 8,500 U.S. Troops Headed To Ukraine; No American Soldiers Have Been Sent There
- Fact Check: Combat And Training Footage Does NOT Show Ukraine In 2022
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Russian And Ukrainian Armies Fighting -- It's 2004 Iraq War
- Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Japanese Ambassador To Ukraine Dressed As Samurai
- Fact Check: Ukraine Is NOT A Part Of Russia, It's Independent
- Fact Check: Rocket Launch Failure Did NOT Kill 295 Russians On February 24, 2022
- Fact Check: Video Of Soldiers Dancing Predates February 2022 Russian Invasion Of Ukraine
Thursday, February 24, 2022
- Fact Check: Video Is NOT Of Russian Soldiers Filming TikToks While Jumping From Plane Into Ukraine -- It Is From 2015
- Fact Check: This Is NOT Russian Attack On Ukraine, Just Video Game Footage
- Fact Check: Ukrainians Praying In Snow NOT From 2022
- Fact Check: This Explosion Did NOT Happen in 2022 -- It's A 2012 Controlled Explosion In Germany
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Airstrikes In Ukraine -- 2020 Moscow Airshow Rehearsal Footage
- Fact Check: Ukraine Invasion Video Livestream Uses 2015 Chinese Explosion Footage
- Fact Check: Photo of Pilot Ejecting From Exploding Plane Does NOT Show Shootdown of Russian Plane
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show February 24, 2022, Bombardment in Ukraine
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Russian Paratroopers Landing in Ukraine
Thursday, February 17, 2022
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
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