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Search results for "Zelenskyy says Ukraine has begun returning the war to Russia"

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Instagram posts stated on November 04, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “has surrendered.”
By Sara Swann• November 6, 2023
Marjorie Taylor Greene stated on March 03, 2023 in a Conservative Political Action Conference speech:
Says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he wants America’s “sons and daughters to go die in Ukraine.”
By Madison Czopek• March 3, 2023
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
Instagram posts stated on February 19, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy used U.S. aid funds to buy two yachts for $75 million.
By Sara Swann• February 21, 2024
Facebook posts stated on February 02, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “just threw the whole Ukraine money laundering operation under the bus … by stating he’s received less than half of the over $177 billion in aid sent by the United States.”
By Caleb McCullough• February 5, 2025
Instagram posts stated on February 09, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Photo shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s U.S. naturalization certificate.
By Sara Swann• February 14, 2024
Instagram posts stated on July 01, 2024 in an Instagram post:
"President Zelenskyy’s wife orders 4 million dollar Bugatti” in Paris with U.S. tax money.
By Jeff Cercone• July 3, 2024
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
Michael Savage stated on April 25, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Blinken, Austin trip to Kyiv may have been staged
By Jeff Cercone• April 28, 2022
Instagram posts stated on May 27, 2024 in an Instagram post:
When Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Ukraine recently "he announced that they were going to suspend elections in Ukraine."
By Jeff Cercone• May 29, 2024
Tucker Carlson stated on February 06, 2024 in a video posted on X.:
Since Russia invaded Ukraine, “not a single Western journalist has bothered to interview Putin.”
By Madison Czopek• February 8, 2024
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 February 27, 2022 in a video:
Image shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “has joined the front lines with his troops.”
By Monique Curet• March 4, 2022
Facebook posts stated on March 01, 2025 in a post:
Says Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “engaged in election interference by campaigning” in Pennsylvania for former Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.
By Amy Sherman• March 20, 2025
Facebook posts stated on April 23, 2022 in social media posts:
Videos show that Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy uses cocaine.
By Bill McCarthy• April 26, 2022
Instagram posts stated on October 20, 2022 in a post:
“Ukraine has a nuclear bomb primed in Mykolaiv.”
By Luiz Romero• October 27, 2022
Instagram posts stated on January 26, 2023 in a video:
The amount the U.S. has spent in Ukraine is “double the U.S. expenditure for its own war in Afghanistan.”
By Jeff Cercone• January 27, 2023
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 April 13, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Ukraine was responsible for the Kramatorsk train station bombing.
By Samantha Putterman• April 18, 2022
Viral image stated on March 08, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Video shows Volodymr Zelenskyy singing “Endless Love” with his wife.
By Ciara O'Rourke• March 10, 2022

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