Does a video show members of the European Parliament giving a standing ovation to the U.S. decision to permit Ukraine to strike deeper into Russia with U.S.-supplied weapons? No, that's not true: The post's caption mislabels the content o
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Coffins Of 18 British Special Forces Killed In Ukraine
Does a photograph posted on X genuinely show the coffins of 18 British Special Forces being returned after they were killed in Ukraine? No, that's not true: The photo predates the Russia-Ukraine war by over a decade. It was taken in 2006
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Italian Prime Minister Meloni Did NOT Say Italy Opposes Biden Permitting Ukraine To Use US Weapons To Strike Inside Russia
Did Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni say Italy opposes President Joe Biden's policy change that permits Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied long-range missiles to strike deep into Russia? No, that's not true: There is no publicly available
The Dispatch→ False Claims Follow Biden’s Authorization of Long-Range Missiles for Ukraine
Biden has acted within the scope of his executive authority.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Putin Asserting Right To Use Nukes After Biden Authorized Ukraine Use Of US ‘Mass Missile’
Did Vladimir Putin say in a televised address on November 17, 2024, that Russia could use nuclear weapons if Ukraine launches "a mass missile" to strike targets inside Russia? No, that's not true: A viral post on X reused footage from alm
The Dispatch→ Biden Authorizes Ukraine to Strike Russia With Long-Range Missiles
The move comes amid uncertainty over the future of the conflict and Trump’s Ukraine policy.
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – No, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte didn’t say he’d expel US if Trump helps Russia with Ukraine
“NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte says that ‘if Trump surrenders Ukraine to Putin, he will personally expel the United States from the alliance.’”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte Did NOT Say That ‘If Trump Surrenders Ukraine To Putin, He Will Personally Expel’ US From Alliance
Did NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte publicly say that "if Trump surrenders Ukraine to Putin, he will personally expel the United States from the alliance"? No, that's not true: A NATO spokesperson described the claim as "bogus." The rum
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: South Korea Did NOT Announce It Will Send Its Troops To Ukraine ‘To Fight’ North Korean Soldiers Supporting Russia, As Of October 30, 2024
Did South Korea announce it will deploy troops in Ukraine to engage in active combat against North Korean troops supporting Russia? No, that's not true: On October 30, 2024, neither U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin nor his South Kor
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Israeli Tank Destroyed In Lebanon In 2024 — It’s Russia’s T-90 Blown Up In Ukraine
Does a viral video show an Israeli tank destroyed "by the resistance's fire" in Lebanon in October 2024? No, that's not true: The claim recycled footage of a Russian tank in Ukraine that emerged on social media nearly a year before the st
PolitiFact→ Social Media – No link between Ukraine and Helene aid, and Joe Biden didn’t rule out future hurricane aid
“Biden Announces: ‘2.4 billion more to Ukraine’ but ‘no more aid for Hurricane Helene.’”
The Dispatch→ Video: Israel Attacks Lebanon, Ukraine Attacks Russia
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The Dispatch→ Dispatch Live: Israel Attacks Lebanon, Ukraine Attacks Russia
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The Dispatch→ Ukraine’s Religious Identity Crisis
A new law could further divide Orthodox Christians in the war-torn country.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ryan Routh Did NOT Appear In BlackRock Ad, Separate Video Shows Routh In Pro-Ukraine Rally Footage
Did Ryan Routh, the suspect in the apparent attempted assassination of Donald Trump in September 2024, make an appearance in a BlackRock advertisement? No, that's not true: A company spokesperson told Lead Stories that Routh had not "appe
PolitiFact→ What was Trump assassination attempt suspect Ryan Wesley Routh’s connection to Ukraine?
Before his arrest, Ryan Wesley Routh — the suspect authorities say plotted to assassinate Donald Trump at the former president’s Florida golf course — was heavily involved in trying to recruit civilians to fight for Ukraine against Russia.
