Fact checks: from across the internet
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Disclaimer: Ukraine Fact Check was not involved in producing the articles listed below. The information presented in them may be incorrect, incomplete, or misleading. As with any other type of article, read with a critical eye, check sources, and seek other opinions before making up your mind on important topics.
Fake: Sumy Region Residents are Compelled to Pay for “Forced Evacuation”
These reports are a complete fabrication. Evacuation from the border areas of Sumy region has not yet begun. The local authorities are still compiling lists of those willing to move to safer regions, after which free transfers and accommodation will be organized for internally displaced persons (IDPs). Sumy Regional Military Administration emphasizes that there will be no emergency or forced evacuation. If someone decides to refuse to be evacuated, it is enough to write a request.
Did Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood Ask for Donations to Ukraine?
Claim: Country music star couple Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood once recorded a video to ask people to donate money to help Ukraine’s relief efforts following Russia’s invasion of the country.
Rating: True
Famous football chant misrepresented as Ukrainians celebrating Crimea bridge blast
A video circulating online purports to show Ukrainians in a packed pub celebrating the country’s recent attack on the Kerch bridge linking Russia to annexed Crimea. But the footage is being misrepresented; it shows Wigan Athletic football fans chanting: “Will Grigg’s on fire!” in 2016 about the English club’s then-striker.
Does Zelensky Live in $5.5M Mansion With Infinity Pool?
The tweet by Churchill offers no evidence that the image of a luxury property she shared belonged to Zelensky. Social media users were quick to point out that the image was taken from a real estate website for a property that was on sale for $5.5 million. It appears to be the latest unfounded accusation that Zelensky has faced that he has amassed properties around the world.
Fake: Ukraine Asks Interpol to Return those Who Flee Mobilization
Ukraine has not asked Interpol to help track down Ukrainians who are evading mobilization. There is a more compelling reason for Ukraine to work with Interpol: to bring suspected collaborators who fled Ukraine to justice.
Fake: Pope Francis Calls on Ukraine to Dismiss Kyiv Pechersk Lavra Abbot
Russian media and Telegram channels’ claims that the Pope has allegedly called on Ukrainian authorities to dismiss the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra abbot is baseless. As of today, none of the Vatican’s official resources have published anything about this.
Fake: Russia Wins All Gold Medals at Japan Physics Olympiad
The Russian team did not win all the gold medals at the international
student physics competition. In reality, Russian students won only five
gold medals out of a total o of thirty-seven.
Is This a Real Video of a Traffic Jam of People Fleeing Crimea in July 2023?
According to social media users, tourists were leaving Crimea in the aftermath of an attack on a significant bridge.
Fake: Zelensky Admits that the US Started the War in Ukraine
Ukraine’s President did not make any statements about the war in Ukraine
being started by the United States. Volodymyr Zelensky once again
emphasised that Ukraine decides on operations to de-occupy its territories
from Russian invaders.
Fake: Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra Icons To Be Auctioned in Paris
A French auction house representative told StopFake that a billboard
advertising the sale of Ukrainian icons from the Kyiv Monastery of the
Caves is fake, and no such an auction is planned. The Osenat website has no
auctions scheduled for October 1. Claims that the West is exporting and
selling Ukrainian artworks are Russian disinformation.
Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Ukrainian President Zelenskyy Performing Belly Dance In 2006 — It’s A Dancer From Argentina | Lead Stories
Did a viral video show Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy performing a belly dance on camera? No, that’s not true: The footage portrays a different person, a professional belly dance instructor from Argentina, and Zelenskyy’s face seems to have been superimposed on that person’s body.
Fake: 47% of Odesa Residents Oppose Ukraine Joining NATO
Opinion polls show that 53% of Odesa residents support Ukraine joining
NATO, and only 18% oppose it. A recent poll conducted by the International
Republican Institute does not show that 47% are against Ukraine joining the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization,
Politico says 20 million Ukrainian soldiers would have to die to retake territory from Russia? No, article screenshot fake – Africa Check
The screenshot was tweeted by the Russian embassy in South Africa. But a Politico spokesperson says the article was not published by the US-based news outlet.
Does NATO’s Website Offer Ukrainian as a Language Option?
NATO’s official languages are French and English.
Fake: French Protestors Used Weapons the West Provided to Ukraine
There is no evidence that any weapons provided to Ukraine by Western
partners were used during the recent protests in France.
Fake translation added to French president’s UN speech about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
A TikTok video shared thousands of times claims to show President Emmanuel Macron apologising to France’s former African colonies and pledging reparations during a UN speech in New York in April 2023. But the claim is false: AFP Fact Check traced the footage of the address to a speech from last September and found that the original English translation was replaced with a fake voiceover. Macron did not discuss Africa but talked about the Russian-Ukrainian invasion.
Were Dead Russian Soldiers Packed Into Grisly ‘Meat Cubes’?
So far Newsweek has been unable to find any evidence to support the “meat cube” claims.
According to local reports, the images of slabs of meat packed in between wooden craters show leftovers of expired animal feed in Russia’s Belgorod region, not the bodies of Russian soldiers.
This viral anti-Zelensky billboard on New York’s Fifth Avenue is fake – Truth or Fake
There’s been much anti-Ukraine and anti-Zelensky propaganda circulating online since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. But a new billboard has just appeared name-dropping Ukraine’s leader on New York’s Fifth Avenue above a busy flagship store. Many factors point to the video being manipulated. Vedika Bahl explains in this edition of Truth or Fake.
Fake: Counteroffensive Dead and Wounded Information Published in Ukraine
Russian propagandists have created a fake site to spread false information
about Ukrainian counteroffensive losses. There are no public forums or
organizations that track counteroffensive casualty numbers. This
information is confidential. Ukrainian military and their allies note that
Ukrainian Armed Forces losses are much smaller than those incurred by the
Russian army.
Fake: Polish Defense Ministry Urges Citizens to Defend Europe from Wagner Group Founder -…
An “advertising poster” in the photo was faked. The press service of the
Ministry of National Defense of Poland, at the request of a StopFake
journalist, stated that none of their departments responsible for
recruiting candidates for the Polish Army is the author of this poster.