6 People 12968 Fact-checks 4091 Articles People (6) Shared This Romney allies Ally Maynard Allie McCullen Russian Embassy in Canada Russian Ministry of Defense Fact-checks (12968) Facebook posts stated on March 13, 2022 in a Facebook post: Video shows “Russian soldiers using weapons that have been in a cupboard since Soviet times.” By Jeff Cercone• March 23, 2022 Facebook posts stated on February 28, 2022 in a Facebook post: A 2022 CNN report said, “Russia deploys two nuke bombers in US backyard, Venezuela.” By Bill McCarthy• March 3, 2022 X posts stated on April 04, 2022 in a tweet: “The Russian army captured the U.S Major General Roger L. Cloutier Jr. … in the besieged Ukrainian Azov camp in Mariupol.” By Bill McCarthy• April 5, 2022 Vivek Ramaswamy stated on October 18, 2023 in a press gaggle in New Hampshire: "Russia has hypersonic missile capabilities ahead of that of the U.S.” By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• October 20, 2023 VoteVets stated on March 02, 2022 in an ad: "Donald Trump's appeasement of Putin wasn't just a personal act of treason, it's the Republican Party's official position." By Tom Kertscher• March 10, 2022 Ben Carson stated on August 06, 2015 in the first Republican debate: "Ukraine was a nuclear-armed state. They gave away their nuclear arms with the understanding that we would protect them." By Jon Greenberg• August 7, 2015 Tom Cotton stated on June 16, 2024 in an interview on CNN's State of the Union: “The weapons that Ukraine used in the early days of this war to fend off the Russian invasion are the weapons that Donald Trump sent, that Barack Obama and Joe Biden had refused to send.” By Amy Sherman• July 2, 2024 Ted Cruz stated on March 21, 2016 in an interview on CNN: "Ukraine voluntarily gave up its nuclear weapons because the United States of America" said it would "ensure (its) territorial integrity from Russia." By Jon Greenberg• March 23, 2016 Joe Rogan stated on February 28, 2022 in a Facebook post: Actor Steven Seagal spotted among Russian special forces in Ukraine By Jeff Cercone• February 28, 2022 Viral image stated on May 22, 2022 in a Facebook post: Video shows a “Russian pilot” escaping from jets and a Russian aircraft getting hit by a missile. By Ciara O'Rourke• May 23, 2022 Tim Ryan stated on May 10, 2022 in an attack ad: “J.D. Vance profits off Russia propaganda.” By Jon Greenberg• May 24, 2022 George Papadopoulos stated on April 12, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden is “withholding $150 million in aid from Ukraine” to “pressure Ukraine to drop all criminal investigations into him and his son, Hunter.” By Tom Kertscher• April 15, 2021 Instagram posts stated on November 13, 2022 in an Instagram post: U.S. tax dollars sent to help Ukraine were laundered back by cryptocurrency firm FTX to help Democrats in midterms. By Jeff Cercone• November 15, 2022 TikTok posts stated on June 06, 2023 in a TikTok post: This video shows a cartel member in Mexico carrying a Javelin that the U.S. sent to Ukraine. By Marta Campabadal Graus• June 15, 2023 Instagram posts stated on February 27, 2022 in an Instagram post: Photo of injured Ukrainian woman was from 2018 Russia gas explosion. By Jeff Cercone• April 7, 2022 Facebook posts stated on April 18, 2022 in a Facebook post: After Russia invaded Ukraine, Google Maps “opened all military and strategic facilities in Russia.” By Luiz Romero• April 20, 2022 Russian Ministry of Defense stated on April 03, 2022 in a Telegram post: A video taken from a car driving through Bucha, Ukraine, shows a corpse “moving his arm,” and then “in the rear view mirror the ‘corpse’ sits down.” By Bill McCarthy• April 4, 2022 Facebook posts stated on October 08, 2022 in Facebook post: North Korea has taken military action against Russia. By Michael Majchrowicz• October 12, 2022 Rick Perry stated on July 23, 2014 in an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News: Says three Ukrainians recently captured on a West Texas ranch are among "individuals from countries that have strong terrorist ties being apprehended" near the state’s border with Mexico. By W. Gardner Selby• July 31, 2014 Instagram posts stated on October 20, 2022 in a post: “Ukraine has a nuclear bomb primed in Mykolaiv.” By Luiz Romero• October 27, 2022 Articles (4091) Lie of the Year 2022: Putin’s lies to wage war and conceal horror in Ukraine By Rebecca Catalanello, Louis Jacobson• December 13, 2022 One