A video of a large fire is circulating on social media with false claims it depicts recent disorder in Belfast. But the video actually shows the aftermath of a gas pipeline explosion in Russia that happened on 9 June. The footage does not show Belfast or the ongoing unrest there. It actually shows the aftermath of gas pipeline explosions in Russia.
Russian disinformation in Armenia 'neither a surprise nor effective', expert says.
Fake news spread by Russia in Armenia as the country held legislative elections came as "neither a surprise nor effective", said Richard Giragosian, founding director of the Regional Studies Center.
The EU imposed sanctions on Russian organizations and officials implicated in the abduction of Ukrainian children and their forced "re-education."
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.
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.
A video purportedly showing three men of Indian origin washing clothes inside a fountain at a cultural heritage site in Moscow has gone viral on social media. In the clip, several bystanders can be seen recording and laughing at the men, while a voiceover claims that "Indian visitors" turned the famous Friendship of Peoples Fountain into a laundry spot. The caption accompanying the post further alleges that such behaviour is "completely normal in their country."
NewsMobile verified the claim and found that the viral video is AI-generated.
The NM team investigated the viral claim and found no credible or mainstream media reports, either in India or Russia, carrying any such incident.
The Russian Ministry of Defense did not spare central Kyiv out of humanitarian concern. From the opening days of the full-scale invasion, Russian forces have carried out systematic missile and drone strikes against residential areas, hospitals, and civilian infrastructure across Kyiv, including its central districts. The ministry's own statement undercuts its humanitarian framing further: it contains explicit threats against the civilian population - language that is irreconcilable with any credible claim of restraint.
Russian Telegram channels and state media are amplifying a May 4, 2026, statement by Russia's Ministry of Defense claiming that Moscow had previously "refrained, for humanitarian reasons," from launching missile strikes on the center of the Ukrainian capital.
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.
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.
A claim circulating widely on platforms alleges that Russia has officially announced that all future oil and gas deals with Europe will be priced in Chinese yuan. The claim is often framed as a major geopolitical shift away from Western currencies and presented as breaking news. However we found this claim to be misleading. [...] There is no credible evidence that Russia has announced that all future oil and gas deals with Europe will be priced in Chinese yuan.