“When Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Ukraine recently "he announced that they were going to suspend elections in Ukraine.”
Social media posts
an Instagram post. Claim dated 27 May 2024.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Ukraine’s presidential election would have been held in March, but Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in November that elections would not take place.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 27 May 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 29 May 2024, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/i.am.link/3377318537954991036
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