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 Ukr
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The Dispatch→ Ukrainian Mine Workers Express Hope, Skepticism About Minerals Deal
They support an arrangement that aids their nation, but worry it might be too late for one of the largest mines in Europe.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Graph Purporting To Show Nationalities Of Ukrainian ‘Mercenaries’ Killed In Kursk, Russia, Did NOT Originate From Statista
Did Statista publish a graph detailing the nationalities of the people described as "mercenaries" who fought for Ukraine and were killed in the Kursk region of Russia? No, that's not true: The data on the Statista website doesn't show the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: BBC Did NOT Produce, Broadcast A Report About Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska Attempting To ‘Escape’
Did the BBC report that Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska tried to escape to Europe and was put under the guard of the national Security Service when the attempt failed? No, that's not true: In a statement to Lead Stories, a BBC spokesp
PolitiFact→ Alex Jones – InfoWars reporter Jamie White, who was fatally shot, was not on Ukrainian enemies list
Deceased InfoWars reporter Jamie White was on a “Ukrainian enemies hit list.”
Full Fact→ Old video shared as recent footage of Ukrainian troops ‘surrendering’ in Kursk
Social media posts claim the clip shows ‘Zelensky’s army’ surrendering in recent days, but the footage dates back to 2022.
Full Fact→ Video of Ukrainian flag on Statue of Liberty is fake
The clip contains a ‘Sora’ watermark in the bottom right corner, indicating it was likely created using OpenAI’s text-to-video artificial intelligence model.
Full Fact→ Viral clip shows filming of a music video, not Ukrainian soldiers ‘faking combat’ to secure US funds
One post sharing this claim has more than 4,000 shares.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AI Video Shows Ukrainian Flag Hoisted On Statue Of Liberty Torch
Does a video authentically show climbers hoisting a Ukrainian flag on the torch of the Statue of Liberty in New York? No, that's not true: The video was created using AI, according to the caption added by the account that originally poste
The Dispatch→ Tulsi Gabbard’s Claims Questioning the Legitimacy of Ukrainian Democracy Are Misleading
In a video from June 2024, Gabbard aired false claims and elided important context.
Internet Archive→ President Trump Meets With Ukrainian President Zelensky in Oval Office : CSPAN : February 28, 2025 1:49pm-2:41pm EST
A heated argument broke out between President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and Vice President JD Vance in the White House Oval Office. The confrontation occurred before a deal was supposed to be made between Ukraine and the Uni
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Ukrainian President Zelenskyy’s Approval Rating Was 4% As Of February 18, 2025
Did Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's approval rating plummet to 4 percent, as of February 2025? No, that's not true: Lead Stories found no publicly available poll confirming the figure voiced by President Donald Trump on February
The Dispatch→ Is the Ukrainian Military Selling ‘Up To Half’ of Its U.S.-Provided Weapons?
There is no evidence to support those claims.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Ukrainian Prosecutor’s Son ‘Spotted In Monaco Enjoying His Car’
Does a video show the "son of a famous Ukrainian prosecutor" who "was spotted in Monaco enjoying his car" during the Russian-Ukrainian war in January 2025? No, that's not true: Lead Stories analysis showed that neither the date, place or
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ukrainian Govt Did NOT Say ‘Eight Mansions Owned By Ukrainian Military Officials’ Burned In Los Angeles Wildfires As Of January 13, 2025
Did the Ukrainian government state that "eight mansions owned by Ukrainian military officials" were "burned down in wildfires in Los Angeles" in January 2025? No, that's not true: A video that made this assertion contained the logo of Uni
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Has FAKE Audio Of ABC News Saying ‘A Million Ukrainian Soldiers Have Died’ — Voice Is Likely AI
Did an authentic ABC newscast state that "in 2.5 years of war, about a million Ukrainian soldiers have died"? No, that's not true: TrueMedia's AI detector found "substantial evidence" that the voice heard in the social media post was crea
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – There's no evidence half of all Ukrainian aid was laundered to fund Democratic political campaigns
"Half of all Ukrainian aid was laundered and sent back to Democrat candidates for re-election."
The Dispatch→ Ukrainian Forces Remain Hopeful Despite Uncertainty Around the U.S. Election
‘We also know that foreign policy isn’t decided only by the president,’ one solider says.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ukrainian President Zelenskyy Had NOT ‘Declared War On Iran And North Korea’ As Of October 17, 2024
Did Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy officially declare war on Russia's allies, Iran and North Korea? No, that's not true: Despite what some social media posts are saying, as of this writing neither Ukrainian government sites, the
Full Fact→ Meme does not show crashed Ukrainian F-16 fighter jet
The image in the meme is of a US Air Force plane that crashed in California in 2019 due to a mechanical malfunction.
