Ukraine’s President did not state that the bombs dropped on Iran on the night of June 22 were supposed to be used by Ukraine. Propaganda has spread a fake screenshot of a Radio Svoboda news story in another attempt to create the impression that the West no longer supports Ukraine.
Social media users have begun spreading fake information that the bombs that the US dropped on Iran in June 2025 were supposed to be used by Ukraine. Propaganda claims that this statement was made by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. As «proof», they posted a screenshot of such a headline in the Russian Radio Svoboda.
«Don’t worry, Russia will send some to you!» — users ironically comment on the «news».
StopFake decided to check whether Volodymyr Zelenskyy really stated that the «bombs» promised to Ukraine were used in the Middle East. As expected, this turned out to be untrue.
It is impossible to understand what ammunition Volodymyr Zelenskyy is allegedly talking about from the distributed screenshot. It only shows the title «Zelenskyy: bombs dropped on Iran were originally intended for Ukraine», the date is June 22, 2025, and the fact that the story was published in the News section.
StopFake tried to find the news on the media website, but it turned out that it simply does not exist. On June 22, no news was published that mentioned the Ukrainian President. At the same time, a day earlier, on June 21, there was news with Zelenskyy and the same photo as in the propaganda screenshot. But it has a completely different title: «Zelensky: Russia transferred about 20 bodies of its soldiers with the bodies of Ukrainians». Seems like the propagandists edited this news and supplied it with a made up text.
StopFake also excluded the possibility that the news was deleted or that the title was changed later. The WayBackMachine web archive service saved the start page of Radio Svoboda several times an hour on June 22, without recording such a publication.
We also failed to find information with Zelensky’s complaining that Ukraine did not receive the promised bombs in other credible Ukrainian or foreign media. On the day when the fake news allegedly appeared, Zelensky actually commented on the strikes on Iran only once – in his evening video address. In it, he praised US President Donald Trump for his «determination», while not mentioning anything about the bombs. It is worth noting that before the US attack on Iran, Zelenskyy stated that the Pentagon had transferred 20,000 missiles to the Middle East, which were planned to be used in Ukraine against shaheeds. There was no information in the media about any other «redirected» military aid.
Earlier, StopFake refuted information that the US was allegedly stopping military aid to Ukraine.
