It was not yet clear if the Ukrainian blitz in the northeast after months of little discernible movement could signal a turning point in the nearly seven-month war.
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Snopes→ Ukraine Pushes Big Counteroffensive As War Marks 200 Days
As the war in Ukraine marked 200 days, the country has reclaimed broad swaths of the south and east in a long-anticipated counteroffensive that has dealt a heavy blow to Russia.
Snopes→ Blinken, in Kyiv, Unveils $2B in US Military Aid for Europe
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unscheduled visit to Kyiv as the Biden administration announced major new military aid worth more than $2 billion for Ukraine and other European countries threatened by Russia.
Snopes→ A Protection Zone Around the Zaporizhzhia Power Plant In Ukraine? A Scholar Explains Why That Could Be Crucial
Here, a professor and nuclear safety expert at the University of Southern California explained the risks of warfare taking place in and around nuclear power plants.
Snopes→ What’s Happening with Ukraine’s Threatened Nuclear Plant
Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been engulfed by fighting between Russian and Ukrainian troops in recent weeks, fueling concerns of a nuclear catastrophe.
Snopes→ Fighting Goes on Near Ukraine Nuclear Plant; IAEA on Site
Britain's Defense Ministry says shelling continued in the district where the Zaporizhzhia power plant sits.
Logically→ A U.K. billboard in the Ukrainian flag colors suggests people will be cold in winter because the government chose to help Ukraine.
A digitally altered image of a billboard contains this message. There is no evidence that such a billboard was put up in the U.K.
Snopes→ UN Nuclear Agency Team Arrives at Ukraine Power Plant
A team from the U.N. nuclear agency has arrived at the site of Europe’s largest nuclear plant to inspect security conditions.
Snopes→ Eyes on Kherson As Ukraine Claims Bold Move on Russians
A surge in fighting on the southern front line and a Ukrainian claim of new attacks on Russian positions fed speculation that a long-expected counteroffensive has started to try to turn the tide of the war.
Snopes→ UN Agency to Inspect Ukraine Nuclear Plant in Urgent Mission
The stakes couldn't be higher for the International Atomic Energy Agency experts who will visit the plant in a country where the 1986 Chernobyl disaster spewed radiation throughout the region.
Logically→ American armed forces are stationed in Ukraine.
There are no U.S. armed forces in Ukraine. The Pentagon ordered all U.S. troops in Ukraine to leave the country before the 2022 Russian invasion.
Snopes→ Ukraine Marks Independence Day Six Months After Start of War
Residents of Kyiv woke up to air raid sirens as Ukraine observed its Independence Day, which also marked exactly six months since the start of Russia's military invasion.
Snopes→ Scam for Walmart and Ukraine’s Independence Hits Facebook
We strongly recommend sharing this article with any family members or friends who might be susceptible to falling for this potentially dangerous scam.
Snopes→ Is the Meme About Brittney Griner and Audrey Lorber True?
According to the meme, a white American named Audrey Lorber received far less jail time in Russia than Griner did for a similar drug possession crime.
Logically→ President Zelenskyy sold 17 million hectares of Ukrainian agricultural land to U.S. companies.
Claims that some top U.S.companies own millions of hectares of farmland in Ukraine are baseless and are propagated by conspiracy theorists.
Logically→ President Zelensky’s and his wife Olena Zelenska’s photoshoot for Vogue is proof that war in Ukraine is staged.
Vogue's cover story on Olena Zelenska was about her perspective of the war in Ukraine. The Russia-Ukraine war is going on since February.
Snopes→ UK to Host 2023 Eurovision After Ukraine Ruled Too Risky
Next year’s Eurovision Song Contest will be staged in Britain, organizers announced, after concluding it is too risky to hold the much-loved pop extravaganza in the designated host country, Ukraine.
Snopes→ Young Ukrainians Use Techno Parties to Rebuild Villages
In a bombed-out building, more than 200 young people have found a novel way to help rebuild their country.
Logically→ A video shows Ukrainian farmers continuing to harvest amid shelling during the Russian invasion in 2022.
