Did Ukraine's "first female fighter pilot" Natasha Perakov die after sustaining critical wounds in the 2022 Russia-Ukraine conflict? No, that's not true: Not only is a picture used to identify Perakov actually of another service member in
Snopes→ Pupil Propoganda? Yes, ‘Propaganda’ Was Misspelled on CPAC Stage
Articles about embarrassing typos will undoubtedly contain at least one embarrasing typo.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ukrainian Flag Was NOT Draped On Statue Of Liberty — This Is Replica In France
Was the Ukrainian flag draped on the Statue of Liberty? No, that's not true: This is a smaller replica of the Statue of Liberty in Colmar, France. The photo in the Facebook post is from the "Official Twitter account of the city of #Colmar
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Photo of Ukrainian road sign with colorful language for Russian troops was digitally altered
Ukrainians altered this street sign to tell Russian troops to go “f---” themselves.
Snopes→ Biden Joins Allies, Bans Russian Planes from US Airspace
President Joe Biden announced in his State of the Union address that the U.S. is banning Russian flights from its airspace in retaliation for the invasion of Ukraine.
Logically→ The Russian Army is destroying U.S.-controlled biolabs.
Putin has not ordered the Russian Army to destroy "U.S. biolabs" in Ukraine as part of an operation against the "Deep State."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Footage Of Train Carrying Tanks Is NOT Headed To Ukraine — Shows California In 2017
Does this video show a train carrying tanks to Ukraine? No, that's not true: This train was filmed from several locations as it was crossing through the Tehachapi Mountains in California on April 22, 2017. The video was originally posted
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Russia Did NOT Send Bombers To Venezuela During Ukraine Invasion — News Report Is From 2018
Did Russia send jet bombers to Venezuela during its ongoing invasion of Ukraine in 2022? No, that's not true: A CNN news report describing Russian bombers that landed in Venezuela to conduct exercises over the Caribbean was broadcast in 2
Full Fact→ Video shows game footage, not a plane being shot at in Ukraine
A video appearing to show a plane being shot at with the caption “Plane being shot in sky #war #russia #usa #ukraine” has been viewed over 26,000 times on Facebook. But the short clip is not genuine footage of the fighting in Ukraine. The v
Snopes→ Is This Ukraine Vice President’s Wife in Combat Gear?
No, and it's not the first lady either.
Snopes→ UKRAINE: New Crisis, Grimly Familiar Disinformation Trends
Rehashed videos, offensive memes, fear-mongering conspiracy theories — Snopes writers know the patterns of an unfolding crisis only too well.
AllSides→ FactChecking Biden’s State of the Union Address
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/03/factchecking-bidens-state-of-the-union-address/ In his first State of
Logically→ Still from a video shows people in Ukraine running for their lives.
The video is from a film scene shot in Birmingham in 2013. It has been incorrectly attributed to Russia's invasion in Ukraine.
Snopes→ MLB Cancels Opening Day After Sides Fail to End Lockout
Commissioner Rob Manfred canceled the first two series for each of the 30 teams, cutting each club's schedule from 162 games to likely 156 at most.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – These photos of Molotov cocktails are from 2014 protests in Kyiv, not 2022
Photos show Ukrainian citizens destroying two Russian tanks with Molotov cocktails in Kyiv.
Snopes→ Russians to Compete As ‘Neutral Athletes’ at Paralympics
Russians and Belarusians at the Winter Paralympics in Beijing will compete as “neutral athletes” because of their countries' roles in the war against Ukraine, the International Paralympic Committee said.
Logically→ Russia unveiled a nuclear missile dubbed “Satan 2” amid the invasion of Ukraine.
Russia unveiled RS-28 Sarmat, colloquially known as Satan 2, in 2016. It has no connection to the current invasion of Ukraine.
Snopes→ State of the Union: Biden Vows to Halt Russia, Hit Inflation
Biden declared that he and all members of Congress, whatever their political differences, are joined “with an unwavering resolve that freedom will always triumph over tyranny.”
Logically→ This image from a video shows a Ukrainian soldier bidding farewell to his family.
A 2018 video of a U.S. marine meeting his family has been shared with a false narrative saying a Ukrainian soldier is bidding farewell to his family.
Logically→ The Ukrainian army has trained cats to spot sniper lasers.
