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Search results for "Ukrainians are using VPNs to cause havoc in Russia by changing fuel station statuses on maps"

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Fact-checks (21138)

Social Media stated on February 20, 2025 in in a social media post:
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “blocked Truth Social in Ukraine.”
By Claire Cranford• February 25, 2025
Facebook posts stated on April 13, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Ukraine was responsible for the Kramatorsk train station bombing.
By Samantha Putterman• April 18, 2022
Facebook posts stated on May 01, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Video shows Ukraine was “nuked.”
By Luiz Romero• May 4, 2023
Facebook posts stated on July 02, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“Putin humiliatingly blows up all weapons and facilities" on Snake Island by retreating Russian troops.
By Andy Nguyen• July 12, 2022
Russia Today stated on March 04, 2014 in a posting on their website:
The new Ukrainian government "introduced a law abolishing the use of languages other than Ukrainian in official circumstances."
By Jon Greenberg• March 5, 2014
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
Instagram posts stated on April 11, 2023 in an Instagram reel:
The RESTRICT Act would allow the U.S. government to “charge you with a felony and $1 million for having a VPN.”
By Sara Swann• April 19, 2023
Instagram posts stated on October 20, 2022 in a post:
“Ukraine has a nuclear bomb primed in Mykolaiv.”
By Luiz Romero• October 27, 2022
Karl Rove stated on March 16, 2014 in a panel discussion on "Fox News Sunday":
Russian annexation of Crimea "removes a million residents of the Ukraine that have provided the margin of victory for (Viktor) Yanukovych, the pro-Moscow prime minister in his last election."
By Louis Jacobson• March 19, 2014
Russian Embassy in Canada stated on March 01, 2022 in a statement:
"The Russian army does not occupy Ukrainian territory."
By Louis Jacobson• March 3, 2022
Donald Trump stated on February 18, 2025 in remarks to reporters at Mar-a-Lago:
Volodymyr Zelenskyy “started” the war in Ukraine with Russia.
By Claire Cranford, Louis Jacobson• February 19, 2025
Facebook posts stated on June 28, 2022 in a Facebook video post:
Video claims Moscow turned into “sea of fire after being attacked by two mysterious missiles.”
By Andy Nguyen• June 30, 2022
Facebook posts stated on July 05, 2024 in a video on Facebook:
Video shows tornado caused by Hurricane Beryl in July 2024.
By Madison Czopek• July 9, 2024
Instagram posts stated on April 18, 2022 in an Instagram post:
Images show the Ukrainian flag being replaced by the Soviet Union flag in Mariupol in 2022.
By Samantha Putterman• May 2, 2022
Facebook posts stated on February 28, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Says Sean Penn’s trip to Ukraine in November is evidence the war is staged.
By Ciara O'Rourke• March 4, 2022
Instagram posts stated on February 10, 2023 in an Instagram post:
“Humans are not causing climate change.” Magnetic pole shifting “is causing havoc worldwide in weather, climate, earthquakes, tsunamis, etc.”
By Loreben Tuquero• February 15, 2023
Mike Rogers stated on March 02, 2014 in in comments on Fox's "Fox News Sunday":
Crimea was part of Russia "until 1954, when it was given to the Soviet Republic of the Ukraine."
By Julie Kliegman• March 2, 2014
Hank Gilbert stated on September 12, 2010 in a campaign video.:
Says gas pumps in different parts of Texas are missing state inspection stickers and/or their inspections are out of date--and that's cheating consumers.
By W. Gardner Selby• October 16, 2010
Marjorie Taylor Greene stated on February 19, 2022 in a talk before a rally:
"Ukraine was the No. 1 donor to Hillary Clinton when she was running for president.”
By Bill McCarthy• February 22, 2022
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

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Lie of the Year 2022: Putin’s lies to wage war and conceal horror in Ukraine

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By Bill McCarthy• December 2, 2019

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By Aaron Sharockman• March 5, 2014

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By Aaron Sharockman• March 5, 2014

A guide to the developments in Ukraine

By Aaron Sharockman• March 19, 2014

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By Madison Czopek• March 21, 2022

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By Bill McCarthy• March 4, 2022

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