Explained: Secret American and NATO Ukraine Plans Came From Discord Server
A cache of documents that first appeared on the Discord server "Thug Shaker Central" appeared to contain genuine intelligence files.
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Ukraine: How a film clip fuelled false claims the war is staged – Truth or Fake
Lights, camera, action! A viral video of soldiers falling to the ground from explosions - with cameras present - has fuelled accusations the war in Ukraine is staged. But it's simply behind-the-scenes footage of a Ukrainian short film. We spoke exclusively to the producer and director in this edition of Truth or Fake with Vedika Bahl.
Digitized images are from a video game; they’re not from Ukraine war footage
A recent Facebook post suggests that the video featured in it shows footage of the war in Ukraine but the video in question is from a video game.
Searching for the post's video description turns up a YouTube post from about a year earlier. It has the same description, but identifies the video as being from "Arma 3," a military simulation game.
We rate claims that this clip shows real footage from the war in Ukraine False.
FACT CHECK: Did The Leaked Pentagon Documents Show Ukraine Suffered 71,000 Dead? | Check Your Fact
Verdict: False
The claim is based on an altered document. The original document shows that the United States allegedly estimated Ukraine has suffered around 15,500 to 17,000 deaths, not 71,000.
No, this video doesn’t show Ukrainians setting fire to an Orthodox church
Did Ukrainians really set a Russian Orthodox church on fire? A video purporting to show just that has been circulating online since April 5, 2023. However, it turns out that this video was filmed in Russia more than ten years ago and shows an accidental fire.
Fake: Photo and Video Recording to Be Banned At Ukrainian Cemeteries
There is no such law draft on the Ukrainian parliament's website, nor is there any information about this initiative. The screenshot of the Ukrinform website is fake, as the informational agency did not publish this news either.
No, Ukrainians did not set fire to an Orthodox Church – Truth or Fake
In Ukraine, fake news continues to fuel the information war. In recent days, a video purporting to show a Ukrainian Orthodox church on fire has appeared on social media, with captions accusing "radical Ukrainians" of arson. The claims fit neatly into a Russian narrative that accuses Ukrainians of persecuting followers of the Moscow Patriarchate wing of the Church. But as we explain in this edition, the video is bogus.
Fake: US Permits Ukraine to Strike Russia’s New Territories
This information is fake. The White House did not permit Ukraine to strike Russian territory. On the contrary, the White House's National Security Council strategic communications coordinator John Kirby stated that the US does not 'enable or encourage' the Ukrainian Forces to strike outside Ukraine and will only assist the Ukrainian Forces in liberating their territories. Moreover, there are no new Russian territories, only the Ukrainian territories illegally occupied and annexed by Russia.
Fake: Ukraine Stages Aspirational Videos to Raise Morale Among the Military
A video circulating online shows the filming of the short feature film 'Hope'. The behind-the-scenes videos were taken from the TikTok account of the director Artem Kocharyan, who currently lives in Latvia. The film is based on the real story of his Ukraine acquaintance - a pregnant girl who lost her family due to the Russian aggression.
Fake: “Radicals” burn down Moscow Patriarchate Orthodox Church in Mykolaiv province
Russian media are circulating a video purporting to show the torching of an
Orthodox Church belonging to the Moscow Patriarchate in the Mykolaiv region
by Ukrainian "radicals". The video was actually taken in Russia ten years
ago, in 2013.