Ukraine has not trained cats to help its military. An image of a soldier with a cat has been captioned to suit this narrative about the current war.
Logically→ Drones displayed an aggressive message next to Ukraine’s Motherland Monument against Russian warships.
The image of the Motherland Monument was photoshopped and shared with a false narrative on Twitter.
Full Fact→ Map of Russian nuclear targets in UK dates back to the Cold War
A map being shared on Facebook claims to show the locations of potential Russian nuclear targets in the UK. Twenty towns and cities are highlighted on the map including London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast. As far as we can tell, the map was first pu
AllSides→ Vulnerable Democrat Tom Malinowski Says the Economy is ‘Incredibly Strong,’ ‘Booming’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/02/25/fact-check-vulnerable-democrat-tom-malinowski-says-the-economy-is-incredibly-strong-booming/
AllSides→ Fact-checking Joe Biden’s 2022 State of the Union address
https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/mar/02/fact-checking-joe-bidens-2022-state-union-address/ Presi
Full Fact→ Ensuring honesty in public life needs a new system for correcting mistakes in Parliament
Full Fact welcomes the Committee on Standards inquiry on MPs Code of Conduct, and in particular the proposals to update the descriptors of the Seven Principles of Public Life in the Code so that they better reflect MPs’ roles. Yet the publi
Logically→ The media wants us to hate Putin because he rejected the New World Order.
Putin is facing criticism because Russia is invading its neighbor Ukraine. This has nothing to do with the New World Order conspiracy theory.
Poynter→ President Joe Biden’s 2022 State of the Union address, fact-checked
President Joe Biden argued forcefully for the power of democracy while calling out Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in a State of the Union address that soon turned to the domestic […] The post President Joe Biden’s 2022 State of the Union ad
Health Feedback→ Short identical gene sequence in SARS-CoV-2 and a gene sequence patented by Moderna can be found in other organisms; not evidence that virus was engineered
REVIEW Claims that the virus responsible for COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, was engineered in a lab went viral again in February 2022, after a Daily Mail article reported the findings of a study published in the journal Frontiers of Virology on 22 February 2
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Biden’s State of the Union Address
Summary In his first State of the Union address, President Joe Biden focused on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, before turning to his accomplishments and agenda for the coming year. Some of his statements didn’t square with the facts. Biden
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ Republican response to Biden’s State of the Union speech
Fact-checking Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ Republican response to Biden’s State of the Union speech
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Fact-checking Joe Biden’s State of the Union claim on scale of job gains in 2021
“Our economy created over 6.5 million new jobs just last year, more jobs in one year than ever before in the history of the United States of America.”
Washington Post→ Fact-checking President Biden’s 2022 State of the Union address
Here's a round-up of seven statements in Biden's State of the Union that were wrong or lacked context.
PolitiFact→ Iowa House Democrats – Jeff Shipley says teachers should not get raises if pushing topics the Legislature banned in law
"According to Republican Rep. Jeff Shipley, teachers should not receive a pay raise if they teach American history that Republicans don’t agree with."
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Joe Biden's 2022 State of the Union address
What President Joe Biden said in his 2022 State of the Union address, fact-checked
Snopes→ Russian Forces Escalate Attacks on Ukraine’s Civilian Areas
“Nobody will forgive. Nobody will forget,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed after the bloodshed on the square in Kharkiv.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pornhub Did NOT Stop Service To Russia
Did Pornhub block users in Russia with a Ukrainian flag and a message supportive of Ukraine? No, that's not true: This claim is a joke or a prank. At the time of writing, the Canadian-owned pornography website pornhub.com has not canceled
PolitiFact→ Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is especially lawless. Could Putin be tried for war crimes?
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has flouted international law more dramatically than almost any other military incursion since the end of World War II. Could Putin be tried for war crimes?
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – New Russian nuke weapon dubbed Satan 2 cannot destroy ‘everything breathing in the world’
Russia unveiled a nuclear weapon, "Satan 2," that is "capable of destroying everything breathing in the world."
Snopes→ These Organizations Accept Donations To Help People in Ukraine
Hundreds of thousands are fleeing violence in Ukraine, others are staying behind to fight. Here's how you can help.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – These photos of Molotov cocktails are from 2014 protests in Kyiv, not 2022
Photos show Ukrainian citizens destroying two Russian tanks with Molotov cocktails in Kyiv.