Latest Fact-Checks In Ukraine

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 26, 2022 a Facebook post
Photos show Ukrainian citizens destroying two Russian tanks with Molotov cocktails in Kyiv.
False
By Madison Czopek • March 2, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 25, 2022 a post
Russia unveiled a nuclear weapon, "Satan 2," that is "capable of destroying everything breathing in the world."
False
By Monique Curet • March 2, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 27, 2022 a post
"An 8-year-old Ukrainian girl confronts a Russian soldier telling him to go back to his country.”
False
By Monique Curet • March 1, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 24, 2022 social media posts
A photo of a wounded young child was captured in Ukraine in 2022.
False
By Bill McCarthy • March 1, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 25, 2022 a Facebook post
Video shows Ukrainian soldiers saying goodbye to loved ones amid Russia’s 2022 invasion.
False
By Samantha Putterman • March 1, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 25, 2022 a Facebook post
"Ukrainian fighter-ace known as the 'Ghost of Kyiv's real name is Samuyil Hyde.”
Pants on Fire!
March 1, 2022
Viral image
Viral image
stated on February 25, 2022 social media posts
A photo showing young children saluting troops was captured in Ukraine in 2022.
False
By Bill McCarthy • February 28, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 25, 2022 a Facebook post
Video shows a Ukrainian fighter pilot shooting down a Russian plane.
False
By Madison Czopek • February 28, 2022
Joe Rogan
Joe Rogan
stated on February 28, 2022 a Facebook post
Actor Steven Seagal spotted among Russian special forces in Ukraine
False
February 28, 2022
Candace Owens
Candace Owens
stated on February 22, 2022 a tweet
“NATO (under direction from the United States) is violating previous agreements and expanding eastward.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • February 28, 2022
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on February 25, 2022 posts
A 2022 video shows “Ukrainian and Russian soldiers face to face.”
False
By Yacob Reyes • February 25, 2022
X posts
X posts
stated on February 23, 2022 a tweet
Photo shows Empire State Building lit up to support Ukraine.
False
February 25, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 20, 2022 a public Facebook group
Photos show “Ukrainian Christians pray outdoors, in the snow, for their country in this phase of war danger.”
Half-True
February 25, 2022
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on February 24, 2022 a TikTok video
TikTok video shows Russian soldiers parachuting into Ukraine.
False
By Madison Czopek • February 25, 2022
X posts
X posts
stated on February 24, 2022 a tweet
Russia is targeting U.S. biological weapons labs in Ukraine invasion.
False
February 25, 2022
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin
stated on February 24, 2022 an address to the nation announcing the attack on Ukraine
Ethnic Russians face “genocide perpetrated by the Kyiv regime.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • February 25, 2022
Viral image
Viral image
stated on February 24, 2022 a Facebook post
Video shows footage from Russia invading Ukraine.
False
February 25, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 24, 2022 a Facebook post
This "footage" shows Russia attacking Ukraine.
False
By Samantha Putterman • February 24, 2022
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Marjorie Taylor Greene
stated on February 19, 2022 a talk before a rally
"Ukraine was the No. 1 donor to Hillary Clinton when she was running for president.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • February 22, 2022
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on February 19, 2022 an interview with Steve Bannon
Says Joe Biden risks war with Russia because Vladimir Putin doesn’t “believe in transgender rights."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • February 21, 2022
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