“The Russian army does not occupy Ukrainian territory.”
Russian Embassy in Canada
Russian diplomatic outpost. a tweet. Claim dated 1 Mar 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
What PolitiFact found
Not only does independent reporting find this notion to be wrong, but it is undermined by multiple statements by Russia’s own government relating Russian troops’ control of several Ukrainian cities.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Russian Embassy in Canada (Russian diplomatic outpost) made this claim around 1 March 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 3 March 2022, 2 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
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