U.S.'s military aid includes Javelin anti-tank weapons, stinger missiles, anti-armor, anti-aircraft systems, ammunition for firearms, and body armors.
Logically→ A video shows families fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine as a battle tank fires at people.
A 2016 video of a historical reconstruction of fight scenes from a 1942 event in a Russian village has been misattributed to the current war.
Logically→ A video shows a Russian military helicopter firing at civilians in Kyiv at night.
A 2016 video of a failed coup attempt in Turkey has been misattributed to the current situation in Ukraine.
Poynter→ Global fact-checkers unite to battle disinformation about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Soon after Russia launched a large-scale invasion of Ukraine late last week, Clara Jiménez Cruz noticed something. As with any major geopolitical conflict, swirls of disinformation were already beginning to […] The post Global fact-checkers unit
Full Fact→ Collection of heart attack articles includes one fake
A post being shared on Facebook includes a number of screenshots of articles about what can cause heart attacks “in 2022”. One of these is a completely fake news story and one is from over a decade ago. We have checked several examples of m
Poynter→ Ted Cruz said more journalists were killed in Mexico than in any other country in 2020. He’s right.
In a Feb. 16 meeting of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations that had been dedicated to U.S.-Colombia relations, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) demanded details on not just the […] The post Ted Cruz said more journalists were killed in M
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Some Explosion Details In Cherkasy Oblast Are Incorrect Or NOT Yet Verified
Does a video show a massive thermobaric explosion in Cherkasy Oblast captured on video on February 27, 2022? Some of these details may be confusing, incorrect or unconfirmed, but other details about what happened are coming together. Repo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Ukrainian Citizens Destroying Russian Tanks With Molotov Cocktails In Kyiv
Does a Facebook video show Ukrainian citizens destroying Russian tanks with Molotov cocktails in the capital city of Kyiv? No, that's not true: Instead of being from the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the minute-long video sho
Snopes→ Ukrainian Military Says Soldiers at Snake Island Survived
The soldiers went viral for their act of defiance early on in the Russian invasion.
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s CPAC Speech
Former President Donald Trump’s keynote speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference included several false and misleading claims, some of which we’ve fact-checked before. Here we focus on assertions about foreign policy and energ
Snopes→ Abandoned Olive Garden Explored at Night in Video
Patrons at one specific Olive Garden location appeared to have reached the end of their "never-ending soup or salad and breadsticks."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Is NOT Photo From 2022 Russian Invasion — It’s From 2016
Does this post show a photo of children and Ukrainian troops during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, and could it be Time magazine's "photo of the decade"? No, that's not true: The image seen in the post was taken in 2016 during an a
Snopes→ No, Putin Was Not Compared to Hitler on the Cover of Time Magazine
The artist told Snopes that he would “never willingly contribute to misinformation.”
PolitiFact→ Josh Mandel – Ohio’s Josh Mandel repeats false claim of stolen 2020 election
The 2020 election “was stolen from Donald J. Trump.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Russia Did NOT Unveil New Nuclear Weapon Called ‘Satan 2’ In 2022 – It’s From 2016
Did Russia unveil a nuclear weapon called "Satan 2" amid the invasion of Ukraine? No, that's not true: None of the images in the social media post making the claim are of new nuclear weapons. All are of older weapons, none of which have b
PolitiFact→ Maria Bartiromo – The U.S. did not double oil imports from Russia in the last year
“We have doubled our (oil) imports from Russia in the last year.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Of Two Men With Rifle Cutouts Is NOT ‘Staged’ For ‘Propaganda’
Is an image of two men bearing rifle cutouts in Ukraine an example of a "staged" photo used for "propaganda purposes" during the conflict between Russia and Ukraine? No, that's not true: The image was taken during a civilian training exer
Snopes→ Russian Forces Shell Ukraine’s No. 2 City and Menace Kyiv
Meanwhile, talks aimed at stopping the fighting yielded only an agreement to keep talking.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, the U.S. did not end its domestic oil production. But it does import some of its oil from Russia
The United States buys "206,000 barrels of oil a day" from Russia but "shut down domestic oil production a year ago."
PolitiFact→ Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee – Democratic group’s false attack on Wis. GOP Sen. Ron Johnson over outsourcing to China
Sen. Ron Johnson has been “rewarding companies that outsource to China.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Photo of children sending off Ukrainian troops is from 2016, not 2022
A photo showing young children saluting troops was captured in Ukraine in 2022.
