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Zelenskyy met with Democrats – and Republicans – before his meeting with Trump
Claim: On Feb. 28, 2025, before a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Democrats who convinced him to reject a deal that would allow the U.S. to exploit minerals in Ukraine in exchange for U.S. support in Ukraine's war with Russia.
Rating: Mixture.
What's True: Zelenskyy did meet with Democratic U.S. senators ...
What's False: ... but that meeting also included at least three Republican senators. Sen. Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, emphatically rejected claims that the Democrats of the U.S. Senate delegation had dissuaded Zelenskyy from taking the minerals deal. Further, Zelenskyy confirmed to reporters two days after the meeting that his country was ready to accept the deal.
Fact Check: Music video BTS goes viral as Ukrainian soldiers fake combat for US funds
Claim: Ukraine was caught faking combat scenes to ask for more money from the US.
Fact: This video does not show Ukrainian soldiers creating fake combat scenes. It's a behind-the-scenes shot from a music video.
Fact Check Roundup: Trump’s Zelensky claims and more
We take a look at the viral claims made by President Trump and others about Ukraine over the last two weeks.
Donald Trump Jr. is heard praising Russia in AI-generated audio clip
A fabricated audio clip is going viral on social media, in which Donald Trump Jr. allegedly voices his support for Russia on his "Triggered with Don Jr." podcast. In the clip, US President Donald Trump's son appears to say that "the US should have sent weapons to Russia, not Ukraine". We debunk these claims in this edition of Truth or Fake.
Trump, Vance and Zelenskyy’s tense Oval Office meeting about Ukraine and Russia, fact-checked
- Vance: Zelenskyy has not said, "Thank you" to the United States for its support of Ukraine.
- Vance: Zelenskyy "went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October."
- Trump: "We gave you $350 billion."
Report claiming US paid Time magazine to honor Zelensky is fake
A video with millions of engagements on X purports to show a New York Post video reporting that the US government's humanitarian agency paid Time $4 million to feature Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on its magazine cover as its 2022 Person of the Year. But the supposed report is fake, and the claims it makes are inaccurate, according to the New York Post and Time.
Fabricated audio of Trump Jr on Ukraine and Russia, spreads online
Audio purportedly of Donald Trump Jr using his podcast to say the United States should have sent weapons to Russia instead of Ukraine is spreading widely online, with an official Democratic National Committee account among those that shared and deleted it. But the clip is fake, spokesmen for the US president's son and video platform Rumble told AFP. A media forensics expert said the quote -- which is not in the original episode -- appears to be the product of artificial intelligence technology. [...]
"The audio in question, which was amplified by the official X account of the DNC, along with countless other major anti-Trump accounts, is 100 percent fake," a Trump Jr spokesman told AFP in a February 26 statement. "It appears to be an AI-generated deep fake."
Fake video claims Trump Jr. said US should have sent weapons to Russia, not Ukraine | Snopes.com
The video was digitally created, likely using AI-powered software to generate synthetic audio mimicking Trump Jr.'s voice.
Dictator without elections’?: fact-checking Trump’s main criticisms of Zelensky
In mid-February 2025, Donald Trump multiplied his attacks against Volodymyr Zelensky, branding the Ukrainian president a "dictator without elections," questioning the use of American aid to Ukraine, and accusing him of "starting" the war. Here is a look back at these statements, which were false, misleading or unsubstantiated according to AFP's analysis, revealing unprecedented tensions between Washington and Kyiv.