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.
Video doesn’t show Ukraine striking Moscow with Taurus missile amid June 2025 drone attacks | Snopes.com
The footage actually showed a Ukrainian strike on the Crimean port of Feodosia in December 2023 – not Ukrainian strikes on Russia in June 2025.
Video showed Ukrainian drones striking Russian bombers? | Snopes.com
The line between games and reality is more blurred than ever.
Fact-Check: AI-Generated Image Viral as Real Photo of Ukrainian Airbase Destroyed by Retaliatory Attacks by Russia
Multiple tools showed high confidence that this image is an AI-generated one.
PTI Fact Check: Old image of Russian S-400 destroyed by Ukraine falsely linked to recent India-Pakistan military conflict
Multiple social media users shared a photo showing a heavily damaged and likely destroyed military vehicle, specifically a radar or air defence system. The user claimed that Pakistan destroyed India’s S-400 defence system. However, the Desk found that the photo shows a Russian S-400 defence system destroyed by Ukraine in 2024. The image was shared with a false claim on social media.
Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Post Complaint About Ukraine’s Attacks On Russia Interrupting His Sleep | Lead Stories
Did U.S. President Donald Trump complain on social media that Ukraine’s attacks on Russia interfere with his sleep? No, that’s…
Fact Check: Video Of Fire At Sharjah Port Falsely Shared As Russia Attacking Ukraine
Video claiming to show Russia attacking Ukraine.
Fact Check: Russia bombs Ukraine airbases in military retaliation? No, video is from 2024
Claim: After a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack, the video shows Russia retaliating by bombing Ukrainian airbases.
Fact: The claim is false. The video shows Russian missiles raining down on Kyiv on July 8, 2024.
Fact Check: Video Game Footage Does NOT Show Actual Destruction of Russian Strategic Bombers | Lead Stories
Does a viral video really show the destruction of “40 Russian strategic bombers” of type TU-95 destroyed by a “daring…
Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Russian Attack on Ukrainian Airbases in June 2025 | Lead Stories
Did a widely-shared clip show Russian missile strikes on Ukrainian airbases, in retaliation against a series of drone attacks on Russian warplanes in June 2025? No, that’s not true: The footage was old, and dated to July 2024 at the latest. It appeared to show Russian missiles striking a children’s hospital in Kyiv, not airbases.
Ukrainian airbase destroyed by Russia in retaliatory action? No, image is AI-generated
Claim: The image shows a Ukrainian airbase destroyed in a retaliatory action by Russia.
Fact: The claim is false. The image is AI-generated.
Fact Check: Russia’s retaliation for Ukraine’s Spider’s Web? This video is from 2024 – India Today
The video dates back to July 2024. It does not show a recent Russian retaliatory strike on Ukraine.
Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT Say Ukraine Must Compensate Russia For Aircraft Destroyed In June 1, 2025, Drone Attacks | Lead Stories
Did President Trump say that Ukraine must compensate Russia for the aircraft it destroyed in a June 1, 2025, drone attack on Russian air bases? No, that’s not true: There is no record of President Trump posting these words on his social media accounts or saying them publicly. A Google search for the quote finds it only on social media posts not related to Trump. No news media reported the quote, although the photo on the meme of Trump speaking in the Oval Office would suggest he said it there in front of journalists.
Fact Check: Russian Nuclear Bomber Attacks Ukraine? 2024 Video Shared With False Claim
Claim: Russian nuclear bomber attacks Ukraine️ following the latter’s large-scale drone strikes on June 1, 2025, targeting multiple airbases deep inside Russia.
Fact: Video dates back to November 21, 2024, when Russia fired its intermediate-range ballistic missile, targeting the Pivdenmash industrial plant in Dnipro, Ukraine.
Fake: McDonald’s Condemns Use of Their Brand in Ukraine’s Defense Ministry Ad | StopFake
Both the CBS video and the company’s so-called comment on the issue are fake.
Fact Check: Image Does NOT Prove Ukrainian Government Issued ‘Rules For Reporters’ Photographing Zelenskyy In Turkey In May 2025 | Lead Stories
Does a viral image confirm that the Ukrainian government issued new rules prohibiting taking pictures of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy from certain angles? No, that’s not true: Talking to Lead Stories, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian Embassy in the United States referred to the image as “fake”. The “rules” were self-contradictory and lacked any specific identifying information tying it to Ukrainian officials.
PTI Fact Check: Old Ukraine video shared to falsely claim ‘Adampur military base damaged in Pakistani airstrike’
Multiple social media users recently shared an image claiming it depicted a key military installation in Punjab’s Adampur that suffered damage due to Pakistan’s airstrikes in the region. In its investigation, the Desk found that the viral image reportedly depicted Russian S-400 missile launch units destroyed by a Ukrainian airstrike in occupied Crimea in April 2024. An old and unrelated image was falsely shared on social media as recent with a false claim.
Video shows Russian drone striking Ukraine, not Indian drone intercepted by Pakistan | Snopes.com
The footage does not depict Pakistani forces shooting down an Indian drone. Rather, it shows a Russian drone falling outside Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Fake: Friedrich Merz Will Come to Russia for The Victory Day Parade – Berliner Zeitung | StopFake
Propagandists distorted the content of the publication. In fact, the columnist expressed his personal opinion on why such a move would be appropriate from a political point of view.
FACT CHECK: 2014 Ukraine protests not a ‘coup’
The post provides no evidence for its claims and instead links to a digital book that claims to have ‘hidden insights from the esoteric realm’
Fake: Zelenskyy Exempted Relatives of Galicia Division Soldiers from Conscription | StopFake
This “decree” is fake and does not appear on the official website of the President of Ukraine. The “document” contains glaring formatting and structural inconsistencies and attributes powers to the head of state that he does not possess: exemption from conscription on the basis of kinship is not provided for by Ukrainian law. Meanwhile, an authentic decree numbered 273/2025 does exist, but it concerns the awarding of the title Hero of Ukraine and has nothing to do with military recruitment – its content has been completely falsified to create a manipulative narrative.




















