Monday, April 28, 2025

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Fake: Trump’s Press Secretary Says Germany Belongs in ‘The Dock’ for Supporting Ukraine

There is no evidence that Karoline Leavitt actually published such a post. A screenshot purporting to be from an Instagram story by Karoline Leavitt, Donald...

Fake: First Bangladeshi Migrants Arrive in Transcarpathia

A furniture factory in Transcarpathia really tried to involve 30 Bangladeshi citizens in its production, but none of them ever arrived at the enterprise...

Fake: Zelensky and His Wife Stayed at the Moscow Hotel During Their Visit to...

Olena Zelenska did not publish such a post on her Instagram, and the Moscow Hotel is located in another city. The Zelensky couple stayed at...

Fake: After USAID Freezes Funding for Ukrainian Fact-Checking Organizations, the Number of Fakes Decreased...

Microsoft did not release such a video. The quote from journalist Dhruv Mehrotra, given in the video, is also fabricated. Propaganda sources claim that Ukrainian...

Fake: Ukraine ‘Attacked Chornobyl NPP Sarcophagus to Blame Russia’

The Russian drone named "Geran-2", a Shahed-type UAV, attacked the shelter over the fourth reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP) on the...

Manipulation: Metropolitan Epiphanius in Washington Called to Return Nuclear Weapons to Ukraine

Metropolitan Epiphanius did not say anything like that. He only mentioned nuclear weapons in the context of Ukraine giving up its own arsenal in...

Manipulation: Worms Will Become the Main Source of Protein in EU Food Products

The decision only concerns the approval of insect use in food production. Pro-Russian sources have spread news claiming that EU residents will have to «forcibly»...

Deepfake: Trump Offers Putin a Deal and Threatens to Seize Additional Russian Territories

The original source of the video, in which Trump allegedly threatens Putin with helping Ukraine take control of additional Russian territories unless he engages...

Fake: USAID Funded the Work of a «Troll Farm» Which Employed Eastern European Students 

The grant in question covered an educational competition for student projects on media literacy and countering Russian propaganda Pro-Russian sources are spreading a screenshot from...

Manipulation: 90% of Ukraine’s Media Were Totally Dependent on USAID

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has indeed funded a significant portion of Ukrainian media. However, the exact degree of dependence varied...