WHAT WAS CLAIMED: A video shows people being made up to look like war-torn Ukrainian soldiers to get more US funding. OUR VERDICT: False. The clip shows behind-the-scenes footage from the making of a music video.

Vishvas News’ investigation revealed that the viral video dates back to 2023, when Zelensky broke his fast with Ukrainian Muslim soldiers and religious leaders during Ramadan. The old video is now being shared with misleading references, falsely linking it to recent views.

Misbar investigated the circulating video and found the claim to be misleading. Misbar’s team found that the video shows behind-the-scenes moments from the production of a music video. As stated by the original publisher, this refers to the making of a music video called “Brothers.”

The iconic photo circulated online after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the White House in a “military-style black sweatshirt.” Claim: A photograph authentically depicts then-British Prime Minister Winston Churchill visiting the White House in the U.S. during World War II wearing a “siren-suit.” Rating: True

A post shared on Facebook claims the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) paid Time Magazine to name President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as Time Person of the Year. Verdict: False. There is no evidence for this claim.

WHAT WAS CLAIMED: A video shows people being made up to look like war-torn Ukrainian soldiers to get more US funding. OUR VERDICT: False. The clip shows behind-the-scenes footage from the making of a music video.

Misbar investigated the viral video and found the claim to be misleading. Zelenskyy Saying U.S. Will Send ‘Sons and Daughters to War’ Is Miscaptioned Contrary to social media users’ viral claim, the video is miscaptioned and does not feature a recent statement from Ukraine’s Zelenskyy following a heated meeting with Trump on February 28. […] Zelenskyy stated, “The U.S. will have to send their sons and daughters exactly the same way as we are sending [our] sons and daughters to war.” However, Zelenskyy was referring to a hypothetical scenario where Ukraine’s defeat could trigger a wider conflict, forcing the U.S. to intervene as a NATO member.

A fabricated image claiming to show the transcript of the angry meeting between US president Donald Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office was shared as real.

Did Elon Musk tweet “The USA needs to hold an election. Trump would lose by a landslide.” on March 7, 2025? No, that’s not true: The post in question does not appear on Musk’s X account and it was not indexed by Google. A viral screenshot that appears to show such a post bears signs of digital manipulation.

Following last month’s reported Oval Office confrontation between Trump and Zelensky, two videos emerged recently, purportedly of a pro-Trump rally in the U.K. after Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s demonstration of support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Misbar investigated the clips and found the claim to be misleading. The allegations misleadingly portrayed previous protests as support for Trump’s recent stance on Ukraine.

The claim was based on a fake, unverified article that was later deleted, with the publishing website issuing a public apology. Maksym Savrasov and other Ukrainian officials denied the claim.

But the criticism of Zelenskyy’s lack of traditional tie-and-jacket attire misses an obvious question: Why does he dress like that? As it turns out, the black tactical gear he wore to the Oval Office – much like his now-iconic olive-green fleeces and combat boots – is part of a growing visual shift in Ukraine, marked by the war’s impact on the clothing industry and the military’s now central place in Ukrainian culture. I spoke to Illia Ponomarenko – a Ukrainian journalist who has covered the war, written for the Kyiv Post and The Kyiv Independent and authored I Will Show You How It Was: The Story of Wartime Kyiv – about the real meaning behind Zelenskyy’s style. “The clothes are more than clothes,” he said. “They are part of a culture of people who are involved in this war.”

A video, claiming to show an Ukrainian female soldier applying make-up in a war zone with allegations that Ukraine is staging fake combat scenarios to gain financial aid from the United States, is widely circulating on social media. NewsMobile fact-checked the above claim, and found it to be FABRICATED.

AI-generated audio has been added to the clip, falsely making it seem like the BBC correspondent swore about the Trump-Zelenskyy meeting on air.

What was claimed A video shows the moment President Zelenskyy said “f*** him” when asked about President Donald Trump’s latest comments on Ukraine before entering Number 10 Downing Street. Our verdict The clip is misleading, and this isn’t what President Zelenskyy said. He responded to a journalist by saying: “I’m OK, thank you so much”, and did not utter an expletive.

What was claimed BBC Ukraine correspondent James Waterhouse was caught on a hot mic after the meeting of Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump in the White House, saying: “This is the second time ever that a US president ****s someone in the Oval Office.” Our verdict This audio clip has been faked. Mr Waterhouse says it is AI-generated, and a full clip of the report shows no such comments were broadcast.

Recently, a video claiming that Ukraine’s flag was raised on the Statue of Liberty went viral online. Misbar investigated the viral claim and found it to be fake; the clip was originally published on TikTok and labeled “AI-generated.”

What was claimed A video shows Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying the US will have to send their sons and daughters to fight in Ukraine. Our verdict This clip is from 2023 and has been taken out of context. In the full video, Mr Zelenskyy discusses how Ukraine losing the war would risk Russia invading Baltic NATO member states, potentially leading to US involvement on the ground.

A TikTok user posted a video claiming to show Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky insulting United States President Donald Trump during a meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on March 1. It turns out, however, that Zelensky didn’t insult Trump – the video has been manipulated.

A video has surfaced on TikTok of luxury cars pulling up to a private jet with a caption suggesting that it shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy using billions to fund such a lifestyle. The Verdict False The video comes from the Instagram account of a private jet provider company and nothing in the original post links the jet and cars to Zelenskyy.