This clip shows clear signs it was made using artificial intelligence, and is being shared after Ukraine recently used drones to strike Russian aircraft.
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT Delete Truth Social Post About Call With Russian President Vladimir Putin
Did President Trump delete his June 4, 2025, Truth Social post discussing his phone call Russian President Vladimir Putin? No, that's not true: The post was still visible on Trump's timeline as of 12 p.m. ET on June 5, 2025. Lead Stories
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Image Does Not Show Actual Damaged Russian TU-95 Bombers — Signs Of AI Generated Content
Does a viral image show three actual Russian TU-95 bombers and an unknown fourth plane damaged in a Ukrainian drone strike? No, that's not true: Some detection tools say the image shows strong evidence of being forged or synthesized using
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Russian Attack on Ukrainian Airbases in June 2025
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 lates
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Game Footage Does NOT Show Actual Destruction of Russian Strategic Bombers
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 vid
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Claimed To Show ‘1930 Russian/Soviet Tarantaika’ Is NOT Real Photo
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 Tes
The Dispatch→ Exiled Russian Journalists Face Growing Threats in Europe
Already grappling with surveillance and arrest warrants, reporters and outlets are also dealing with a loss of international aid.
Full Fact→ German news outlet did not report Russian spies had US defence secretary’s phone number
A claim that German intelligence arrested two Russian spies who had Pete Hegseth’s private number was attributed to Der Spiegel, but the publication confirmed it did not publish such a story.
The Dispatch→ Assessing Claims About Referendum Elections Held in Russian-Occupied Regions of Ukraine
The elections were criticized for violating international law and producing fraudulent tallies.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Transcript Extends Tulsi Gabbard Response To Jim Himes Question On Retweeting Russian State Media Individual
Does a genuine transcript show what Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said after Representative Jim Himes asked a question about retweeting "posts from individuals affiliated with Russian state media" using her personal acco
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Vogue Headline Claims Disney Blamed ‘Russian Troll Farms’ for ‘Snow White’ Opening Weekend — No Such Article
Did Vogue magazine publish an article on March 21, 2025, with the headline "Disney Confirms Russian Troll Farms At Heart of Bad Snow White Opening Weekend"? No, that's not true: a fake screenshot shared online was the result of digital ma
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Putin Speaking About Russian Terms For Ceasefire Is NOT From 2025
Did a video circulating on social media show Russian President Vladimir Putin making a public statement about Russia's terms for a ceasefire in Ukraine in March 2025? No, that's not true: The clip had been online for nine months. It showe
The Dispatch→ In Ukraine, Foreign Fighters Warn of Russian Betrayal
Soldiers recall their fights in the Chechen wars and the republic of Georgia.
Full Fact→ Video of Russian rocket struck by lightning is digital creation
While lightning did reportedly hit a Russian rocket in 2019, one clip apparently showing this was created with CGI.
Full Fact→ Was David Lammy right to claim 45,000 Russian troops died in November?
The figure given by the foreign secretary actually appears to refer to an estimate shared by the Ministry of Defence for the number who were either killed or wounded.
The Dispatch→ A Russian Dissident’s Lessons in Life and Freedom
Vladimir Kara-Murza embodies principled resistance against tyranny.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bombardier Worker Protest Report Is NOT Real — More Russian Propaganda
Did the Financial Times publish a video on social media reporting that "a Bombardier employee deliberately defaced aircraft parts to protest the company's return to the Russian market"? No that's not true: The Financial Times did not publ
PolitiFact→ Russian influence operations intensified ahead of Election Day. Officials expect it to continue
n the weeks leading up to Election Day, videos with ridiculous, false narratives circulated on X. The intelligence community attributed them to Russian influence actors. After Trump’s victory, experts say the network behind the false narratives remai
PolitiFact→ X posts – No, Wisconsin Trump voter wasn’t assaulted; video is a Russian fake, expert says
“CCTV captures the moment a Trump voter in (Wisconsin) is assaulted by two Kamala Harris thugs at a voting station.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Says FBI, Department Of Education Warned Schools To Close Due To Increased Risk Of Shootings — Russian Propaganda
Did the FBI and U.S. Department of Education release a video recommending that U.S. schools close until November 11, 2024, because of a significant increase in the risk of school shootings and riots during the presidential election? No, t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CIA Did NOT Warn It Identified Vote Stuffing Using Identities Of Dead Americans Who Lived In Europe — Post Matches Russian Misinfo Techniques
Does a video prove the CIA identified 20 people who organized vote stuffing by using the identities of dead Americans who had lived in Europe? No, that's not true: The CIA told Lead Stories the allegation that they identified deceased Ame
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Does NOT Show Actual Insider Saying Arizona Plans To Rig Election For Harris — Russian Bad Actors
Does a video show an informant, who allegedly was once an aide to Arizona's secretary of state, telling about state plans to rig the election in favor of Kamala Harris? No, that's not true: This video is fabricated disinformation from a R
PolitiFact→ Patriot Voice – In another sign of Russian influence, posts falsely try to tie Kamala Harris to Sean Diddy Combs
Vice President Kamala Harris and husband Doug Emhoff received $500,000 for tipping off Sean “Diddy” Combs about police raids.
