Category Satire taken seriously

Fake: Zelenska Claims Ukraine Is Ready to Accept 40 Million Refugees from Israel

First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska made no such statement regarding the acceptance of 40 million Israeli refugees. The claim is entirely false and has been circulated as part of a disinformation campaign. In reality, Ukraine successfully coordinated the evacuation of 176 individuals from Israel to Moldova, including 133 Ukrainian citizens and nationals of Moldova, Latvia, Azerbaijan, Estonia, and the United States.

June 25, 2025

Olena Zelenska Disinformation Fact checks / debunkings Refugees Methods Misconceptions Satire taken seriously Israel Ukraine Protected groups & minorities International community

NYT didn’t reveal Pentagon plans to kidnap Zelenskyy | Snopes.com

Rating: Originated as satire.
In a statement to Snopes, Naseem Amini, spokesperson for the Times, wrote: "The New York Times did not publish this story, and none of the writers listed are employed by The Times."

June 9, 2025

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Trump’s ‘Temu Zelenskiy’ taunt is an AI deepfake

WHAT WAS CLAIMED
A video shows Donald Trump calling Ukraine's leader "Temu Zelenskiy" for not wearing a suit.

OUR VERDICT
The video is an AI deepfake from a self-described parody account.

March 12, 2025

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FACT CHECK: RFK Jr. Did Not Write Post About Deep State Being Enemy

A post shared on X claims to show Heath and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about the real enemy being the deep state [rather than Russia, Ukraine, or China].

Verdict: False. This is a parody account, not the actual account belonging to Kennedy Jr.

March 7, 2025

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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.'

January 10, 2024

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No, This Isn’t a Real Headline About ‘Five TikTok Dances You Can Do to Support Ukraine’

Claim: A headline from an actual news organization in 2022 suggested: "Here's 5 Tik-Tok dances you can do to help Ukraine fight Russia."
Rating: Originated as Satire

August 17, 2023

Fact checks / debunkings Misconceptions Satire taken seriously Ukraine

Video Fake: Ukrainian Refugee Complaining About Living in Europe

The video circulating online is satirical and its author is not and has
never been a 'Ukrainian refugee in Europe.' The woman from the video
permanently lives in Ukraine and films many satirical sketches on TikTok.
However, Russian propaganda used the 48-second joke video to once again
discredit Ukrainian refugees.

May 18, 2023

Disinformation Russian propaganda Coordinated disinformation Media taken out of context Fact checks / debunkings Methods European Union Misconceptions Satire taken seriously Ukraine Russia International community

Claims that Vladimir Putin destroyed an ‘adrenochrome warehouse in Ukraine’ lack evidence

A recent blog post builds on a fictitious narrative that Russian President Vladimir Putin is stymieing the production of adrenochrome in Ukraine.......We found no credible news reports or sources to corroborate the unfounded allegations, which were published on Real Raw News, a site that regularly posts fake news. The blog's stories are written by someone using a pseudonym and the site has a disclaimer saying it contains "humor, parody and satire," though the author has defended his stories as truth.

The same site wrote separately that Putin intercepted a shipment of adrenochrome bound for the United States. We rated that Pants on Fire!......We rate claims that Putin destroyed an adrenochrome warehouse in Ukraine Pants on Fire!

February 23, 2023

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Vladimir Putin didn’t intercept shipment of chemical compound adrenochrome

Adrenochrome features heavily in QAnon conspiracy theories, which purport the baseless idea that a global cabal of pedophiles is harvesting the chemical from the blood of children to stay young and healthy.
That's false, and so is the claim that Putin foiled a shipment of it.

We found no credible news reports or other sources to corroborate the claims in this post.

Real Raw News has a disclaimer saying it contains "humor, parody and satire," though the author has defended his stories as truth. The website also regularly publishes false, fantastical stories authored by someone using a pseudonym.

We rate this baseless post Pants on Fire!

February 16, 2023

Disinformation Antisemitism Blood libel Children Russian propaganda Coordinated disinformation Fact checks / debunkings USA Putin Narratives Misconceptions Satire taken seriously Organ farming Russia Protected groups & minorities Hatred and bigotry International community

Fabricated story falsely claims Vladimir Putin destroyed an adrenochrome lab in Ukraine

This story was fabricated. It appeared on Real Raw News, a site that regularly publishes false, fantastical stories authored by someone using a pseudonym.

Real Raw News stories are authored by someone using a pseudonym and the site has a disclaimer saying it contains "humor, parody and satire," though the author has defended his stories as truth.