year into Russia’s war in Ukraine: A look at U.S. aid, and why the U.S. is involved By Louis Jacobson• February 23, 2023 Ukrainian soldiers believed to be alive, details of their captivity unclear By Monique Curet• March 3, 2022 Ask PolitiFact: Where does Hamas get its weapons? By Marta Campabadal Graus, Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 18, 2023 Ahead of face-to-face meeting, Biden and Putin remain far apart on the facts By Jon Greenberg• June 14, 2021 The case for and against establishing a no-fly zone over Ukraine By Louis Jacobson• March 7, 2022 As Russia invades Ukraine, misinformers exploit TikTok’s audio features to spread fake war footage By Bill McCarthy• March 4, 2022 Fiona Hill and conspiracy theories about Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know By Daniel Funke, Louis Jacobson• November 21, 2019 How broken URLs helped fuel an unfounded conspiracy theory related to biolabs in Ukraine By Jeff Cercone• March 17, 2022 Don’t fall for these hoaxes about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine By Samantha Putterman• February 25, 2022 Where do Republican presidential candidates stand on Ukraine? By Louis Jacobson• June 9, 2023 Did Ron DeSantis change his stance on Ukraine? If so, how much? By Louis Jacobson• March 15, 2023 Did Trump campaign soften platform language to benefit Russia? By Allison Graves• August 4, 2016 Cluster munitions, Ukraine and President Joe Biden: What to know By Nuria Diaz Muñoz, Louis Jacobson• July 11, 2023 Russian influence operations intensified ahead of Election Day. Officials expect it to continue. By Loreben Tuquero• November 8, 2024 How paid X accounts blamed Israel, Ukraine for the Baltimore bridge collapse By Madison Czopek• April 3, 2024 False war imagery flooded social media after US attack on Iran. How to tell real footage from fake By Loreben Tuquero• June 23, 2025 3 conspiracy theories Putin promoted in his Tucker Carlson interview that Carlson didn’t challenge By Jeff Cercone, Madison Czopek• February 9, 2024 Obama’s hot mic moment with Russian president in 2012 was unrelated to Ukrainian aid in 2014 By Amy Sherman• November 14, 2019 The facts behind the Russian, right-wing narratives claiming Hunter Biden funded biolabs in Ukraine By Bill McCarthy• April 1, 2022
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Facebook posts stated on March 13, 2022 in a Facebook post: Video shows “Russian soldiers using weapons that have been in a cupboard since Soviet times.” By Jeff Cercone• March 23, 2022 Facebook posts stated on February 28, 2022 in a Facebook post: A 2022 CNN report said, “Russia deploys two nuke bombers in US backyard, Venezuela.” By Bill McCarthy• March 3, 2022 X posts stated on April 04, 2022 in a tweet: “The Russian army captured the U.S Major General Roger L. Cloutier Jr. … in the besieged Ukrainian Azov camp in Mariupol.” By Bill McCarthy• April 5, 2022 Vivek Ramaswamy stated on October 18, 2023 in a press gaggle in New Hampshire: "Russia has hypersonic missile capabilities ahead of that of the U.S.” By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• October 20, 2023 VoteVets stated on March 02, 2022 in an ad: "Donald Trump's appeasement of Putin wasn't just a personal act of treason, it's the Republican Party's official position." By Tom Kertscher• March 10, 2022 Ben Carson stated on August 06, 2015 in the first Republican debate: "Ukraine was a nuclear-armed state. They gave away their nuclear arms with the understanding that we would protect them." By Jon Greenberg• August 7, 2015 Tom Cotton stated on June 16, 2024 in an interview on CNN's State of the Union: “The weapons that Ukraine used in the early days of this war to fend off the Russian invasion are the weapons that Donald Trump sent, that Barack Obama and Joe Biden had refused to send.” By Amy Sherman• July 2, 2024 Ted Cruz stated on March 21, 2016 in an interview on CNN: "Ukraine voluntarily gave up its nuclear weapons because the United States of America" said it would "ensure (its) territorial integrity from Russia." By Jon Greenberg• March 23, 2016 Joe Rogan stated on February 28, 2022 in a Facebook post: Actor Steven Seagal spotted among Russian special forces in Ukraine By Jeff Cercone• February 28, 2022 Viral image stated on May 22, 2022 in a Facebook post: Video shows a “Russian pilot” escaping from jets and a Russian aircraft getting hit by a missile. By Ciara O'Rourke• May 23, 2022 Tim