The Dispatch→ Georgia and Moldova Weigh Western Future Despite Russian Influence
Moscow and Kremlin-aligned groups make their presence known in former Soviet republics.
Full Fact→ ‘Hezbollah drone video’ actually shows Ukrainian drone targeting Russian oil refinery
The video is from July and unrelated to the escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hillary Clinton Did NOT Suggest Jail For Posting ‘Misinformation’ — She Meant Those Paid To Push Russian Propaganda
Did Hillary Clinton suggest jailing Americans for posting "misinformation" and saying "there needs to be deterrence"? No, that's missing context: She said that, aside from indictments against Russians for "direct election interference," c
PolitiFact→ The DOJ says a US media company promoted ‘Russian interests.’ Who were its 6 content creators?
An unsealed indictment accused Russian RT employees of working to promote Russian-government narratives via a U.S. company Tenet Media. Here's what we know about Tenet Media’s six content creators.
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From a Week of Revisionist History and Russian Propaganda
Could 2024 get any weirder?
The Dispatch→ Russian Influence Scheme Targets Right-Wing Media Site
The influencers paid by Russia claim they were victims of the fraud.
The Dispatch→ Kremlin Downplays Ukrainian Operation Inside Russian Territory
The Ukrainian offensive that began last week now covers an area roughly the size of Chicago.
The Dispatch→ Three Americans Freed from Russian Captivity
Plus: Senate-passed social media regulations face an uncertain future in the House.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show US Navy Deploying Via Miami In Response To ‘Russian Warships’ — It’s Footage From An Annual Air Show
Does a video on social media show the U.S. Navy deploying from Miami in response to "Russian warships" on June 12, 2024? No, that's not true: The scene was from an annual aerial show held at Miami Beach. Additionally, the sunny, clear sky
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Russian Naval Exercises Off The Coast Of Florida In June 2024 — Video Is From 2018 Missile Tests Off The Russian Coast
FactCheck.org→ Posts Misrepresent Old Video of Missile Test as Russian Ships Visit Cuba
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take Russian warships conducted simulated military exercises on their way to Cuba in June. But social media posts share clips from a 2018 Russian video of missile tests in
The Dispatch→ Military Officials Call Russian Naval Presence in the Caribbean ‘Routine’
Social media posts speculating about a ‘Cuban Missile Crisis 2.0’ are misleading.
Full Fact→ No evidence Russian missile strike hit ‘NATO logistics hub’ in Ukraine
There is no evidence that a video shared in the aftermath of a Russian missile strike in Odessa, Ukraine, shows damage to a ‘NATO logistics hub’.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tucker Carlson Did NOT Launch New Show On Russian TV In May 2024
Did former Fox News host Tucker Carlson launch a new show on Russian TV? No, that's not true: Tucker and his representatives have been denying that since 2023. Though multiple episodes of his shows, dubbed into Russian, continue to appear
Full Fact→ French planes did not accidentally create the Russian flag during a display
The arrangement of the colours appears wrong because of the angle from which the footage was shot.
The Dispatch→ Newsweek Claims Falsely That Tucker Carlson Is Launching a Show on Russian State Television
Carlson denied the allegation and the publication has updated its article.
AllSides→ Tucker Carlson: Program airing on Russian state TV ‘without legal permission’
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/4677767-tucker-carlson-russian-tv-without-permission/ Conservative p