The Dispatch→ Iran and China Expand Support for Russia’s War in Ukraine
Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to Kyiv to meet with Ukrainian officials.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Ukraine Using Chemical Weapons In Russia’s Kursk Region — It’s From Iraq In 2015
Does an image of a post-blast orange cloud confirm that the Ukrainian Armed Forces used chemical weapons during their August 2024 incursion into Russia's Kursk region? No, that's not true: The picture shared on social media was taken in I
Full Fact→ Video of explosion is from Ukraine, not Israel
Many have claimed the video shows Israel’s Iron Dome failing, but it’s actually of scenes in Kyiv last year.
The Dispatch→ What Is Ukraine Hoping to Achieve With Its Kursk Incursion?
Analysts suggest the goals are both military and political.
Full Fact→ No evidence comments on Islam and Ukraine attributed to Donald Trump are real
A misleading caption is being shared on social media with a video clip of the former president, implying he made the comments in his Republican convention speech.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Said ‘Ukraine Is A Country In Europe’ In Explaining Geopolitics In Layman’s Terms As Asked To By Podcaster
Did Kamala Harris' simplistic explanations of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on a podcast demonstrate she has a limited understanding of geopolitics? No, that's not true: This claim leaves out key context. Her answer was in response to the
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Posts falsely blame Ukraine for a missile strike on Kyiv children’s hospital
After Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital was struck as part of a daytime barrage that saw dozens of Russian missiles target five Ukrainian cities, posts circulated social media falsely claiming that Ukraine was at fault for the hit.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Ukraine’s first lady didn’t buy a $4 million luxury sports car in Paris
"President Zelenskyy’s wife orders 4 million dollar Bugatti” in Paris with U.S. tax money.
PolitiFact→ Tom Cotton – What Sen. Tom Cotton omits in claim about weapons sent to Ukraine by Obama, Trump, Biden
“The weapons that Ukraine used in the early days of this war to fend off the Russian invasion are the weapons that Donald Trump sent, that Barack Obama and Joe Biden had refused to send.”
The Dispatch→ Ukraine Begins Talks to Join European Union
The negotiations come as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is making a diplomatic push for international support.
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff on Trump’s Tariff Proposal, Ukraine, and Israel
Plus: In search of ‘radical candor.’
The Dispatch→ In Ukraine, ‘We Know Why We Fight’
The Ukrainian army is stymying a Russian offensive in Kharkiv.
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’.
The Dispatch→ Russia Opens Up New Front in Northeastern Ukraine
‘Every hour this situation moves toward critical.’
The Dispatch→ Europe Announces Plan to Use Frozen Russian Assets for Ukraine
‘There could be … no greater use for that money than to make Ukraine and all of Europe a safer place to live.’
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Karine Jean-Pierre didn’t say the US and Ukraine won World War II
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the United States and Ukraine won World War II.
The Dispatch→ A Plan for Victory in Ukraine
Congress wants a strategy for Ukraine to win, not merely survive. The administration should embrace it.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ No, France did not deploy troops to fight with Ukraine against Russia
Social media users are pointing to the blog post as proof that French troops have been sent to fight Russia alongside Ukraine as the war continues in its third year.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Spetznas’ Snipers Did NOT Kill WEF Member Kiva Allgood In Ukraine
Did "Spetznas" snipers fatally shoot the World Economic Forum's head of the Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Supply Chains, Kiva Allgood, on April 26, 2024? No, that's not true: There is no credible evidence that this happened. In ad
AllSides→ Does the April 2024 US foreign aid package include millions of dollars for pensions in Ukraine?
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The Dispatch→ Ukraine Aid Vote Ramps Up Tension Within the GOP
Mike Johnson could yet face a challenge to his speakership.
The Dispatch→ Ukraine Aid Could Cost Mike Johnson the Speakership
'You do the right thing, and you let the chips fall where they may.'
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From a Week the House Passed Ukraine Aid
Plus, Israel responds to Iran’s attack, and Donald Trump’s Manhattan trial is underway.
The Dispatch→ House Democrats Help Mike Johnson Tee Up Ukraine Aid for a Vote
Plus: What to watch for as arguments in Trump’s Manhattan trial begin.