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: Optical Illusion Is NOT Stress Test From Japanese Neurologist — Art From Ukrainian Graphic Designer
Will staring at an image designed by a Japanese neurologist measure your stress levels depending on how fast elements of the image appear to be rotating? No, that's not true: The image is optical illusion art by Yurii Perepadia, a Ukraini
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.
Full Fact→ Fake BBC report claims Ukrainian businessmen donated to Trump campaign
A video is being shared online which purports to be a BBC News and Bellingcat investigation, but they made no such report.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Spokesperson Did NOT Justify Ukrainian Strikes On Belgorod, Russia Saying It Holds ‘Virtually No Civilians’ — Video Is AI Fake
Does a 50-second video show authentic remarks by U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller discussing "military targets" in the Russian city of Belgorod, with "virtually no civilians left" in that city? No, that's not true: The vi
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – U.S. secretary of state didn’t announce suspension of Ukrainian elections; Ukrainian president did
When Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Ukraine recently "he announced that they were going to suspend elections in Ukraine."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fico Shooting Suspect’s Wife Is NOT Ukrainian Refugee — Police Said Such Speculation Is ‘Hoax’
Is the wife of the suspect in the attempted assassination of Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico a Ukrainian refugee? No, that's not true: The head of the country's national police said that such speculations on social media are "definit
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: White House Press Secretary Did NOT Answer Question On ‘Ukrainian Manifestations Of Nazism’ — Altered Video
Did White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre field a question on the topic of alleged Ukrainian manifestations of Nazism from a reporter during a press briefing? No, that's not true on both counts: The reporter did not ask this ques
Full Fact→ No evidence captain of Baltimore crash ship is Ukrainian
The ship’s management said at the time of the incident the entire crew was composed of Indian nationals.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Captain Of Ship That Hit Francis Scott Key Bridge In Baltimore Was NOT Ukrainian
Was the captain of the Dali cargo vessel that hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on March 24, 2024, Ukrainian? No, that's not true: A representative of the company operating the ship confirmed to Lead Stories that all 22 crew m
PolitiFact→ X posts – No, the captain of the container ship that hit the bridge in Baltimore wasn’t Ukrainian
“The captain of the container ship Dali…is a Ukrainian.”
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Captain of container ship that caused Baltimore bridge collapse is Indian, not Ukrainian
Following the crash that caused Key Bridge to collapse early Tuesday, social media users shared a screenshot of a webpage they said identified Dali’s captain.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ukrainian Defense Official Oleksiy Danilov Did NOT Describe Moscow Concert Hall Attack As ‘A Lot Of Fun’ — It’s A Deepfake
Did Oleksiy Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, describe the Moscow concert hall attack on March 22, 2024, as "a lot of fun"? No, that's not true: The video purportedly showing an interview with Dani
Full Fact→ ‘BBC’ report about a supposed $53m payment to Ukrainian general is fake
The clip cites independent investigative organisation Bellingcat as its supposed source, but they’ve confirmed that no such investigation exists.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Posts share synthetic image of Ukrainian drone attack as real
Amid a new wave of Ukrainian attacks inside Russian territory, including a fire sparked by a drone that fell on an oil refinery in the Krasnodar region, social media users are sharing the image as if it is a photo of an actual event.
The Dispatch→ Ukrainians on the Front Line Reflect on a War Still Raging
‘The best medicine is artillery.’
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Posts misrepresent a photo of a Ukrainian soldier balancing on his prosthetic limbs
Social media users are sharing the photo of Tsymbalyuk with erroneous information, furthering false claims about Nazism’s influence in Ukraine that have spread widely since Russia invaded the country more than two years ago.
Full Fact→ Ukrainian Embassy did not tell French farmers to stop protesting
This claim appears in a fake Euronews video that appeared on the Russian news site Pravda last month.
The Dispatch→ For Frontline Ukrainian Troops, American Dithering is Devastating to Morale
‘I need to do my job in the best way I can. That’s it.’
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Dr. Oz Being Attacked For Promoting Diabetes Cure — Footage Is Of Ukrainian Journalist Brawling With Pro-Russian Politician
Does a video show Dr. Oz being attacked on TV for promoting a supposed three-day diabetes cure? No, that's not true: The footage that purports to be of Dr. Mehmet Oz being beaten up on a TV set stage was a live broadcast of a Ukrainian jo