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Satirical Is this a recent photo from Kyiv, Ukraine, of a man shooting at Iranian drones from his balcony window? No, that’s not true: This photo is from a Twitter account that acknowledges this tweet is an old picture and a meme. The claim appeared in a tweet on October 17, 2022 (archived here), …
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No Evidence Did the U.S. deploy M1A1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine? No, that’s not true: A video with a headline that makes this claim offers no proof. A tag in its lower right-hand corner says that “Video footages are used for illustration purposes only.” The claim appeared in the headline of a video …
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2018 Video Was a refugee from Ukraine recently caught defacing a tile floor with a swastika in a UK shopping center and then made to clean it off? No, that’s not true: A bystander video of the incident first surfaced online in 2018, and no evidence exists that the young man scrubbing the swastika …
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Shoddy Numbers Have COVID mRNA vaccines been found to cause an 84 percent increase in death for men ages 18-39? No, that’s not true: Lead Stories asked medical experts about the claim and they said it is misleading and can be misinterpreted to imply that a large percentage of the people who get the …
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Not Required Did a Pfizer representative “admit” the company erred when its COVID-19 vaccine was “never tested on preventing transmission” of the virus during clinical trials? No, that’s not true. Vaccine clinical trials for drug approval didn’t test that. Clinical trials are intended to check the …
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Lacks Context Does a “massive study” of “v-safe” data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) prove that the COVID-19 vaccine caused a “stunning amount” of severe side effects? No, that’s not true: No such study occurred, and no reputable scientific or medical institution …
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Not Arrested Did the military arrest the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink? No, that’s not true: Real Raw News, the website that posted the story, has a disclaimer saying that their articles are “humor, parody and satire.” The site has a history of posting false stories of arrests and …
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Solomon’s Knot Did the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Gen. Valery Zaluzhnyi, wear a bracelet with a Nazi insignia? No, that’s not true: The motifs and clasp on his bracelet resemble a design series that is marketed as a Viking Bracelet, and the charm in question is called a …
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Old Falsehoods Did Karen Kingston present the new evidence confirming that vaccines against COVID-19 are a “mind control neuroweapon” that “can react to 5G towers”? No, that’s not true. She only repeated the false claims previously debunked by Lead Stories, “supporting” them with unrelated quotes …
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Actual Attack Did BBC war correspondent Jeremy Bowen pretend to be dodging Russian bullets during an attack on Irpin, Ukraine, while local residents safely went about their business? No, that’s not true: The claim is based on an out-of-context still image cut from Bowen’s video report from the …
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