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There is no evidence that Ukraine gave weapons to Hamas
Photo: A screenshot from the video
Citing an official announcement of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine, Ukrainska Pravda writes that Russia was preparing to discredit Ukraine, aiming to influence the allies’ attitude and impact the supply of Western weapons. Security experts for foreign fact-checkers say that Ukraine is in an existential battle against Russia and that there is no reason...
Even the storm in New York drawn in the QAnon-conspiracy theories’ raffle
The violent storm that hit and flooded New York last Friday did not happen because Trump supporters allegedly turned on the HAARP to rescue children trapped and abused in tunnels, as claimed in this post, but because of the impact of climate change. Kidnapping, holding, and consuming children in New York tunnels, including their rescue by Trump, is a...
It is not true that all Ukrainian women from 18 to 60 years of age will be mobilized in the war
Photo: president.gov.ua
The post is sharing untrue information that Ukrainian women will be mobilized in the Army. It refers to a recent legal provision that mandates women with medical or pharmaceutical backgrounds to register for military service starting from 1st October, but unlike men aged 18 – 60, unless they are mobilized, they would not be restricted from leaving Ukraine....
No Bundeswehr troops in Ukraine, nor German tank crews
Photo: Screenshot of part of the post
On Sunday, the 24th of September, the German Ministry of Defense denied the information published by Russian state media that, allegedly, a German Leopard tank was destroyed along with the Bundeswehr crew in the military zone in Ukraine. Apart from that, it is general knowledge that Western countries are careful about sending their...
No statistics on suicide in Russian and Ukrainian prisons
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This Facebook post deliberately omits the context and creates propaganda that the Russian Army is humane with Ukrainian war prisoners. At the same time, it manipulates the calamities caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, presenting Russian prisons as humane places, although numerous reports inform about the ongoing torture, repression, beatings, inhumane treatment, and...
Increased tension between Moscow and the West regarding Ukraine
Last month, the tension between the West and Moscow increased, as well as the tensions between individual Western countries and Russia bilaterally – with frequent use of several classical disinformation narratives by Russia such as: the West is fighting against Russia until the last Ukrainian standing, the West is the bad guy, while Russia is defending itself from NATO...
The claim that Russia is at war with the “Anti-religious” Western civilization is a myth
Photo: part of the post with disinformation
One cannot claim – as the post does – that the anti-religious civilization, or the West, is fighting against Russia. Russia wants to impose itself as the main global defender of the traditional and religious, which could be seen from Putin’s speech, two days before the anniversary of Russian aggression. Once again, he...
Putin is not saving the world from the “Deep State”, rather he is waging an aggressive war in Ukraine
Photo: Screenshot from the edited video
According to the investigative media Bellingcat, QAnon is a conspiracy theory falsely claiming that the former American President Donald Trump has been fighting a long time to defeat “Satanists, pedophiles, the deep state and the cabal” (frequently used terms in the narratives of the promoters). Although Trump is no longer the President and the...
It is not true that Ukraine has lower inflation rate than N. Macedonia
Ukraine does not have a lower rate of inflation than North Macedonia, as the post claims. In August 2023, Ukraine and North Macedonia had similar inflation rates (8.3% in North Macedonia and 8.6% – in Ukraine). Nevertheless, the rate was lower in Macedonia. Since the beginning of the war up to date, not once has Ukraine had a lower...
The Peace Corps implements community development projects; it does not promote trans-humanistic values
Photo: peacecorps.gov
The post is promoting a hostile narrative and demonizing the volunteers of the US Peace Corps in the country. According to the official website of the Peace Corps, 800 volunteers have worked throughout the country in schools, municipalities, civil society organizations and state institutions in order to help the development of the communities. The post claims that they...
NATO is not at war with Russia, the Alliance is only providing support to Ukraine
Russia is not at war with NATO, hence it cannot be concluded that Russia defeated NATO. NATO condemns Russia’s brutal and unprovoked military aggression in Ukraine, which is an independent and democratic country and a close NATO partner. NATO is not sending weapons directly to Ukraine, but that is done by the member-states individually and that is stated on...
Ukraine is not conscripting persons under 18 years of age; the women are enrolled in the military register, but that does not imply their conscription
Ukraine lowered the age ceiling for military conscription from 27 to 25 years, but does not conscript persons younger than 18. Conscripting children in the Armed Forces is against the law in Ukraine. As far as Ukrainian women are concerned, they have been enrolled in the military register since 1st October 2022, but that does not automatically imply that...
”The Macedonian Sun” cannot be on the BRICS currency, as BRICS has no currency
The banknote is symbolic. It was a present given by the Russian Ambassador in South Africa, Ilya Rogachev, to the Head of the Diplomatic Mission of the UAE, Mahash Saeed Alhameli. BRICS, an informal group of countries composed of the Federal Republic of Brazil, the Russian Federation, the Republic of India, the People’s Republic of China, and the Republic...
EU will not deport men aged 18-60 back to Ukraine
According to the European Commissioner, the EU will not deport anyone against their will. That is, Ukrainian men currently living in Europe are not at risk of forced deportation. Also, the European Union does not plan to restrict the entry of men from Ukraine, writes Truthmeter.mk.
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The claim that Zelenskyy’s mother-in-law has a villa in Egypt is sheer disinformation
The owner of the company that runs the luxury resort in Egypt, Naguib Sawiris, tweeted that it was disinformation that Zelenskyy, or whoever from his family, purchased a property in his resort (the luxury resort managed by his company), and that the villa that is mentioned is actually owned by an Egyptian family, writes Truthmeter.mk.
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Prigozhin and his mysterious destiny – main disinformation highlight
Is he alive or did he really get killed in the plane crash on 23 August? This is the main public dilemma after the series of news and (dis)information related to the crash of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s company plane, in which he was flying at the time of the crash, at least according to the official lists and information published...
Recycled disinformation: The alleged pharmacist from Bulgaria “arrived” in North Macedonia three years after
The fabricated post spreading false information about the pharmaceutical industry, portraying it as unethical, immoral, lucrative and greedy, but at the same time depreciating trust in state institutions, is at least three years old and was imported from neighboring Bulgaria. There this disinformation was disseminated online back in 2020, when the Bulgarian National Television was included unlawfully. Such recycled...
A post spreads false information; Joe Biden did visit Maui
Photo: Screenshot from a video
Having interrupted his vacation in Nevada, the president of the USA, Joe Biden, visited Maui. He saw the damage inflicted by the terrifying fire that swallowed the island and claimed more than 100 victims. Evidence of his visit is the global media coverage, including video recordings from the event, writes Truthmeter.mk.
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Ukraine has legally regulated surrogacy, not baby farms
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It is not true that the video calls upon Ukrainian women to transform their uteruses into baby-making machines. One can easily see in the original video that it is intended for foreign families concerned about the surrogacy process in wartime conditions. The post presents surrogate mothers as exploited, although they give their written consent for...
Putin is not a small child whо can be “lured” into attacking Ukraine
Opposed to the claims in the post we are fact-checking, Putin is the one who made a decision – completely unprovoked – to attack the territorial integrity of a sovereign country. In addition, Washington is constantly stressing that Russia can stop the war in Ukraine as soon as tomorrow, provided it withdraws from the territory of Ukraine. This means...