Ryan stated on May 10, 2022 in an attack ad: “J.D. Vance profits off Russia propaganda.” By Jon Greenberg• May 24, 2022 George Papadopoulos stated on April 12, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden is “withholding $150 million in aid from Ukraine” to “pressure Ukraine to drop all criminal investigations into him and his son, Hunter.” By Tom Kertscher• April 15, 2021 Instagram posts stated on November 13, 2022 in an Instagram post: U.S. tax dollars sent to help Ukraine were laundered back by cryptocurrency firm FTX to help Democrats in midterms. By Jeff Cercone• November 15, 2022 TikTok posts stated on June 06, 2023 in a TikTok post: This video shows a cartel member in Mexico carrying a Javelin that the U.S. sent to Ukraine. By Marta Campabadal Graus• June 15, 2023 Instagram posts stated on February 27, 2022 in an Instagram post: Photo of injured Ukrainian woman was from 2018 Russia gas explosion. By Jeff Cercone• April 7, 2022 Facebook posts stated on April 18, 2022 in a Facebook post: After Russia invaded Ukraine, Google Maps “opened all military and strategic facilities in Russia.” By Luiz Romero• April 20, 2022 Russian Ministry of Defense stated on April 03, 2022 in a Telegram post: A video taken from a car driving through Bucha, Ukraine, shows a corpse “moving his arm,” and then “in the rear view mirror the ‘corpse’ sits down.” By Bill McCarthy• April 4, 2022 Facebook posts stated on October 08, 2022 in Facebook post: North Korea has taken military action against Russia. By Michael Majchrowicz• October 12, 2022 Rick Perry stated on July 23, 2014 in an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News: Says three Ukrainians recently captured on a West Texas ranch are among "individuals from countries that have strong terrorist ties being apprehended" near the state’s border with Mexico. By W. Gardner Selby• July 31, 2014 Instagram posts stated on October 20, 2022 in a post: “Ukraine has a nuclear bomb primed in Mykolaiv.” By Luiz Romero• October 27, 2022
Lie of the Year 2022: Putin’s lies to wage war and conceal horror in Ukraine By Rebecca Catalanello, Louis Jacobson• December 13, 2022 One year into Russia’s war in Ukraine: A look at U.S. aid, and why the U.S. is involved By Louis Jacobson• February 23, 2023 Ukrainian soldiers believed to be alive, details of their captivity unclear By Monique Curet• March 3, 2022 Ask PolitiFact: Where does Hamas get its weapons? By Marta Campabadal Graus, Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 18, 2023 Ahead of face-to-face meeting, Biden and Putin remain far apart on the facts By Jon Greenberg• June 14, 2021 The case for and against establishing a no-fly zone over Ukraine By Louis Jacobson• March 7, 2022 As Russia invades Ukraine, misinformers exploit TikTok’s audio features to spread fake war footage By Bill McCarthy• March 4, 2022 Fiona Hill and conspiracy theories about Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know By Daniel Funke, Louis Jacobson• November 21, 2019 How broken URLs helped fuel an unfounded conspiracy theory related to biolabs in Ukraine By Jeff Cercone• March 17, 2022 Don’t fall for these hoaxes about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine By Samantha Putterman• February 25, 2022 Where do Republican presidential candidates stand on Ukraine? By Louis Jacobson• June 9, 2023 Did Ron DeSantis change his stance on Ukraine? If so, how much? By Louis Jacobson• March 15, 2023 Did Trump campaign soften platform language to benefit Russia? By Allison Graves• August 4, 2016 Cluster munitions, Ukraine and President Joe Biden: What to know By Nuria Diaz Muñoz, Louis Jacobson• July 11, 2023 Russian influence operations intensified ahead of Election Day. Officials expect it to continue. By Loreben Tuquero• November 8, 2024 How paid X accounts blamed Israel, Ukraine for the Baltimore bridge collapse By Madison Czopek• April 3, 2024 False war imagery flooded social media after US attack on Iran. How to tell real footage from fake By Loreben Tuquero• June 23, 2025 3 conspiracy theories Putin promoted in his Tucker Carlson interview that Carlson didn’t challenge By Jeff Cercone, Madison Czopek• February 9, 2024 Obama’s hot mic moment with Russian president in 2012 was unrelated to Ukrainian aid in 2014 By Amy Sherman• November 14, 2019 The facts behind the Russian, right-wing narratives claiming Hunter Biden funded biolabs in Ukraine By Bill McCarthy• April 1, 2022