PolitiFact→ How norm-shattering is Putin’s invasion of Ukraine?
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has flouted international law more dramatically than almost any other military incursion since the end of World War II.
PolitiFact→ State of PolitiFact 2022: The stakes are high for democracy and fact-checking
PolitiFact has had the same mission since it started in 2007: To give people the information they need to govern themselves in a democracy. Never has that mission felt as important as it does in 2022.
Snopes→ Did Crisis Actors Make a Propaganda Video in Ukraine?
This claim definitely involves propaganda, but not in the direction a propagandist would have you believe.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Hearing did not include DNA evidence to vindicate rapper charged in Megan Thee Stallion shooting
"It was revealed in court” on Feb. 23, 2022 “that Tory Lanez DNA WAS NOT found on the weapon in the Meg Thee Stallion case."
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Apple Pay and Google Pay No Longer Work on Moscow’s Metro System,’ Causing Queues
On February 28 2022, Irish journalist Jason Corcoran tweeted the following image, which was purportedly a photograph of long queues at a Moscow metro station after Apple Pay and Google Pay stopped working in Russia: Apple Pay and Google Pay no longer
The Dispatch→ Did Greg Abbott Order an Agency to ‘Investigate All Trans Children’?
(Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images.)A viral post from popular left-wing Facebook page The Other 98% claims that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered “Family and Protective Services to begin investigating all trans children in Texas and prosecuting
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – This ‘Ghost of Kyiv’ clip is from a video game, not a video of fighting in Ukraine
Video shows a Ukrainian fighter pilot shooting down a Russian plane.
Snopes→ Did Russia’s Sberbank Limit Cash Withdrawals to $20?
After Russian forces invaded Ukraine in late February 2022, rumors spread on social media that Russia's largest bank, Sberbank, had imposed a very low cash withdrawal limit.
Logically→ Pornhub has blocked Russian internet users from viewing its content.
Contrary to the post circulating on social media, Pornhub has not blocked Russian internet users.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Soldiers Firing Weapons Is NOT Related To Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Does a video of soldiers firing weapons show the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine? No, that's not true: The video -- a version of which has circulated online since at least 2010 -- actually appears to show French soldiers in Af
PolitiFact→ Joe Rogan – Action star Steven Seagal is a friend of Putin, but not a soldier in Ukraine
Actor Steven Seagal spotted among Russian special forces in Ukraine
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Was Trump ‘Installed’ as President in 2016?
(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)MSNBC show The Cross Connection featured a guest Saturday who claimed that former President Donald Trump was “installed as the president of the United States in order to weaken the alliances that were preve
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Claims that Biden Hired a Drag Queen to Work in the Department of Energy
Viral social media posts claim that President Joe Biden has hired a drag queen to head up the Department of Energy’s nuclear waste issues efforts.JON MILLER @MillerStreamIf this is what’s in charge of nuclear waste issues in the Biden Admin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Actor Steven Seagal Was NOT Spotted Among Russian Special Forces Near Kyiv
Was American actor Steven Seagal spotted among Russian special forces positioned near Kyiv? No, that's not true: The CNN tweet is fake and the image used of Seagal from the 2016 movie "Cartels." The claim appeared in a Facebook post (arch
Snopes→ Russia Suspended from International Soccer over Ukraine War
World soccer body FIFA and European authority UEFA banned Russian national and clubs teams from their competitions “until further notice.”
PolitiFact→ Jake LaTurner – Keystone wouldn’t simply offset oil US imports from Russia
The Keystone XL pipeline "would have produced 830,000 barrels of oil per day, more than enough to offset what we import from Russia."
Truth or Fiction?→ Snake Island’s Ukrainian Fighters May Have Survived
On February 24 2022, a story about thirteen Ukrainian soldiers purportedly killed on a tiny islet after a defiant standoff with invading Russian troops spread across platforms and in news coverage: A group of Ukrainian border guards were stationed on
PolitiFact→ Ted Cruz – Ted Cruz is right that more journalists killed in Mexico than in any other country in 2020
"In 2020, more journalists were killed in Mexico than in any other country in the world."
Snopes→ Did Pornhub Block Russian Users?
Russia's invasion of Ukraine prompted sanctions that have blocked banking access, restricted air travel, and banned ... porn?