“I will start with the fact that modern Ukraine was entirely created by Russia or, to be more precise, by Bolshevik, Communist Russia.”
Vladimir Putin
Russian president. in a televised speech. Claim dated 21 Feb 2022.
Washington Post rated thisFalse
What Washington Post found
Putin tries to minimize Ukraine as a recent creation,
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In short
Vladimir Putin (Russian president) made this claim around 21 February 2022. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 23 February 2022, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Vladimir Putin has 8 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 5 of them false or fake, 2 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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