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Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE Russia Hit Skyfall Facility Visited By Lindsey Graham

Do viral posts prove that Russia destroyed the Skyfall drone production facility in Ukraine visited by late Senator Lindsey Graham hours before his death? No, that's not true: The posts don't cite any sources. No credible media outlets reported that, and even Russia didn't claim it hit that target.

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Video of Fire in Russia’s St Petersburg Falsely Linked to US-Iran Conflict

Claim: A video is claimed to show Iran attacking secret American facilities in response to a US attack in Bandar Abbas.
Fact: The video actually shows a massive fire at Pravoberezhnny Market in St Petersburg, Russia on 10 December 2025

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Did Trump accuse Biden of being ‘Russian agent’ in Truth Social post?

The post is fake. Reviews of Truth Social and Trump's Truth, a website that archives the president's Truth Social feed every few minutes, found no trace of the post on or around May 12, 2026. For example, a search for "SLEEPY JOE was a RUSSIAN AGENT!" on Trump's Truth returned no such post.

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Fake: Podolyak Says Ukraine Is Ready to Defend Taiwan Instead of the U.S.

Fake: Podolyak Says Ukraine Is Ready to Defend Taiwan Instead of the U.S. The quote attributed to Podolyak is a fabrication. It originated on a satirical Telegram channel that explicitly identifies itself as a publisher of "fakes," and the image accompanying the posts was lifted from an earlier interview on an unrelated topic.

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Did CNN really apologize for their Ukranian journalist picking wine during Trump’s assassination attempt? Fact Check

Conclusion: The claim is false. There is no credible evidence or statement which suggests CNN has apologized. Moreover, no journalist by the name of "Olesya Bezruchko" works for CNN and The Mirror has not posted any article as shown in the claim. Also no reliable source establishes that the woman in the video is a Ukrainian national or a journalist.

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Fact Check: OLD Video Of Russian Submarine Arriving In Havana, Cuba Is From 2024 — Not 2026

Does a video show a Russian submarine arriving in Havana, Cuba, in May 2026? No, that's not true: The footage dates back to June 2024, when a nuclear-powered Russian submarine and three Russian warships arrived in Havana as part of a port visit coinciding with Russian naval exercises in the Caribbean. The clip resurfaced in social media posts falsely claiming it depicted such an event in May 2026.

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Did NATO promise not to expand eastwards?

The claim of a broken NATO promise does not stand up to scrutiny. NATO never adopted any policy promising not to expand, and it could not have done so without formal consensus among its members - a fact of which the Soviets were fully aware.
No treaty or official commitment exists, and it is not even clear that such assurances were ever made or discussed. The Soviet leader himself later stated that all agreed terms were fully honored by NATO.

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Trump falsely inflates number of US troops in S.Korea

President Donald Trump lashed out at NATO and other allies for not supporting the United States in its war against Iran before both countries agreed to a two-week ceasefire in April 2026. Criticising South Korea for supposedly not doing enough despite receiving US military support, Trump claimed 45,000 American soldiers are stationed in the Asian nation. But a review of US legislation and defence data found the number is around 28,500, lower than Trump's figure.

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Fake: Reuters Claims Ukrainian Funding Linked to Anti-Trump “No Kings” Protests

Fake: Reuters Claims Ukrainian Funding Linked to Anti-Trump "No Kings" Protests [...] Reuters has published no such report, nor has any other credible outlet produced documentation of Ukrainian involvement in the "No Kings" protests. The video circulating online under the Reuters logo is a fabrication; its voiceover was generated using artificial intelligence.

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