President Zelenskyy’s office was not blown up in recent Kyiv strikes
Claims online that the Ukrainian presidential office was bombed around 10 October 2022 are unevidenced. Read
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Conflict
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Image shared on social media doesn’t show BBC journalist pretending to be on the frontline of war in Ukraine
A single screenshot of a news report from March has led to claims that the BBC exaggerated the situation in Ukraine. Read
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President Zelenskyy did not sell 17 million hectares of land to American conglomerates
There’s no record of Monsanto, Cargill or DuPont having bought large swathes of land from the Ukrainian government under President Zelenskyy, despite claims on social media. Read
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Video of farmers harvesting next to burning crops isn’t from Ukraine
A dramatic video of a field on fire was actually taken thousands of miles from Ukraine. Read
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Photo of Zelensky in front of green screen doesn’t mean he was ‘never’ in Ukraine
A picture of the Ukrainian president in front of a green screen has fuelled false claims about his whereabouts. Read
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Fake video doesn’t show Russian strike on Ukrainian arms depot
The video is CGI. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
War in Ukraine has contributed to global shortages of certain products
A post suggesting that war in Ukraine is not the cause of shortages of a number of products is missing context. Read
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Video doesn’t show Russian and Ukrainian soldiers dancing together after invasion
The clip was uploaded at least six days before the Russian invasion of Ukraine even began. Read
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Picture of Putin popping Ukraine balloon isn’t a Banksy
The clearly-edited image has been shared tens of thousands of times on Facebook. Read
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Edited image falsely claims to show Ukrainian tractor pulling Russian rocket
An image from 2018 of a space rocket on board a train has been edited to show it being pulled by a tractor. Read
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Fact checking claims made by politicians, public figures and viral online content can give you the full picture backed by the evidence.
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