Is the Russian Consulate in Montreal located on "Avenue Zelensky" as of March 31, 2022? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for the city of Montreal tells Lead Stories, "This is misinformation." The sign in the image of this post was fake
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Military Singing Group Were NOT Arrested In Russia In 2022
Does a video show a military singing group getting arrested in St. Petersburg, Russia amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022? No, that's not true: The video is from 2015 and shows the Russian Army choir, a well-known singing group,
Logically→ This image shows a road sign stuck on a Ukrainian fighter jet as it flew low to avoid radar detection.
Photos and videos claiming to show low-flying Ukrainian fighter jets during Russia's invasion of Ukraine are from a separate incident in 2020.
AllSides→ Does video show Russian prisoners being shot?
https://www.bbc.com/news/60907259 Ukrainian authorities are investigating video footage which has been
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Banksy Did NOT Create Putin And Ukrainian Balloon Image — It’s From Music Video
Did British artist Banksy create a new art piece involving Ukraine and Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia? No, that's not true: A Banksy spokesperson said he did not create this image, which was altered from a screenshot of a music v
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Claim that Putin beheaded bioweapon engineers, called Trump to tell him has no basis in fact
Putin beheaded bioweapon engineers in Ukraine.
Washington Post→ The truth about Hunter Biden and the Ukrainian ‘bio labs’
A Russian Defense Ministry official has claimed the president's son financed U.S. labs in Ukraine, and right-leaning media jumped on the band wagon. That's false.
Snopes→ Did Biden Say Putin ‘Cannot Remain in Power’?
The U.S. president condemned the Russian president and his actions in Ukraine.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: BBC News Did NOT Broadcast Stock Footage Of Military Scenes As If Live War Coverage
Did this video showing live gun and tank battles originate as a BBC News broadcast about the conflict between Ukraine and Russia? No, that's not true: This footage did not come from a live news report of a real battle. The footage was fil
PolitiFact→ YouTube videos – Does video show Zelenskyy singing ‘Imagine’ by John Lennon? No, it’s a Florida band’s lead singer
A video shows Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy singing “Imagine” by John Lennon.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ukrainian Medals For ‘Seizure Of Crimea’ NOT Found in Kherson — They’re Counterfeits
Did Russian troops in Kherson find pre-made Ukrainian medals "For the Taking of Crimea" when they captured a Ukrainian military facility at Kherson? No, that's not true. The photos circulated by the Russian news media and social media use
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Prove Kyiv Sends Armed Children To The Front Lines
Does Ukraine engage teenagers in its military forces by providing them with shoulder-mount anti-tank weapons and grenade launchers and sending them to the front lines as an Instagram post claims? No, this is not true: there is no photo, v
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Biden Did NOT Tweet A Stock Photo Taken In The Middle of Summer
Did President Joe Biden tweet a stock photo in March 2022 with trees covered in leaves taken in the middle of summer? No that's not true: The photo of Biden boarding Marine One on March 23, 2022, is not old or stock. It was taken at the t
FactCheck.org→ Viral Photo of Russian Bomber Shows Incident from 2020
Quick Take Amid rising tensions between the U.S. and Russia over the invasion of Ukraine, a misleading photo posted March 22 on Facebook shows an American fighter jet intercepting a Russian bomber near Alaskan airspace. But the incident was not related
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Is White House Foliage Proof Biden Faked a Photo?
(Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AFP via Getty Images)Viral social media posts claim that President Joe Biden shared a fake photo of himself boarding Marine One on his way to a North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit in Brussels. The supposed proof for this
Full Fact→ Video doesn’t show Russian and Ukrainian soldiers dancing together after invasion
A video on Facebook claims to show Russian and Ukrainian soldiers dancing together, with the caption urging people not to “buy into the drama that is being propagated by the media”, falsely indicating that this is a recent video following t
Full Fact→ A video of a failed grenade launcher does not show Russian army
A video on Facebook showing soldiers unsuccessfully discharging a rocket propelled grenade launcher, has the caption: “Russian soldiers using weapons that have been in a cupboard since soviet times”. It’s been viewed over 2.4 million
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Supposed CNN tweet about hotel is altered
CNN tweeted a picture of a Serbian resort and said it was in Ukraine.
Logically→ This video shows Ukrainians kneeling on the sidewalk as a vehicle transports a crucifix from a cathedral in Kyiv amid Russia’s invasion.
