Did Russian airlines ban men between 18 and 65 years old from buying tickets to other countries in response to the "mobilization" announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on September 21, 2022? No, that's not true: Despite rumors on
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Chinese Military Convoy Entering Ukraine
Does a video show a convoy of Chinese military vehicles crossing the Russian border into Ukraine in mid-September 2022? No, that's not true: There were no reports of Chinese military troops or vehicles in Ukraine when the claim was posted
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Zelenskyy At Gay Pride March
Was Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy photographed shirtless and wearing an Afro wig at a gay pride event in the United States in the 1990s? No, that's not true: This photo has been digitally edited. The original photo was taken on
Snopes→ Ukraine President Says Burial Site Includes Torture Victims
Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy said that bodies unearthed at a new mass burial site in Ukraine included people who were tortured, some with broken limbs and ropes around their necks.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Leaked Letter’ Shows Clear Signs It Did NOT Come From UK Ministry Of Defence
Was a letter from the British Ministry of Defence about the Ukrainian Armed Forces' non-NATO-compliant level of training legitimate and "leaked" from the UK government to a website? No, that's not true: The published document's authentici
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: German Library Did NOT Call For Russian Books To Be Donated ‘For Heating Purposes’
Did the Saxon State and University Library Dresden (SLUB), one of the largest German academic libraries, ask its readers to bring in Russian books "for heating purposes"? No, that's not true: SLUB General Director Katrin Stump denied the
Snopes→ Are There UFOs Over Kyiv?
Ukrainian astronomers are studying the skies.
Snopes→ Ukraine Piles Pressure on Retreating Russian Troops
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.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show North Korea Sending Troops To Ukraine
Is North Korea sending troops to Ukraine to help the Kremlin's war efforts? No, that's not true: At the time of writing, Moscow appeared to be considering the idea of North Korean workers, not soldiers, working on reconstruction in Ukrain
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Prove ‘Everything’ In Antarctica Is ‘Turning Red’
Do the photos in a recent TikTok video prove that "everything" in Antarctica is "turning red"? No, that's not true: The three compiled images seen in the TikTok video show three different locations in Antarctica. In one, taken on Galindez
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Nazi Salute’ Wedding Photo Is NOT In Ukraine — Altered Photo Was Taken In Russia
Did a Ukrainian wedding party pose in front of the blue-and-yellow flag of Ukraine and raise their hands in a "Nazi salute"? No, that's not true: The flag in the picture has been altered, and the original photo was taken at the base of a
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.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NATO Is NOT Sending Jets To Ukraine, And This Photo Does NOT Show NATO Jets
Did NATO's most lethal fighter jets arrive in Ukraine? No, that's not true: As a close NATO partner -- but not a member country -- in 2022 Ukraine received non-lethal defensive support in its battle against invading Russian forces, accord
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.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ’10 Thousand NATO Troops’ Did NOT Enter Ukraine Between August 24 And August 26, 2022
Did NATO send "10 thousand" troops to Ukraine? No, that's not true: There are no credible reports about that. Moreover, the social media posts that made this claim did not contain a single verifiable detail about the purported event. The
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: France 2 Did NOT Intentionally Misinform Viewers About War Incident In Ukraine On August 10, 2022 — It Admitted A Video Editing Mistake
Did France 2 intentionally misinform its audiences about an incident in the war in Ukraine on August 10, 2022? No, that's not true: The French TV channel's report about a strike that hit buildings surrounding Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclea
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Samoylo Haidyuk (aka Sam Hyde) Did NOT Murder Aleksandr Dugin’s daughter Darya Dugina
Did a suspect named "Samoylo Haidyuk" have anything to do with the recent killing of Aleksandr Dugin's daughter Darya Dugina? No, that's not true: A tweet making the accusation was using a photoshopped image of comedian Sam Hyde, the late
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show Ukraine’s Navy Artillery Destroying 13 Russian Warships In The Black Sea
Does a Facebook video show the Ukrainian navy destroying "13 Russian warships in the Black Sea"? No, that's not true: The clip recycles old unrelated footage of Russian -- not Ukrainian -- ships in action. More importantly, the video neve
Full Fact→ President Zelenskyy did not sell 17 million hectares of land to American conglomerates
There’s no record of Monsanto, Cargill or DuPont having bought large swathes of land from the Ukrainian government under President Zelenskyy, despite claims on social media.
