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Video doesn’t show Ukraine striking Moscow with Taurus missile amid June 2025 drone attacks | Snopes.com

Video doesn’t show Ukraine striking Moscow with Taurus missile amid June 2025 drone attacks | Snopes.com

Jun 3, 2025
The footage actually showed a Ukrainian strike on the Crimean port of Feodosia in December 2023 – not Ukrainian strikes on Russia in June 2025.
PTI Fact Check: Old image of Russian S-400 destroyed by Ukraine falsely linked to recent India-Pakistan military conflict

PTI Fact Check: Old image of Russian S-400 destroyed by Ukraine falsely linked to recent India-Pakistan military conflict

Jun 3, 2025
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: Russia bombs Ukraine airbases in military retaliation? No, video is from 2024

Fact Check: Russia bombs Ukraine airbases in military retaliation? No, video is from 2024

Jun 3, 2025
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

Fact Check: Video Game Footage Does NOT Show Actual Destruction of Russian Strategic Bombers | Lead Stories

Jun 2, 2025
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

Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Russian Attack on Ukrainian Airbases in June 2025 | Lead Stories

Jun 2, 2025
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

Ukrainian airbase destroyed by Russia in retaliatory action? No, image is AI-generated

Jun 2, 2025
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: President Trump Did NOT Say Ukraine Must Compensate Russia For Aircraft Destroyed In June 1, 2025, Drone Attacks | Lead Stories

Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT Say Ukraine Must Compensate Russia For Aircraft Destroyed In June 1, 2025, Drone Attacks | Lead Stories

Jun 2, 2025
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

Fact Check: Russian Nuclear Bomber Attacks Ukraine? 2024 Video Shared With False Claim

Jun 2, 2025
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.
Fact Check: Image Does NOT Prove Ukrainian Government Issued ‘Rules For Reporters’ Photographing Zelenskyy In Turkey In May 2025 | Lead Stories

Fact Check: Image Does NOT Prove Ukrainian Government Issued ‘Rules For Reporters’ Photographing Zelenskyy In Turkey In May 2025 | Lead Stories

May 16, 2025
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’

PTI Fact Check: Old Ukraine video shared to falsely claim ‘Adampur military base damaged in Pakistani airstrike’

May 10, 2025
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

Video shows Russian drone striking Ukraine, not Indian drone intercepted by Pakistan | Snopes.com

May 9, 2025
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

Fake: Friedrich Merz Will Come to Russia for The Victory Day Parade – Berliner Zeitung | StopFake

May 8, 2025
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.
Fake: Zelenskyy Exempted Relatives of Galicia Division Soldiers from Conscription | StopFake

Fake: Zelenskyy Exempted Relatives of Galicia Division Soldiers from Conscription | StopFake

May 7, 2025
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.