A 2015 video of a funeral procession for a Ukrainian soldier has been miscaptioned to fit the current narrative of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Full Fact→ Video of someone smoking in a body bag was taken on set of a music video
A video on Facebook appears to show a number of bodies in body bags, and a person in one of the bags smoking a cigarette. The video’s audio says: “Dead bodies in Ukraine smoking cigarette”. Text over the video says “Sky news and
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Russian 16-Year-Old Was Fatally Beaten By Ukrainians in Germany
Did a Russian teenage volunteer die in Germany after being beaten by Ukrainian refugees on March 20, 2022? No, that's not true: German police said no complaint or report of such a killing has been received. The person narrating the video
AllSides→ Did Russia ‘Only Sanction Democrats’ and Not Republicans?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/russia-sanction-republicans/ What's True
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Chelsea Manning Was NOT ‘In Jail’ In March 2022 As Meme Claims
Is a meme correct that Chelsea Manning was "in jail" as of March 2022? No, that's not true: Manning was released from jail in 2020 and is free as of this writing. Manning's recent tweets from her verified Twitter account, as well as news
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Proof Of Ukrainian Forces Using Civilians As Human Shields In Mariupol
By Uliana Malashenko Is it true that Ukrainian forces used the people of Mariupol as a human shield to blame Russia for civilian casualties on March 21, 2022? No, that's not true. The claim was made without photographic, eyewitness or doc
PolitiFact→ Pearson Sharp – One America News runs conspiratorial segment claiming strike on Mariupol hospital was US false flag
The Russian airstrike on a maternity hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine, had “the makings of yet another false flag operation” led by the U.S.
Snopes→ ‘No Mercy’: Mariupol Bombing Compared to Nazi War Crimes
The president of Poland compared Russia’s attacks on Ukraine to Nazi forces during World War II.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This ‘Witness’ Account Of Theater Shelter Bombing Does NOT Match Mariupol’s Geography
Did this woman witness a detonation or bomb attack that destroyed a theater where children were sheltering in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol on March 16, 2022? No, that's not true: Her path from a sports complex shelter to the evacuation
AllSides→ Democratic activists falsely claim Marjorie Taylor Greene refused to applaud Zelensky
https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/17/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-applause-zelensky-fact-check/index.html
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Zelenskyy Video Filmed At Night Does NOT Prove That He is In Poland
Did Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy flee Kyiv for a bunker in Poland? Is this evident because he posted a video filmed in front of a greenscreen with a scene of Kyiv added as a background? No, that is not a conclusive argument: Th
PolitiFact→ Ask PolitiFact: Did Vladimir Putin say that Russia would not target or harm Ukrainian civilians?
Russian officials have repeatedly claimed their forces are not targeting or harming Ukrainian civilians. News reports documenting attacks in Ukraine show otherwise. Russian attacks have hit health care facilities and residential buildings.
Full Fact→ Video doesn’t show Ukrainian president and his wife covering a Lionel Richie song
Videos on Facebook which falsely claim to show Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the first lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska singing a cover of Endless Love have been shared thousands of times. Some posts say that the duet, a cover of the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There’s NO Evidence Brent Renaud Was An American Spy
By Uliana Malashenko and James Rosen Was U.S. citizen Brent Renaud, who was killed March 13 by Russian troops at a checkpoint near the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, an American intelligence operative? No, it is not true. The claim was made w
Poynter→ Tulsi Gabbard falsely claimed the US is ‘not so different’ from Russia on freedom of speech
Speaking on Fox News amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, former Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard falsely claimed that Russia and the U.S. are largely the same when it comes to […] The post Tulsi Gabbard falsely claimed the US is
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Russia Boycott, Keystone XL Stoppage Are NOT The Drivers Of Gas Price Hikes
Did President Joe Biden's wartime ban on Russian oil imports cause the cost of gasoline to skyrocket and would completing the XL branch of the Keystone pipeline bring prices down? No, that's not true: Oil market experts and economists say
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking a Now-Deleted Ilhan Omar Tweet
(Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)In a now-deleted tweet, Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar on Thursday shared a viral TikTok clip of part of journalist Julia Ioffe’s March 15 CNN interview. In the clip Ioffe says: “It’s one t
Truth or Fiction?→ June 2008 Gas Prices
On March 14 2022, Twitter user Qasim Rashid tweeted about purported oil and gas prices in June 2008, in contrast with their prices in March 2022: Oil & Avg Gas $ June 2008:•Oil: $181.58/barrel•Gas: $4.10/gallon Oil & Avg Gas $ Mar 2022:
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Facebook post rehashes false claim that Hillary Clinton was found guilty of spying on Trump
“Just a reminder that right before Ukraine was invaded, Hillary was found to be guilty of spying on a sitting U.S. president.”
Snopes→ Tennessee Guard Members Safe Despite Russian Reports
Three current and former members of the Tennessee National Guard are safe and accounted for, despite a Russian newspaper’s false report that the men were killed while fighting in Ukraine.
Snopes→ Endangered Rhino Born in Czech Zoo, Named Kyiv
A Czech zoo has welcomed a critically endangered eastern black rhinoceros baby that has taken the name of Ukraine's capital Kyiv in honor of that country's resistance to invading Russian forces.
Full Fact→ Why is petrol more expensive now than it was 15 years ago?
A post from Twitter, versions of which have been widely shared on Facebook, claims that while the cost of petrol in the UK is much higher now than in 2008, the price of oil is actually lower, suggesting that retail fuel prices don’t mirror crude