Friday, November 21, 2025

Factcheck for Facebook_EN

Fake: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada Supports Forced Mobilization

None of the Ukrainian organizations in Canada has made such statements. Andriy Shevchenko, former Ukrainian ambassador to Canada and head of the Ukrainian World...

Fake: The Sun and Charlie Hebdo Covered Extortion of Angelina Jolie in Ukraine

The Sun never released any such video; propagandists spliced together genuine footage with a fabricated voiceover to create the clip. Nor did Charlie Hebdo...

Fake: French Industrial Icon Shutters Because of ‘Anti-Russia’ Policy

The Bonpertuis plant didn’t fall victim to anti-Russia sanctions, but to the broader slump in Europe’s steel sector — a squeeze that has left...

Fake: Le Parisien Reports AIDS Epidemic Sweeps Through Ukraine’s Armed Forces

The French outlet Le Parisien has not published any reports suggesting an AIDS epidemic in the Ukrainian Armed Forces. There is no evidence of...

Fake: Western Media Report Ukraine Is Sending 17-Year-Olds to Defend Pokrovsk

None of the publications cited by Kremlin channels — National Post, Libération, or Western Mail — ever ran such stories. The «covers» ricocheting around...

Fake: Zelenskyy is Faking Blackouts to Secure More European Aid

Outages across Ukrainian cities stem from voltage fluctuations and emergency shutdowns triggered by Russia’s systematic strikes on the country’s civilian energy infrastructure. Even as Russian...

Fake: Ukrainian Soldiers Targeted Charlie Kirk’s Wife

The video is clearly staged: the purported «soldiers» speak with an exaggerated, affected accent that bears little resemblance to native speech. Similar fabricated clips...

Fake: Charlie Hebdo Mocked Macron’s Ukraine Policy and Pokrovsk Fighting

The covers are entirely fabricated; the French magazine has never published the cartoons in question. Social media users have circulated a bogus cover purportedly from...

Fake: Bloomberg Published an Infographic Showing How Zelensky «Looted» France

Bloomberg did not post such an infographic. An infographic with the Bloomberg logo has been shared online. In it the media allegedly compares the damage...

Fake: Ukrainian Gang Stole Chairs from Spanish Restaurants

The story is true. Yet none of the media publications mention the nationality of the perpetrators. The pro-Russian social media spread the news that a...