for questions about claims based in Ukraine, or limited to Ukraine.
Questions tagged [ukraine]
52 questions
82
votes
2 answers
What is the origin of this photo of an unexploded bomb?
The viral image below purports to show three TV screenshots of the same photo of a bomb, with the source of the being attributed to three different sources:
First image: Ukrainian Channel 5. The text translates to "Russia bombs".
Second image:…
kandi
- 654
- 1
- 5
- 9
70
votes
4 answers
Did Joe Biden "stop the prosecution" of his son in Ukraine? And did he brag about stopping the prosecution?
In recently released transcripts of a phone conversation between President Trump of the United States and President Zelenskyy of Ukraine, President Trump makes the following statement:
There's a lot of talk about Biden's son, that Biden stopped the…
DenisS
- 22,355
- 8
- 95
- 95
65
votes
1 answer
Is this photo of a jet firing at MH17 a fake?
An image showing a jet firing at MH17 in the Ukraine has surfaced recently and was broadcast by the official Russian state news channel, Channel One Russia.
Could this image be real?
There's an analysis that claims the image is "geometrically…
user22869
- 623
- 1
- 5
- 6
57
votes
2 answers
Does Ukraine have biological weapons facilities?
There's a viral conspiracy theory that Russia attacked Ukraine to neutralize Ukraine's biological weapons. Among many other sources, this tweet from Glenn Greenwald cites a video where Senator Marco Rubio asks Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland…
Reinstate Monica
- 938
- 1
- 7
- 10
34
votes
1 answer
Did Volodymyr Zelenskyy say that "if someone in Ukraine feels Russian, they should leave for Russia"?
In an interview with the BBC on June 16, 2022, Sergey Lavrov claims the following:
[…], whose president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in September 2021 (you didn’t tell your viewers about it, did you?) that, if someone in Ukraine feels Russian, they…
jcdenton618
- 351
- 1
- 3
- 6
33
votes
1 answer
Did medieval Russia reject Islam because of its prohibition against alcohol?
For a long time, I have been aware of a historical anecdote about the attempt to convert Russia to Islam. I don’t know where I first heard the anecdote: I’m pretty sure it was oral, so I had to dig a bit to find notable claims. The anecdote goes…
gerrit
- 17,636
- 17
- 84
- 137
32
votes
4 answers
Was Ukraine planning an attack in Donbas/Crimea prior to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine?
Quote by Putin in today's Victory Day speech:
“In December last year, we proposed the conclusion of an agreement on security guarantees. Russia called on the West to enter an honest dialogue, in search of reasonable compromise solutions, to take…
Allure
- 1,011
- 1
- 7
- 14
31
votes
2 answers
Do the Crimean people prefer to be with Russia than with Ukraine?
In July 2016, Donald Trump, as a US presidential candidate was quoted by ABC News as saying:
The people of Crimea, from what I've heard, would rather be with Russia than where they were.
Politifact confirmed the quote and looked into reports at…
Andrew Grimm
- 38,859
- 36
- 141
- 342
30
votes
1 answer
Did a Turkish cargo ship get bombed in the Black Sea during the Russian invasion of Ukraine?
In a Discord server, someone pointed out the following article by Russian state news media about a Turkish cargo ship which was reportedly hit by a bomb on the way from Odessa to Romania:
Turkish Cargo Ship in Black Sea Reportedly Hit by 'Bomb' en…
Nzall
- 1,729
- 2
- 15
- 20
29
votes
1 answer
Were the Starlink units for Ukraine not paid by Musk?
In reply to Elon Musk's (controversial) peace plan for Ukraine, someone tweeted that
USAID and other paid for Strlinks, you fake philanthropist.
(A tweet with 6000+ "likes", so reasonably believed I think, despite the somewhat anonymous…
Fizz
- 57,051
- 18
- 175
- 291
28
votes
1 answer
Do Ukrainian MPs have regular fist fights?
Multiple sources (for example, here) state that Ukranian Parliamentarians routinely have physical fights on the assembly floor. The videos look a bit like stage fighting to me, however. Are these real fights, or faked? If they're theater, are these…
Ernest Friedman-Hill
- 438
- 4
- 14
23
votes
2 answers
Do these photos show Ukrainian children being trained to fight the Russian army?
From a widely-shared Reddit post:
Ukrainian children trained to use rifles against Russian soldiers
The other photos in the post are shown below.
Neither the post nor the comments provide a source. Reverse image search turns up similar…
LShaver
- 9,931
- 6
- 41
- 73
19
votes
1 answer
Does Hunter Biden work for a Ukrainian oil company?
Around May 2014, Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian oil company announced that it had added Hunter Biden (US Vice-President Joe Biden's son) to its board of directors.
This caused a small controversy in the media. The Federalist published a few reasons…
user21645
- 191
- 2
18
votes
2 answers
Was Roman Protasevich a member of the Azov Battalion?
In the wake of the extraordinary forced landing of Ryan Air flight 4978 by the Belarusian government (described by Ryan Air as a state-sponsored hijacking), the state-supported Russian media launched a campaign against Belarusian journalist and…
fdb
- 935
- 6
- 14
17
votes
1 answer
Is the West supporting neo-Nazis in Ukraine?
John Pilger claims
With eastern Europe and the Balkans now military outposts of Nato, the last "buffer state" bordering Russia – Ukraine – is being torn apart by fascist forces unleashed by the US and the EU. We in the west are now backing…
dwjohnston
- 3,013
- 4
- 19
- 45