“Then the Russians go in. They don’t send a big army. They only send 40,000 people. It’s a nation of 44 million people. They clearly do not intend to conquer Ukraine, but they want us back at the negotiating table.”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Independent candidate for president. In a "history lesson" posted on YouTube. Claim dated 8 Jan 2024.
Washington Post rated thisFalse
What Washington Post found
Russia wanted to decapitate the Ukrainian government.
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In short
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Independent candidate for president) made this claim around 8 January 2024. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 8 May 2024, 121 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has 55 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 27 of them false or fake, 27 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://youtu.be/uNC3N93YYNE?si=yYED-Yvp7M8ue9mb
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