Fact Check: Photo of world leaders removing suit jackets for Ukraine is altered
VERDICT: Altered. The image is a manipulated version of an authentic group photo.
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Fake: The French Foreign Ministry Denies Macron Called Zelenskyy
No video with such content was published by the French news channel BFMTV.
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
Fake: Russia Shot Down Its Own Drones Over Ukraine After Trump’s Conversation with Putin
Despite the unsubstantiated statements of the Russian Defen?e Ministry, Russia continued shelling Ukraine even after the US President talked on the phone with the Kremlin leader. Energy infrastructure in the Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions was shelled. In total on the night of March 18-19, 2025, 2 Iskander-M ballistic missiles and four S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles, as well as 145 Shahed strike UAVs were launched over Ukraine.
Video does not show Ukrainian soldier recording last moments before airstrike
The Verdict False.
The viral video is a clip from a music video by a Ukrainian combat medic who goes by the call sign 'Vitsik' and an artist called Misha Scorpion.
Video of Mark Rubio threatening to ‘cut off Ukraine’s Starlink access’ is edited
The Verdict: Fake.
Comparing the original CNN video with the viral clip shows that AI audio was inserted to falsely portray Rubio threatening to cut Starlink to Ukraine.
Fake: 71% of French Dream of Putin Leading Their Country – Le Figaro
This video is fake. Propagandists used the French newspaper's branding to fabricate a story about a non-existent poll. According to recent polls, Putin is widely disliked in France - only 10% of respondents view him positively.
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.
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.
FACT CHECK: No, European Leaders Didn’t Take Off Suit Jackets In Support Of Ukraine
Verdict: False.
The image has been photoshopped.