Category Ukraine

Fake: UK Visa Center in Kyiv Closed Down After Russian Shelling

In reality, the visa center, which helps to obtain visas to the UK, has long since moved to another address. As a result of the Russian shelling, the building where it is currently located was not damaged, and it continues to operate. This visa center is a commercial structure and is formally in no way connected with the British government.

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Fake: Ukrainian Hackers Target Pentagon Website Over Display of Russian Tricolor – Wired

The American outlet Wired has not reported that a so-called 'Ukrainian branch' of the Anonymous hacker collective attacked the U.S. Department of Defense website over a Russian flag image used in a Flag Day greeting. Russian propaganda appropriated Wired's branding to fabricate yet another disinformation narrative aimed at discrediting Ukraine.

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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."

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Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE Taxpayers Paid $411,634 For Sen. Lindsey Graham’s May 2025 Hotel Stay In Kyiv | Lead Stories

Do viral screenshots prove that U.S. taxpayers paid $411,634.00 for Senator Lindsey Graham's hotel stay in Kyiv, Ukraine, in May 2025? No, that's not true: His name is not linked to the spending documented in the images. The Department of State told Lead Stories that the screenshot of the agency's government contract in Ukraine had nothing to do with congressional travel.

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Fact-Check | This Video Doesn’t Show Recent Visuals of Russia Retaliating Against Ukraine

Claim: The viral video shows Russia's latest strike on Ukraine, destroying seven airbases and signalling a dire warning to the West.

Fact: The video dates back to July 2024 and shows a Russian missile hitting a Kyiv children's hospital, not multiple airbases.

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