“The Russian army captured the U.S Major General Roger L. Cloutier Jr. … in the besieged Ukrainian Azov camp in Mariupol.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
War and conflict
1,754 claims on this topic checked by other fact-checking organisations. Topics are sorted by the words in each claim and cover English-language checks.
“A video taken from a car driving through Bucha, Ukraine, shows a corpse “moving his arm,” and then “in the rear view mirror the ‘corpse’ sits down.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Claim: india not sent army to sri lanka”
Fact Crescendo rated this: FALSE
“Says Mike Gibbons said "military service doesn't count as real work.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Gibbons said Mandel has never worked in the private sector. He didn’t say that military service doesn’t count as work.
“The person in a burqa who threw a petrol bomb at the CRPF camp in Sopore (J&K) is Rayees Ahmad Bhat”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: The person in a burqa who threw a petrol bomb at the CRPF camp in Sopore (J&K) is a woman, not a man. While Kashmir Zone Police have tweeted on 30 March 2022 that Rayees Ahmad Bhat was killed in an encounter, IGP Vijay …
“U.S. President Joe Biden himself is involved in the creation of biolaboratories in Ukraine. An investment fund run by his sun (sic) Hunter Biden funded research and the implementation of the United States’ military biological program.”
PolitiFact rated this: Misleading
“Putin has the gall to say he’s ‘de-Nazifying’ Ukraine. It’s a lie.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Experts Agree
FactCheck.org says: A statement signed by more than 300 historians who study genocide, Nazism and World War II said Putin’s rhetoric about de-Nazifying fascists among Ukraine’s elected leadership is “propaganda.”
“CNN report is “Obviously fake footage about the Ukrainian ‘war’.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: The footage was shot in Ukraine. The Edmonton jacket seen in the footage was donated by a Canadian organization.
“CNN staged a fire in Edmonton, Canada, and claimed it was filmed in Ukraine.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“CNN tweeted a picture of a Serbian resort and said it was in Ukraine.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Photo shows a Russian tank Ukrainians are selling on eBay.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Says Leonardo DiCaprio gave Ukraine $10 million.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Says Sean Penn’s trip to Ukraine in November is evidence the war is staged.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“There was a raid on the Biden residence yesterday by the military!”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“This video shows “Russian war in Ukraine.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Ukraine has been shooting residents of Donetsk and Lugansk just because they wanted to speak Russian.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Will Smith slapped Chris Rock “to take attention away from Ukraine.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Hunter Biden’s Rosemont Seneca investment fund financed the Pentagon’s military biological program in Ukraine.”
Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios
Washington Post says: Hunter Biden had no role in the labs, which are not for bioweapons
“The post claimed that CNN channel passed on Canada’s fire as that of Ukraine’s.”
Vishvas News rated this: FALSE
Vishvas News says: Vishvas News in its investigation found the claim to be fake. Vishvas News found out that Firefighter Aid Ukraine is an organisation based out of Edmonton that donates gear to Ukraine from fire departments in Canada.
“The United Nations sent out an email instructing staff not to use the words “invasion” or “war’” when referring to Ukraine.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: A regional UN office sent an email instructing staff to not use “invasion” or “war” when describing the Ukraine conflict. But officials later said the message went to a small number of people and isn't official policy.