FACT CHECK: No, Biden Is Not Sending U.S. Troops To Fight Russia
A White House spokesperson said the claim is false in an email to Check Your Fact.
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FACT CHECK: Facebook Post Makes False Claim About Putin, ‘Illegal Chinese Immigrants’ | Check Your Fact
The video, originally posted on Douyin on Dec. 29, shows travelers going
through customs at a Russian airport ahead of New Year's
FACT CHECK: Facebook Post Falsely Claims Lloyd Austin Was Killed In Ukraine | Check Your Fact
The claim stems from a Jan. 7 article published by the satire site, 'Real
Raw News.'
FACT CHECK: Video Does Not Show F-16s In Ukraine | Check Your Fact
The F-16 in the video was digitally created as part of an ad. While F-16s
are being provided to Ukraine, it has not been confirmed that the aircraft
are in the country'
FALSE: Verkhovna Rada has adopted a law that will make the English language the main language in Ukraine
This is not true. Doctors did not mention the figure of 30,000 deaths and injuries per month. This information was voiced by Yurii Lutsenko. According to estimates by researchers from the "Book of Memory of the Fallen for Ukraine," Ukraine's losses amount to over 30,000 deaths and about 100,000 wounded in 2022-2023.
Fake: Ukrainian Serviceman Sent to Avdiyivka to Die for Posting a Tik Tok
The author of the TikTok video is alive and was never sent to the frontlines in Avdiyivka. StopFake managed to track him down and the serviceman refuted the information spread by propaganda.
Fake: Elon Musk Wants to Receive Russian Passport and Thinks Putin Is “Not a…
An excerpt from a broadcast on X (formerly Twitter), in which Elon Musk praises Putin and Russia, was generated by a neural network and shared initially by Russian sources. The original recording of the broadcast with Musk, where he says no such thing, is available online.
Manipulation: Former NATO Commander Praises Russian Army and Give Up on Ukrainian Forces
Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe James Stavridis did not say that the Russian army is significantly superior to the Ukrainian army, and certainly did not "give up on the Ukrainian army." He only noted that the Russian army currently has a significant advantage in aviation. In his column on the Bloomberg website, Stavridis emphasizes the importance of further military support for Ukraine from its Western partners. The ex-military officer also notes that, with sufficient means, Ukraine "will at a minimum be able to hold off further significant Russian land gains."
Manipulation: Polish and British Special Forces Have Been Fighting in Ukraine Since The Very…
We are talking about training and counseling of the Ukrainian military, which took place long before Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. As for the participation of the Poles, the book "Poland at War," cited by the propaganda, confirms that they were withdrawn from the territory of Ukraine after the start of the [full-scale] war at the insistence of the Polish authorities.
US celebrities tricked into recording videos urging Zelensky to go to rehab – Truth or Fake
In a new Russian disinformation campaign uncovered by Microsoft, celebrities such as Elijah Wood, Priscilla Presley and Mike Tyson have been tricked into recording a video via the Cameo app that was later doctored and used for anti-Zelensky propaganda. We tell you more in this edition of Truth or Fake.