“Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy used U.S. aid funds to buy two yachts for $75 million.”
Social media posts
in an Instagram post. Claim dated 19 Feb 2024.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The documents claiming to show the yacht purchases were fabricated. They include an outdated information and the two yachts named in the documents, "Lucky Me" and "My Legacy," are still for sale.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 19 February 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 21 February 2024, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/C3iVOmpug0M/
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