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Instagram posts
stated on November 25, 2024 in an Instagram post:

"Half of all Ukrainian aid was laundered and sent back to Democrat candidates for re-election."

By Caleb McCullough • November 26, 2024
Threads posts
stated on November 10, 2024 in a Threads post:

“NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte says that ‘if Trump surrenders Ukraine to Putin, he will personally expel the United States from the alliance.’”

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 13, 2024
Social Media
stated on September 30, 2024 in in social media posts:

“Biden Announces: ‘2.4 billion more to Ukraine’ but ‘no more aid for Hurricane Helene.’”

By Jeff Cercone • September 30, 2024
X posts
stated on September 16, 2024 in X posts:

Ryan Routh appeared in a Blackrock commercial.

By Sofia Ahmed • September 16, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on July 1, 2024 in an Instagram post:

"President Zelenskyy’s wife orders 4 million dollar Bugatti” in Paris with U.S. tax money.

By Jeff Cercone • July 3, 2024
Tom Cotton
stated on June 16, 2024 in an interview on CNN's State of the Union:

“The weapons that Ukraine used in the early days of this war to fend off the Russian invasion are the weapons that Donald Trump sent, that Barack Obama and Joe Biden had refused to send.”

By Amy Sherman • July 2, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on May 27, 2024 in an Instagram post:

When Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Ukraine recently "he announced that they were going to suspend elections in Ukraine."

By Jeff Cercone • May 29, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on May 9, 2024 in a video:

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the United States and Ukraine won World War II.

By Sara Swann • May 9, 2024
X posts
stated on March 26, 2024 in a post on X:

“The captain of the container ship Dali…is a Ukrainian.”

By Madison Czopek • March 27, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on March 19, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Clips show French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dancing.

By Loreben Tuquero • March 22, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on February 19, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy used U.S. aid funds to buy two yachts for $75 million.

By Sara Swann • February 21, 2024
JD Vance
stated on February 12, 2024 in a memo shared with GOP colleagues:

“The Ukraine supplemental includes a hidden impeachment clause against President Trump.”

By Madison Czopek • February 16, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on February 9, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Photo shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s U.S. naturalization certificate.

By Sara Swann • February 14, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on February 7, 2024 in an Instagram post:

"Ukraine puts Tucker Carlson on a ‘hit list’ after an interview with Vladimir Putin.”

By Jeff Cercone • February 9, 2024
Chris Christie
stated on November 8, 2023 in the third Republican debate in Miami:

“In 1992, this country made a promise to Ukraine. We said if you return nuclear missiles that were part of the old Soviet Union to Russia, and they invade you, we will protect you.”

By Louis Jacobson • November 9, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on November 4, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “has surrendered.”

By Sara Swann • November 6, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on October 12, 2023 in a video shared on Instagram:

Video shows North Korean President Kim Jong Un blaming President Joe Biden for the Israel-Hamas war and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and saying, “I support Donald Trump for President in 2024.”

By Madison Czopek • October 20, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on October 9, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Less than 48 hours after Israel was attacked “we have hundreds of hours worth of footage but zero footage from the Ukraine war.”

By Sara Swann • October 13, 2023
Social Media
stated on October 7, 2023 in social media posts:

“The U.S. is sending $8 billion worth of military aid to Israel.”

By Loreben Tuquero • October 11, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on June 15, 2023 in a video shared on Instagram:

“Burisma Energy accountant, who blew the whistle on Biden bribery scheme, found dead.”

By Madison Czopek • October 3, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on September 27, 2023 in a Facebook post:

“NATO troops deployed to Ukraine.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 3, 2023
Viral image
stated on September 22, 2023 in an Instagram post:

A greeting message for Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said “Glory to Urine.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • September 27, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on September 22, 2023 in an Instagram post:

U.S. aid to Ukraine will continue during a government shutdown, but programs for food stamps, transportation, education, justice, environmental protection and homelessness will not.

By Jeff Cercone • September 26, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on September 19, 2023 in a Facebook post:

"Poland declares war on Russia.”

By Sara Swann • September 21, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on July 12, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook:

"Congreso de EEUU autoriza” congelar 3 mil millones de Rusia para defensa de Ucrania.

By Maria Briceño • July 18, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on June 20, 2023 in a Facebook post:

The Pentagon “said we accidentally sent $6.2 billion to Ukraine.”

By Tom Kertscher • June 22, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on May 31, 2023 in una publicación de Facebook:

“Arma que EE.UU. le dio a Ucrania es vista en manos de cártel”.

By Marta Campabadal Graus • June 20, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on June 10, 2023 in una publicación de Facebook:

"Panico en Moscu Putin anuncia que Ucrania toma la ciudad".

By Marta Campabadal Graus • June 16, 2023
TikTok posts
stated on June 6, 2023 in a TikTok post:

This video shows a cartel member in Mexico carrying a Javelin that the U.S. sent to Ukraine.

By Marta Campabadal Graus • June 15, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on June 5, 2023 in an Instagram reel:

“A Ukrainian tank uses a house as camouflage.”

By Sara Swann • June 14, 2023

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