FACT CHECK: Image Makes Misleading Claims About Ukraine Aid, Inflation Reduction Act | Check Your Fact
Verdict: Misleading
Several costs estimates are inaccurate
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No, this photo doesn’t show the destruction of a Ukrainian military base in Odesa – Truth or Fake
Some pro-Russian web users in West Africa have been sharing a photo that allegedly illustrates the destruction of a Ukrainian military base in Odesa on September 25. However, the photo has nothing to do with the war in Ukraine. We tell you more in this edition of Truth or Fake.
FACT CHECK: Did Justin Trudeau Blame Russian Propaganda For Negative Twitter Hashtag? | Check Your Fact
Verdict: False
This tweet is digitally fabricated. Trudeau did not send out this tweet.
GM, Ford Vehicles Were Donated to Ukraine by Carmakers
Two American carmakers have donated 100 pickup trucks and SUVs to assist with humanitarian aid in Ukraine. But an Instagram post makes the baseless claim that the vehicles were provided at U.S. taxpayers’ expense.
Did US-funded Biolabs in Nigeria lead to monkeypox outbreak? – FactCheckHub
The media space, especially social media platforms, has been inundated with claims that the current spread of monkeypox was linked to at least four United States biological laboratories in Nigeria.
War in Ukraine: Fact-checking Russian claims that Nato troops are fighting in Ukraine
It's well known that foreign fighters have joined Ukrainian military units. However, claims are being made by Russian officials and media outlets of serving Nato troops on the ground in Ukraine. [...]
Russian media outlets haven't provided evidence of serving Nato personnel on the ground, only pointing to the presence of individual foreign fighters on the battlefield.
Is Gazprom threatening to keep Europe cold this winter? Why this video is likely fake
Global media outlets widely shared a video they attributed to Russian state energy company Gazprom in articles published on September 6, 2022. The video, which was circulated online by pro-Russian users, showed the company halting its flow of natural gas to Europe. However, our journalists investigated the origins of the video and discovered that it likely wasn't made by Gazprom.
Fact check: No Putin tattoo sessions in German hospice
A strange video is spreading on Telegram and Twitter: Hospice residents in Germany are allegedly getting tattoos of Putin to take him to his death as "living voodoo dolls." The whole thing is a fake.
Social media posts share false claim about ‘NATO-supplied fighter jets arriving in Ukraine’
A claim that NATO has sent fighter jets to Ukraine to help the country fight invading Russian forces was shared by multiple social media posts in August 2022. The claim, however, is false. While there was a proposal in March to supply Ukraine with Soviet-era jets through a US air base, Washington rejected the idea over fears it could escalate the conflict. Separately, NATO's press office told AFP that the claim was "not accurate".
FACT CHECK: Is Elon Musk Working With The U.S. Military To Provide Ukraine A New Hypersonic Jet? | Check Your Fact
Verdict: False
There is no evidence of the purported claim on either the U.S. Department of Defenseâs website or SpaceXâs website. Musk has also never publicly mentioned any such joint project with the U.S. military.