An old video of a burning field from 2014 has been falsely shared as farmers harvesting in Ukraine farmlands during Russian shelling in July 2022.
Logically→ Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s net worth is over $500 million.
Forbes estimated President Zelenskyy's net worth as less than $30 million. There is no evidence that he is valued at more than $500 million.
Logically→ A video shows a scene from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, where an armored motorcar destroys tank convoys.
The video showing an armed vehicle striking tank convoys is not a genuine combat scene from Ukraine but the work of CGI artist Pavel Osadchiy.
Logically→ Money magazine called Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy the king of western corruption.
Logically→ The current monkeypox outbreak appears to be a lab strain with unknown characteristics that likely originated in a U.S. bioweapons laboratory in Ukraine.
Preliminary analysis by the World Health Organization confirms that the current monkeypox cases belong to known variants found in West Africa.
Logically→ Biden said Ukraine should give part of its territory to Russia in a “negotiated settlement.”
Snopes→ Officials: Russian Missile Strike Hits Crowded Shopping Mall
Scores of civilians were feared killed or wounded in a Russian missile strike on a crowded shopping mall in Ukraine's central city of Kremenchuk.
Snopes→ G-7 Leaders Confer with Zelenskyy, Prep New Aid for Ukraine
Leading economic powers conferred by video link with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as they underscored their commitment to Ukraine for “as long as it takes.”
Snopes→ Did Video Show Russian Missile ‘Boomerang’ in Ukraine, Striking Troops Who Launched It?
We looked for the origins of a viral video that supposedly showed a Russian missile undergoing an "epic malfunction" in Ukraine.
Logically→ This video shows a Russian command center and gas filling station in the Black Sea, destroyed by Ukrainians.
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Poynter→ How facts and stories can shape democracy: an interview with journalist Anne Applebaum
Fact-checkers don’t like to talk about themselves. They pride themselves on staying out of the limelight and reporting the truth about readers’ communities. But this week at GlobalFact 9, the […] The post How facts and stories can shape democ
Logically→ A viral video shows the Russian missile Kinzhal destroying a Ukrainian arms depot.
Logically→ A video shows an explosion that occurred at the Azot plant in Severodonetsk, Ukraine, in 2022.
An old video from a 2014 explosion in Donetsk, a city in eastern Ukraine, has been falsely shared as a recent explosion in Severodonetsk, Ukraine.
Snopes→ Eurovision 2023 Won’t Be Held in Ukraine; UK May Step in
The organizer of the Eurovision Song Contest said that it will start talks with the BBC on possibly holding next year's event in the U.K. after concluding that it can't be held in Ukraine.
Logically→ A video shows Russia shot down NATO helicopters in Ukraine.
The widely circulated video is a video game footage from Arma 3. It is not related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Snopes→ As Russia Presses Assault, Ukraine Given Possible Path to EU
The executive arm of the European Union recommended that Ukraine be granted candidate status to one day join the 27-nation bloc.
Snopes→ Leaders Pledge Arms and EU Path for Ukraine in Kyiv Visit
The leaders of four European Union nations visited Ukraine, vowing to back Kyiv's bid to become an official candidate to join the bloc in a high-profile show of support for the country fending off a Russian invasion.
Snopes→ 2 US Veterans from Alabama Reported Missing in Ukraine
Two U.S. veterans from Alabama who were in Ukraine assisting in the war against Russia haven't been heard from in days and are missing.
Logically→ The Red Cross has been involved in the organ trafficking of over a thousand Ukrainian children in Mariupol.
There is no evidence to support this allegation. The International Committee of the Red Cross has categorically denied organ trafficking.
Logically→ An image shows shops in Prague that have put up signs prohibiting Ukrainians from entering.
The images being circulated on social media are digitally altered.
Snopes→ Putin Compares Self to Monarch, Foreign Fighters Face Death
The proceedings against the three captured fighters were denounced by Ukraine and the West as a sham and a violation of the rules of war.
Snopes→ Key City’s Fate in Balance As Fighting Rages in East Ukraine
Russian forces pounded an eastern Ukrainian city and the two sides waged pitched street battles that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said could determine the fate of the critical Donbas region.