0 People 567 Fact-checks 389 Articles People (0) Fact-checks (567) 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 Facebook posts stated on June 20, 2023 in a Facebook post: The Pentagon “said we accidentally sent $6.2 billion to Ukraine.” By Tom Kertscher• June 22, 2023 Charlie Kirk stated on September 29, 2019 in a tweet: "Barack Obama asked Ukraine to investigate his political rival's campaign manager, 3 Democrat senators asked Ukraine to investigate Trump, and the DNC solicited Ukraine's help to dig up dirt on Trump." By Bill McCarthy• October 3, 2019 Facebook posts stated on April 16, 2022 in a video: "America (is) trying to overthrow the Ukraine government just as the shadow government has infiltrated and overthrown the US government." By Monique Curet• April 22, 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 25, 2024 in an Instagram post: "Half of all Ukrainian aid was laundered and sent back to Democrat candidates for re-election." By Caleb McCullough• November 26, 2024 Facebook posts stated on November 29, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden "blackmailed Ukraine with a billion in tax dollars to drop an investigation into his son and Democrats want to impeach President Trump for simply asking if it was true?" By Daniel Funke• December 10, 2019 Facebook posts stated on March 02, 2022 in a public Facebook post: “Putin Vows to ‘Crush’ Child Traffickers in Ukraine” By Luiz Romero• March 18, 2022 Ted Cruz stated on December 08, 2019 in a TV interview: "Ukraine blatantly interfered in our election." By Madlin Mekelburg• December 12, 2019 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 September 03, 2022 in a Facebook post: “The Russian army is withdrawing from Ukraine!” in September 2022 By Andy Nguyen• September 8, 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 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 Bloggers stated on October 04, 2019 in posts on the Internet: "Nancy Pelosi's Son Paul Jr. Was Exec at 'Ukraine-Based Gas Company,' Similar to Hunter Biden" By Daniel Funke, Louis Jacobson• January 17, 2020 David Ignatius stated on March 02, 2014 in comments on CBS' "Face the Nation": "Crimea became part of Ukraine only in 1954. Crimea was historically part of Russia, and (Nikita) Khrushchev gave it to Ukraine in a gesture that mystified some people." By Julie Kliegman• March 2, 2014 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 Chris Christie stated on November 08, 2023 in the third Republican debate in Miami: “In 1992, this country made a promise to Ukraine. We said if you return nuclear missiles that were part of the old Soviet Union to Russia, and they invade you, we will protect you.” By Louis Jacobson• November 9, 2023 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 Facebook posts stated on September 28, 2022 in a video: “North Korea sent more than 100,000 troops to Russia for the Ukraine War!” By Andy Nguyen• September 29, 2022 Facebook posts stated on March 13, 2022 in a Facebook post: “A West Virginia inspection sticker on an Uber” proves the car was not in Ukraine. By Gabrielle Settles• March 17, 2022 Articles (389) 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 Did Ron DeSantis change his stance on Ukraine? If so, how much? By Louis Jacobson• March 15, 2023 Trump said Democratic senators threatened Ukraine. That’s misleading By Amy Sherman• September 27, 2019 Why Ukraine? How an Eastern European country triggered tumult in American politics By Jon Greenberg• September 30, 2019 What you need to know about Donald Trump, Russia and Ukraine By Linda Qiu• August 4, 2016 Where do Republican presidential candidates stand on Ukraine? By Louis Jacobson• June 9, 2023 Read: Text messages between US diplomats about Ukraine aid, Trump phone call By Josie Hollingsworth• October 4, 2019 Misleading images of Chernobyl, Zaporizhzhia plants undercut real reasons for concern By Luiz Romero• March 4, 2022 Putin’s one-sided history of Ukraine’s relationship with Russia By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• February 23, 2022 What was Trump assassination attempt suspect Ryan Wesley Routh’s connection to Ukraine? By Jeff Cercone• September 16, 2024 Ask PolitiFact: What’s Ukraine’s history of trying to join NATO? By Bill McCarthy• April 14, 2022 Trump, Vance and Zelenskyy's tense Oval Office meeting about Ukraine and Russia, fact-checked By Jeff Cercone, Amy Sherman, Sara Swann• February 28, 2025 Why does Russia want the Donbas region? By Louis Jacobson• August 18, 2025 What we know about the Politico story at the heart of a Ukraine conspiracy theory By Daniel Funke, Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• December 3, 2019 What George Soros said about Ukraine in a 2014 CNN interview By Ciara O'Rourke• September 20, 2022 Fact-checking House Republicans’ impeachment report defending Trump on Ukraine By Bill McCarthy, Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde• December 3, 2019 No proof Biden or Kerry channeled U.S. aid for Ukraine to Burisma By Bill McCarthy• November 11, 2019 Ukrainian soldiers believed to be alive, details of their captivity unclear By Monique Curet• March 3, 2022 3 conspiracy theories Putin promoted in his Tucker Carlson interview that Carlson didn’t challenge By Jeff Cercone, Madison Czopek• February 9, 2024 Russia, China and Tucker Carlson lack evidence on Ukraine bioweapons labs By Jeff Cercone, Jon Greenberg• March 11, 2022
