Supposed Hull Daily Mail headline about Ukrainian casualties in Kursk is fake
The Verdict: Fake.
The headline is fabricated. The Hull Daily Mail published a different front page on March 13.
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Fact Check: Edited Image Shows European Leaders Taking Off Their Suit Coats In Support Of Ukraine — No Actual Video
Does a viral image authentically show European leaders taking off their suit coats in support of Ukraine during a group picture? No, that's not true: The image is likely a screenshot from a video that was digitally edited, possibly using AI. Actual footage of the moment the group picture was taken did not show anyone taking off their suit and no news outlets reported about it happening at the time.
Video of Ukrainian flag on Statue of Liberty is fake
What was claimed: A video shows the Ukrainian flag being flown from the top of the Statue of Liberty.
Our verdict: This is not a real video. A watermark in the bottom right corner suggests it was made by OpenAI's text-to-video artificial intelligence model, Sora.
Photo of Zelenskyy wearing a suit when meeting WEF leader predates Ukraine war
What was claimed:
A photo shows President Volodymyr Zelenskyy recently wearing a suit to meet WEF founder Klaus Schwab because he is his "actual boss", amid criticism Mr Zelenskyy received for not wearing one to meet President Trump.
Our verdict:
This photo shows the two men in suits in 2020, before Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, after which President Zelenskyy stopped wearing suits publicly.
InfoWars reporter Jamie White, who was fatally shot, was not on Ukrainian enemies list
After InfoWars reporter Jamie White was fatally shot March 10 in Austin, Texas, police said they believe the suspects were burglarizing White's car when White interrupted them.
White is not on a Ukrainian enemies list. In June 2024, Texty.org.ua, an independent Ukrainian media outlet, shared online a list of research subjects as part of its analysis of rhetoric opposing Ukrainian aid. White was among the people whose statements were analyzed.
Texty did not refer to White as an "enemy" of Ukraine, nor did the outlet call for him to be harmed or killed.
Fact Check: Marco Rubio interview altered to show him threaten Ukraine’s Starlink access
VERDICT: False. CNN did not publish a video of Marco Rubio saying he would convince Elon Musk to end Ukraine's access to Starlink. Rubio has said there was no such threat.
Video of Ukrainian flag on Statue of Liberty is fake – Full Fact
This is not a real video. A watermark in the bottom right corner suggests it was made by OpenAI's text-to-video artificial intelligence model, Sora.
Trump falsely claimed US spent $350B on military aid to Ukraine
Claim: As of February 2025, the United States had given $350 billion in military aid to Ukraine for its war with Russia.
Rating: False.
Context
It's possible to arrive at varying totals depending on how military aid is defined or by considering how much money was allocated - as opposed to actually paid out - by the U.S. government, but none of these totals amounts to $350 billion
Video Does Not Show Jews Celebrating the Establishment of a Jewish State in Ukraine
A video went viral on X claiming to show Jews in Amsterdam celebrating the establishment of a new Jewish state in Ukraine.
Misbar investigated the viral claim and found it to be misleading; the video is unrelated to Ukraine and was recorded in 2016 in Alkmaar, not Amsterdam.
Through reverse image search, Misbar's team found that the video shows Maccabi supporters celebrating in Alkmaar, Netherlands. The full video could be found on a YouTube channel called "Maccabi Fanatics."
Fake: InfoWars Journalist Murdered Shortly After Ukraine ‘Put Him On Their Kill List’
The journalist was not on Ukraine's so-called kill list or in the Myrotvorets database. His sister and local police believe that his death was unrelated to his journalistic activities. [...]
Ultra-right-wing and conspiracy-minded InfoWars journalist Jamie White was indeed murdered in Austin on the evening of March 9, on his way home from work. And in June 2024, he claimed on his X account that he had been added to a "list of enemies of Ukraine" but he provided no links or evidence that this list existed. Russian propagandists assumed he was referring to Myrotvorets, but White's name does not appear in that database. Moreover, Myrotvorets is not funded by the U.S. State Department or USAID and is not a "kill list." It catalogs individuals deemed a threat to Ukraine's national security and operates through crowdfunding. Moreover, the screenshot White posted of the alleged "list" does not match the actual appearance of the Myrotvorets website. There is no evidence that Jamie White was on any "list of enemies of Ukraine" - and it is doubtful that such a list even exists.