Russians are spreading a video with the logo of the American TV channel ABC, claiming that Ukraine allegedly lost about one million servicemen and had hundreds of thousands of people disabled due to injuries sustained in the war.

However, this video has been edited, reports the StopFake project. Using Google's reverse search function, it was possible to find the original video that was used to create this fake. It was an ABC News video from March 30, 2023 about the assistance of American non-profit organizations to Ukrainian veterans who lost limbs in the war. It talks about the work of the charity Kind Deeds, which provides Ukrainian veterans with prosthetics and organizes rehabilitation in the United States. The propagandists cut out individual frames from the original video and, using artificial intelligence, completely forged the audio track, mimicking the voice of the program's host. The original video report does not mention any data on the number of Ukrainian soldiers killed.

On December 8, 2024, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi reported that Ukraine had lost about 43,000 soldiers killed since the start of the full-scale war. As for the number of people with disabilities, there is no up-to-date official statistics available today. However, in mid-2023, the American publication The Wall Street Journal reported that over one and a half years of war, about 50,000 Ukrainians had become disabled due to amputations.

Earlier, we debunked the claim that the irreparable losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces allegedly had already exceeded 500,000 people.

Pro-Russian sources are spreading reports that the newly elected US President Donald Trump may allegedly cancel the $20 billion loan provided to Ukraine by the United States. In making this claim, the propagandists refer to the text of The New York Times, noting that for this to happen it would be enough for Trump to lift sanctions on frozen Russian assets, which are intended to be used to pay off this loan.

In reality, the Russians manipulated The New York Times material. This is reported by the StopFake project. The text of the publication, titled “U.S. Transfers $20 Billion Loan to Ukraine Backed by Russian Assets”, mentions that the G7 countries had already agreed on the loan earlier this year in case Trump won the presidential election, as he had promised to reduce support for Ukraine. This means Ukraine will receive the funds regardless of the new U.S. leader's policies.

On Tuesday, December 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury already sent funds to the World Bank, which will later transfer them to Ukraine. The New York Times only briefly mentions in the text that Trump “could try to cancel” the loan by lifting sanctions on frozen Russian bank assets. At the same time, the article notes that Republicans would challenge such a decision, and it would not affect the European portion of the loan, which amounts to $35 billion. Therefore, in the material of The New York Times, this initiative is depicted as a reliable and safe way to transfer funds to Ukraine, with the likelihood of the loan being canceled being minimal.

Earlier, we documented a fake claim that Ukrainian soldiers began surrendering more often after Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election.

Russian sources are spreading claims that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi allegedly said that he would “ask Biden to invite Ukraine to NATO, since there is no point in talking about it with Trump”.

In reality, Zelenskyi’s words were taken out of context. This is reported by the StopFake project. The statement in question was made during Zelenskyi’s remarks following his meeting with German chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz in Kyiv. During the press conference, Zelenskyi  mentioned that he planned to call Biden to discuss the issue of Ukraine’s invitation to NATO.

“As for the invitation to NATO, it is still difficult to talk with President Trump because he is not yet in the White House and does not have all the legal powers. I plan to call President Biden in the near future, if he has the opportunity to talk with me, to raise the issue of the invitation to NATO because he is currently the sitting president of the United States, and much depends on his position”, Zelenskyi said.

In other words, Zelenskyi meant that since Trump is not currently in the White House and has not assumed the powers of the U.S. president, the issue of Ukraine’s invitation to NATO should presently be discussed with the sitting president, Biden.

American billionaire and Trump supporter Elon Musk shared a corresponding video of Zelenskyi on his X social media account, accompanied by a surprised emoji. However, social media users added context to the video, clarifying that “Zelenskyi is simply saying that Trump cannot invite Ukraine to NATO yet because he is not currently president”. This clarification appears under all similar manipulations on X.

This propaganda manipulation aims to undermine U.S. support for Ukraine and discredit Ukraine on the international stage. Previously, we debunked claims that a school in Kyiv replaced a portrait of Biden with one of Trump.

Russian propaganda has revived the fake story claiming that “a certain percentage” of Ukrainian citizens are buying up real estate in Kharkiv in order to supposedly “legally end up on Russian territory” in the coming years.

This disinformation was initially spread in early November 2024, and we debunked it. In short, the primary source of the spread of disinformation is Maryna Onishchenko, a Ukrainian from Kharkiv who moved to Russia after the full-scale invasion. She provides no evidence for her statements and does not reference verified or objective sources to support this claim. The woman expresses her personal opinion, implying that Ukrainians are supposedly hoping for the occupation of this region by Russia.

Maryna Onishchenko is a collaborator and pro-Russian propagandist. She also maintains a blog on the Russian video portal Rutube, where she showcases life in Russia and claims that Ukrainians supposedly have a better life in Russia than in Europe. The woman also interviews foreigners who have moved to Russia and spreads various fakes about Ukraine on her social media pages.

Propaganda sources claim that an unknown person allegedly left a marker near the Verkhovna Rada building to guide a Russian strike, accompanied by the inscription: “Putin, here”. As “proof”, propagandists have shared a video purportedly showing the individual who marked the spot.

In reality, this is another fake by the Russians, the VoxCheck project writes. Since the start of the full-scale war, the part of Mariinskyi Park leading to the Verkhovna Rada has been closed off. A regular citizen could not access the area to record such a video. Since February 24, 2022, only certain categories of individuals, such as government officials and parliamentary staff, have had access to the Verkhovna Rada’s premises. Someone among them could have theoretically recorded such a video.

However, two facts indicate that this is a fake. Firstly, public transport in the video goes to the government quarter, which is closed today. Secondly, the guards in the video are wearing medical masks, likely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, indicating that the footage was recorded before the full-scale invasion.

The markers themselves began to appear at the beginning of the full-scale war. Some of them turned out to be ordinary markers on buildings that existed before the invasion. Others were deliberately created by Russians or their supporters to destabilize Ukrainian society and sow chaos. That is, it was an information and psychological special operation (IPSO). In reality, Russian strikes are guided by coordinates, not by such markers.