Thursday, December 11, 2025

Factcheck for Facebook_EN

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: Germany Allocated 40 million Euros to Ukraine to «Replace Stolen Funds» 

In reality this grant is intended to protect Ukraine’s energy system in winter. Users on social networks, as well as some Russian and Belarusian media...

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: European Journalists Forced to Lie About Ukrainian Army in Pokrovsk — RSF

There are no official statements or publications on the Reporters Without Borders website or its regional offices confirming that European journalists are forced to...

Fake: Western Media Publish Inflated Data for Ukraine’s EU Accession

The claims about Ukraine’s «inflated ratings» are untrue. The EU publicly records and transparently publishes assessments of reforms, where the country’s leadership and real...

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...