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 Facebook posts stated on June 20, 2023 in a Facebook post: The Pentagon “said we accidentally sent $6.2 billion to Ukraine.” By Tom Kertscher• June 22, 2023 Charlie Kirk stated on September 29, 2019 in a tweet: "Barack Obama asked Ukraine to investigate his political rival's campaign manager, 3 Democrat senators asked Ukraine to investigate Trump, and the DNC solicited Ukraine's help to dig up dirt on Trump." By Bill McCarthy• October 3, 2019 Facebook posts stated on April 16, 2022 in a video: "America (is) trying to overthrow the Ukraine government just as the shadow government has infiltrated and overthrown the US government." By Monique Curet• April 22, 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 25, 2024 in an Instagram post: "Half of all Ukrainian aid was laundered and sent back to Democrat candidates for re-election." By Caleb McCullough• November 26, 2024 Facebook posts stated on November 29, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden "blackmailed Ukraine with a billion in tax dollars to drop an investigation into his son and Democrats want to impeach President Trump for simply asking if it was true?" By Daniel Funke• December 10, 2019 Facebook posts stated on March 02, 2022 in a public Facebook post: “Putin Vows to ‘Crush’ Child Traffickers in Ukraine” By Luiz Romero• March 18, 2022 Ted Cruz stated on December 08, 2019 in a TV interview: "Ukraine blatantly interfered in our election." By Madlin Mekelburg• December 12, 2019 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 September 03, 2022 in a Facebook post: “The Russian army is withdrawing from Ukraine!” in September 2022 By Andy Nguyen• September 8, 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 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 Bloggers stated on October 04, 2019 in posts on the Internet: "Nancy Pelosi's Son Paul Jr. Was Exec at 'Ukraine-Based Gas Company,' Similar to Hunter Biden" By Daniel Funke, Louis Jacobson• January 17, 2020 David Ignatius stated on March 02, 2014 in comments on CBS' "Face the Nation": "Crimea became part of Ukraine only in 1954. Crimea was historically part of Russia, and (Nikita) Khrushchev gave it to Ukraine in a gesture that mystified some people." By Julie Kliegman• March 2, 2014 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 Chris Christie stated on November 08, 2023 in the third Republican debate in Miami: “In 1992, this country made a promise to Ukraine. We said if you return nuclear missiles that were part of the old Soviet Union to Russia, and they invade you, we will protect you.” By Louis Jacobson• November 9, 2023 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 Facebook posts stated on September 28, 2022 in a video: “North Korea sent more than 100,000 troops to Russia for the Ukraine War!” By Andy Nguyen• September 29, 2022 Facebook posts stated on March 13, 2022 in a Facebook post: “A West Virginia inspection sticker on an Uber” proves the car was not in Ukraine. By Gabrielle Settles• March 17, 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 Did Ron DeSantis change his stance on Ukraine? If so, how much? By Louis Jacobson• March 15, 2023 Trump said Democratic senators threatened Ukraine. That’s misleading By Amy Sherman• September 27, 2019 Why Ukraine? How an Eastern European country triggered tumult in American politics By Jon Greenberg• September 30, 2019 What you need to know about Donald Trump, Russia and Ukraine By Linda Qiu• August 4, 2016 Where do Republican presidential candidates stand on Ukraine? By Louis Jacobson• June 9, 2023 Read: Text messages between US diplomats about Ukraine aid, Trump phone call By Josie Hollingsworth• October 4, 2019 Misleading images of Chernobyl, Zaporizhzhia plants undercut real reasons for concern By Luiz Romero• March 4, 2022 Putin’s one-sided history of Ukraine’s relationship with Russia By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• February 23, 2022 What was Trump assassination attempt suspect Ryan Wesley Routh’s connection to Ukraine? By Jeff Cercone• September 16, 2024 Ask PolitiFact: What’s Ukraine’s history of trying to join NATO? By Bill McCarthy• April 14, 2022 Trump, Vance and Zelenskyy's tense Oval Office meeting about Ukraine and Russia, fact-checked By Jeff Cercone, Amy Sherman, Sara Swann• February 28, 2025 Why does Russia want the Donbas region? By Louis Jacobson• August 18, 2025 What we know about the Politico story at the heart of a Ukraine conspiracy theory By Daniel Funke, Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• December 3, 2019 What George Soros said about Ukraine in a 2014 CNN interview By Ciara O'Rourke• September 20, 2022 Fact-checking House Republicans’ impeachment report defending Trump on Ukraine By Bill McCarthy, Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde• December 3, 2019 No proof Biden or Kerry channeled U.S. aid for Ukraine to Burisma By Bill McCarthy• November 11, 2019 Ukrainian soldiers believed to be alive, details of their captivity unclear By Monique Curet• March 3, 2022 3 conspiracy theories Putin promoted in his Tucker Carlson interview that Carlson didn’t challenge By Jeff Cercone, Madison Czopek• February 9, 2024 Russia, China and Tucker Carlson lack evidence on Ukraine bioweapons labs By Jeff Cercone, Jon Greenberg• March 11, 2022
