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Fake: Ukraine Covered Up ‘Assassination Attempt on US President’

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.

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US President Trump’s claims about Zelenskyy and Ukraine fact-checked

Claim: Zelenskyy started the war with Russia
Claim: Zelenskyy is a dictator
Claim: Zelenskyy has a 4 percent approval rating
Claim: The US has spent $350bn to help Ukraine
Claim: Zelenskyy said he doesn't know where half of the money the US has given Ukraine went
Claim: Zelenskyy was 'sleeping and unavailable' to meet Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent last week in Kyiv

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Fake: Zelenskyy Secretly Signed 100-year Resource Deal with UK, Deceived US

The 100-year partnership agreement between Ukraine and the UK was never "secret". The text of this document is easily available in open sources. Moreover, there is nothing in it that contradicts the agreement between Ukraine and the US on rare earth metals. Additionally, it was the US and the Trump administration, not Ukraine, that initiated the signing of the bilateral metals agreement - several weeks after the deal between Kyiv and London. Thus, neither Ukraine nor Zelenskyy "deceived" America; rather, the United States itself proposed such a deal and its terms to Ukraine.

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Was Zelenskyy’s Pennsylvania visit ‘election interference’? Why experts say no

On Sept. 22, 2024, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited a Scranton, Pennsylvania, ammunition plant to thank its workers, with Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro, who was a surrogate for vice president and then-Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.

Legal experts said that doesn't constitute "foreign election interference," which typically includes "covert, fraudulent or deceptive acts."

Zelenskyy's meeting with Shapiro was not a campaign event for either the governor or Harris.

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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.

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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

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Photo of Churchill visiting White House in ‘siren-suit’ during WWII is authentic

The iconic photo circulated online after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the White House in a "military-style black sweatshirt."

Claim: A photograph authentically depicts then-British Prime Minister Winston Churchill visiting the White House in the U.S. during World War II wearing a "siren-suit.”

Rating: True

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Misleading Video of Zelenskyy Saying the U.S. To ‘Send Their Sons and Daughters to War’

Misbar investigated the viral video and found the claim to be misleading.

Zelenskyy Saying U.S. Will Send 'Sons and Daughters to War' Is Miscaptioned

Contrary to social media users' viral claim, the video is miscaptioned and does not feature a recent statement from Ukraine's Zelenskyy following a heated meeting with Trump on February 28. [...]

Zelenskyy stated, "The U.S. will have to send their sons and daughters exactly the same way as we are sending [our] sons and daughters to war."

However, Zelenskyy was referring to a hypothetical scenario where Ukraine's defeat could trigger a wider conflict, forcing the U.S. to intervene as a NATO member.

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