Social media posts claim that American news channel CNN reported that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is causing cases of myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart. But the posts feature an altered image from a satire website with comments suggesting it was true, and the media company said the apparent newscast is a fake.

A Canadian charity has for years donated firefighter gear to Ukrainians. A jacket bearing the name of the city Edmonton that appeared in live CNN coverage in Ukraine came from the group, the charity said. An April 2019 Instagram post from the group shows piles of jackets bound for Ukraine. A 2018 post says: “Sharing more gear outside Lviv.” The second photo in this post shows someone holding up a jacket that says “Edmonton” that resembles the one that appears in the CNN broadcast. We rate claims that this jacket is evidence that CNN staged the scene, or that Lemon isn’t in Ukraine, False.

Verdict: False There is no evidence Bonov is the deputy commander of the Kyiv police.

The Dutch Police told StopFake that no such incident had actually taken place. There is also no information about such an incident on any local media.

Some social media accounts circulated this text, claiming it was a real quote from a speech that President Biden gave in Warsaw on Saturday, March 26. President Biden however, did not say these words, not during his Warsaw speech, nor during any of his other public appearances. StopFake analyzed his public speeches as well as transcripts of meetings with media for the period of Februarty 24 through March 26, 2022. We did not find this criticism or any similar criticisms to have been uttered by the American President regarding the Ukrainian government. On the contrary, an analysis of Biden’s speeches shows that the statements circulated on the Internet contradict the position of the White House and what the US President has actually said.

A video circulating online after Russia’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine has racked up tens of thousands of views alongside a claim it shows members of the “Russian army choir” being arrested for singing about peace in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s hometown of Saint Petersburg. In reality, the video corresponds to old footage published in reports since 2015 about a stunt staged to promote the James Bond film “Spectre”.

The photos of Zelenskyy are authentic and were taken during a video conference with the US Congress on 17 March. But the cross on his T-shirt is not the Iron Cross. It is the symbol of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine and appears on the ministry’s website.

A Google reverse image search reveals that the image first appeared online on 25 February 2022 on Twitter. A further search led to an identical image, without the colours of the Ukrainian flag, but taken from the same angle. An analysis of the image posted on Facebook, comparing it with the identical image using photo forensics tools, shows it was manipulated.

Russia has not achieved a complete success in any area in Ukraine and does not control a single strategic city. Western intelligence services have noted Ukraine’s Armed Forces transitioning from a defensive to a counteroffensive posture.

Russian media and pro-Russian Telegram channels are claiming that Maksym Marchenko, the head of Odesa’s Regional Military Administration, whom they refer to as the “Nazi governor” ordered the Khadzibey levee north-west from Odesa be wired with explosives. Ukraina.ru, Zavtra.ru and other pro-Kremlin publications also featured similar reports. According to the Russian media “the Nazis will blow up the levee in the event of a Russian attack and put the blame Russian saboteurs”

The young girl pictured in the photograph taken at the Zaporizhzhia Children’s Hospital is 13-year-old Milena, who was evacuated from Mariupol. This photograph was published in the French newspaper Liberation. After being wounded in the jaw, Milena was placed in an induced coma. As of March 26, some 65,000 people were able to escape the besieged port of Mariupol through Ukrainian organized humanitarian corridors.

A video viewed more than a million times has been shared alongside a claim it shows Russian troops parachuting into Ukraine following Moscow’s invasion of its pro-Western neighbour in February 2022. While there have been reports of Russian paratroopers being deployed as part of the invasion, this video has circulated since 2014 in a social media post about a military exercise conducted in Russia.

A video of a violent clash between demonstrators and police officers has been viewed tens of thousands of times on social media alongside a claim it shows Russians protesting against Putin’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine. But while thousands were detained across Russia over Ukraine protests, the video had been shared in a misleading context. The footage has previously circulated in reports since January 2021 about a Chechen student who fought with riot police in Moscow during protests calling for the release of a Kremlin critic.

Fact Crescendo found out the image viral on social media claiming Prez. Zelensky showing the “V sign” gesture over Putin’s head was actually a digitally altered meme. The meme was digitally created using two separate stock images taken during the Normandy Four Summit held in France 2019 in which Russian and Ukrainian leaders were seen posing separately along with French Prez. Emmanuel Macron

A Facebook post claims that Russia created its own version of McDonald’s after the fast-food chain temporarily shut down operations in the country in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This is misleading; DonMak opened in Ukraine’s separatist-controlled cities of Donetsk and Luhansk a few years after Russia’s conflict with Ukraine in 2014. The images in the post were taken in Ukraine, not Russia, several years ago.

A video of military helicopters hoisting tanks into the air has been viewed millions of times in Facebook posts that claim it shows a Russian attack on a military base in Ukraine. The clip circulated as Russia intensified attacks in Ukraine. However, the footage actually shows a military exercise in the Netherlands in 2018.

A number of viral posts on social media have claimed that a Canadian sniper, dubbed “the world’s deadliest sniper”, was killed within hours of arriving in Mariupol, Ukraine, where he had gone to fight. However the man, nicknamed Wali, is still alive and well. He told the FRANCE 24 Observers team that he thinks the disinformation around his death serves to dissuade foreign fighters from going to Ukraine.

Yes, the U.N. General Assembly can expel a member country, but it’s never happened. Russia’s removal from the U.N. is unlikely, experts say.

The soldiers seen in the video don’t appear to be wearing Russian uniforms, an expert on land warfare said. The uniforms appear to match those worn by soldiers in the Kenya Defence Forces. A longer version of the video says the soldiers are members of the Kenyan military. Our ruling A video claimed to show Russian soldiers fleeing for safety after failing to fire a rocket-propelled grenade. One expert told us the soldiers in the video don’t appear to be Russian, based on their uniforms and lack of armbands. The uniforms do not seem to match ones in photos we found of Russian soldiers. The uniforms appear to match those worn by the military in Kenya, based on images and a longer version of the video found on YouTube. We rate this claim False.

A TikTok video of a man smoking a cigarette in what appears to be a truck full of body bags has been viewed thousands of times in Facebook posts suggesting that deaths are being staged in the war in Ukraine. The claim is false; the clip shows the behind-the-scenes making of a music video for a song released by Russian rapper Husky in September 2020.