
Fake: Volodymyr Zelensky Adressed Ukrainians on Easter in English Only | StopFake
The fragment of the greeting that is being shared online was created specifically for a foreign audience. The president congratulated Ukrainians in state language.
The fragment of the greeting that is being shared online was created specifically for a foreign audience. The president congratulated Ukrainians in state language.
WHAT WAS CLAIMED: The BBC reported on a foiled attempt by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's wife Olena to flee Ukraine.
OUR VERDICT: False. The news report is fake and is believed to be part of a Russian disinformation campaign.
Claim: A Fox News broadcast labeled Kyiv (the capital of Ukraine) a Russian city on Easter 2025.
Rating: Mostly true.
What's True: The mistake appeared on LiveNOW from Fox, a news service delivered by Fox Television Stations.
What's False: However, while LiveNOW from Fox and Fox News are both part of the Fox Corporation, they are not interchangeable nor run by the same business within the corporation.
The Israeli police have not reported the arrest of Ukrainians for preparing a terrorist attack in Jerusalem. Nor has the Times of Israel, the multilingual online Israeli newspaper quoted by the propagandists, published any video containing such information.
The US State Department has shut down its Global Engagement Center, which aimed to counter disinformation from countries including Russia, China and Iran. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio claimed on Wednesday that the centre restricted free speech in the US and elsewhere.
Ukraine has no connection to the attempted assassination of US President Donald Trump by American citizen Ryan Root. The only link between Root and Ukraine is that he allegedly tried to buy a rocket launcher and a surface-to-air missile from someone he believed to be a Ukrainian arms dealer. However, it remains unclear whether this seller was in fact a Ukrainian citizen. Root also communicated with other illegal arms dealers in the US, as well as smugglers from Mexico who allegedly helped him escape the country after the attempt on Trump's life. According to court documents, Root had no links to the Ukrainian government or military leadership.
BBC News did not release such a story. The boy in the photo is named Roman Oleksiv - he received burns as a result of a Russian missile strike on Vinnytsia in 2022.
A video assembled to look like a BBC report about Ukraine's first lady seeking political asylum has been shared by social media users but is a fake, a spokesperson for the outlet has said.
The video mimics the British broadcaster's formatting for visual reports on social media, with multiple uses of its logo, red and white branding, and familiar typeface.
The document in the photo is a consent form for legal posthumous organ donation in the province of Ontario, Canada. Only Canadian citizens or those who have permanent residence, as well as state health insurance, can apply for donation. Most likely, the propagandists simply downloaded the form from the Internet.
This video, like Kateryna Levchenko's quote, is fabricated by propagandists.