“U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and a journalist had an exchange about the impending peace talks between Ukraine and Russia.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 21 Feb 2025.
Vera Files rated thisFake
What Vera Files found
No such exchange on diplomacy and Russia's concessions took place between Hegseth and a reporter in a press briefing after a NATO defense ministers' meeting on Feb. 13.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 21 February 2025. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 11 March 2025, 18 days later. Its rating was “Fake”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/share/p/18agDWVCGC/
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