Poynter→ How ‘War on Fakes’ uses fact-checking to spread pro-Russia propaganda
Soon after Russia invaded Ukraine, a newly-launched fact-checking service called War on Fakes published a piece claiming to debunk the notion that Ukrainians were not waging an information war against Russians. Not […] The post How ‘War on Fa
Snopes→ Ukraine Says 9 Russian Warplanes Destroyed in Crimea Blasts
Ukraine said Wednesday that nine Russian warplanes were destroyed in a deadly string of explosions at an air base in Crimea that appeared to be the result of a Ukrainian attack.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show Israel Destroying The Russian Nuclear Submarine Kazan
Does a video posted on Facebook prove that Israel destroyed one of Russia's nuclear submarines, the Kazan? No, that's not true: The clip contains an image of a different submarine, and there have been no credible reports about any Russian
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Russia Did NOT Destroy 2 HIMARS On July 6, 2022
Did Russia destroy two U.S.-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) operated by Ukrainian forces on July 6, 2022? No, that's not true: Kyiv immediately refuted the claim, and two weeks later, the Pentagon confirmed that all 1
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Zelenskyy Was NOT Rushed To Hospital, Was NOT In Intensive Care On July 21, 2022
Was Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rushed to a hospital on July 21, 2022, and placed in intensive care? No, that's not true: Radio stations that had aired such reports had been hacked, and Zelenskyy himself proved that he was fin
FactCheck.org→ Social Media Posts Make Unsupported Claims About Zelensky’s Income, Net Worth
Quick Take Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had an income of about $623,000 in 2020, according to his financial disclosure submitted to the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption in Ukraine. But posts on social media claim, without ev
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show Explosion In City Of Shakhty In Russia On July 19, 2022
Does a Facebook video show the consequences of a Ukrainian missile attack on the Russian city of Shakhty on July 19, 2022? No, that's not true: The clip consists of footage from the Luhansk Oblast in Ukraine and more-than-decade-old image
FactCheck.org→ Biden’s Numbers (Second Quarterly Update)
Summary Since President Joe Biden took office: The economy regained nearly 9 million jobs, coming within about half a million of the pre-pandemic peak. Unemployment fell to 3.6%; unfilled job openings surged, with 1.9 slots for every person seeking wo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show Ukraine Attacking Kerch Strait Bridge in Crimea
Did Ukraine attack the Kerch Strait Bridge, connecting the annexed Crimean Peninsula to Russian territories, on July 13, 2022? No, that's not true: The video that makes such a claim does not include a single shot capturing such an attack.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Air Force Did NOT Drop 500-Pound Bomb On Russian Tank Convoy
Did a U.S. Air Force A-10 drop a "500-Pound BDU-50 bomb," destroying a 40-mile Russian tank convoy? No, that's not true: This is a clickbait headline with an eye-catching image, but this did not happen. The article paired with the false h
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ukraine’s Sapphire Rescue Ship Did NOT Break Into Crimea in July 2022
Is it true that Ukraine's Sapphire rescue ship "broke into" Crimea in July 2022? No, that's not true: Russian forces captured the vessel near Snake Island in the Black Sea and brought it to the annexed peninsula months earlier. In April 2
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Belarus Did NOT Declare War On Poland As Of July 12, 2022 And This Video Does Not Prove That
Did Belarus declare war on Poland and does this video prove it? No, that's not true: Belarus has not declared war on its much more populous western neighbor as of July 12, 2022, and this video does not offer any proof of an action that wo
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, these political leader and diplomats haven’t been arrested
Sri Lanka’s president, Estonia’s prime minister and Ukrainian diplomats were arrested.
Full Fact→ Photo of Zelensky in front of green screen doesn’t mean he was ‘never’ in Ukraine
A picture of the Ukrainian president in front of a green screen has fuelled false claims about his whereabouts.
Snopes→ Ukraine Reports Striking Russian Ammunition Depot in South
The Ukrainian military’s southern command said a rocket strike targeted the depot in Russian-held Nova Kakhovka.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show ‘Russian And Ukraine Army Hugging Each Other’
Does a Facebook video published in spring 2022 show Russian and Ukrainian soldiers hugging each other? No, that's not true: One of the men wears civilian clothes, and the footage does not contain any identifying information associated wit
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This is NOT Russian Flagship Moskva (Moscow) Sinking In Black Sea
Is this video of the Russian warship, Moskva -- the English-letter spelling of the Russian term for Moscow -- sinking in April 2022 after an ammunition explosion while being towed back to Sevastopol, a major maritime port in the Black Sea
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Picture Does NOT Show Zelenskyy’s Russian Passport
Does an image of a Russian passport shared on social media in spring 2022 prove that Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelenskyy is a secret Russian citizen? No, that's not true. Analysis of similar images shows that forged passport scans are
AllSides→ Ukraine war: Kremenchuk shopping centre attack claims fact-checked
https://www.bbc.com/news/61967480 Within hours of the attack on a shopping centre in the central Ukrain
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Picture Of A Crying Girl Does NOT Show The Consequences Of Russia’s 2022 Invasion Of Ukraine
Does a picture of a grieving girl hugging a tombstone stem from the 2022 Russia-Ukraine conflict? No, that's not true. The photograph first appeared on a Georgian-language website in January 2019. The original image contained a Georgian-l
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.”