Photograph of crowded railway station is from Ukraine in March 2022
A black-and-white version has been shared, making it look like a scene from the Second World War Read
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Viral video does not show US paratroopers landing in Ukraine
A video viewed over seven million times shows US paratroopers in North Carolina—not Ukraine, as claimed. Read
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Sajid Javid wrong on government guidance for Ukraine family visas
Home Office guidance says the Ukraine Family Scheme isn’t currently open to relatives of Ukrainians on a UK work visa. Read
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Fuel duty and VAT adds about 80-90 pence per litre on petrol and diesel at the pump
Road fuel prices have reached or passed 190 pence per litre in parts of the country. At that price, just under half of that is fuel duty and VAT. Read
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Photograph of Ukrainian volunteer wearing Ghostbusters badge is genuine
A picture shared on social media was originally taken by a Reuters journalist Read
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Photograph of men in military uniform doesn’t show squad members of FC Dynamo Kyiv
A photograph claiming to show the Dynamo Kyiv football team in army uniform actually shows members of a nationalist group in Ukraine. Read
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No evidence news channel used shot from Deep Impact to show people fleeing Kyiv
Italian fact checkers have found no evidence the shot was broadcast by TGCOM24. Read
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Boris Johnson’s claims on UK accepting people fleeing conflict miss vital context
The UK has resettled more people than other European countries through resettlement schemes, but that doesn’t include hundreds of thousands of people also seeking asylum. Read
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Sign telling Russian troops ‘go f*** yourselves’ was Photoshopped
The picture, which went viral online, was designed by the Ukrainian authorities to encourage people to tear down road signs. Read
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Photo of wounded Ukrainian woman near Kharkiv is genuine
Posts on Facebook claim that photographs of a Ukrainian woman injured after an airstrike near Kharkiv actually depict events from 2018. This isn’t the case, and the images are genuine. Read
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