Fact checks featuring claims seen in the UK about the ongoing war in Ukraine
Conflict
A video of a mushroom cloud explosion has been shared online with false claims about supposed Ukrainian military losses. The clip has been circulating since 2025 and was made with AI. Read
Conflict
The footage dates back to a recent protest in Kyiv over the felling of trees for a new heating pipeline. Read
World
Although one of the clips comes from Mr Zelenskyy’s career as a comic actor, the other two videos aren’t of him. Read
Conflict
A compilation video shared on Facebook repeats a fake clip of a young Ukrainian soldier crying. We have only fact checked this clip, which appears at the start.The beginning of … Read
World
A picture is circulating on social media with false claims it shows a traffic jam of cars trying to leave Russian-annexed Crimea over fuel shortages. But it’s actually from Armenia. Read
Conflict
An old video from China in 2015 has been circulating with claims it depicts an attack on Ukraine which killed President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. But this is false. Read
Culture & Society
A fake BBC News report claims a video posted by Volodymyr Zelenskyy shows a stolen Cézanne painting in the background. But the real version includes a different painting by a Ukrainian artist. Read
Conflict
A video of a young Ukrainian soldier crying and saying he doesn’t want to die was made using artificial intelligence. Read
Immigration
Footage shared on social media claiming to show migrants stealing items from a UK graveyard is actually from Ukraine. It is unclear what the people are doing by the graves, however. Read
Conflict
This clip shows clear signs it was made using artificial intelligence, and is being shared after Ukraine recently used drones to strike Russian aircraft. Read
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