A video is circulating on the social network Facebook, where the announcer discusses the Russian-Ukrainian war and hints that American troops are in Ukraine. Under the video is the caption: “That is the end for Putin! US Army in Ukraine!" This video is fake.

The video was checked by the fact-checker of the Logically project. The video does not contain any details regarding the likely presence of US troops in Ukraine: it does not mention how long the troops have been in Ukraine, in which region of the country they are deployed, what are the purposes of their presence, etc. There is no evidence of the presence of the US military in Ukraine.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered U.S. troops stationed in Ukraine in 2021 to leave the country and redeploy personnel to Europe, according to a CNBC report. On February 12, the US Department of Defense issued a statement specifying that 160 Florida National Guard soldiers who trained the Ukrainian military were temporarily redeployed to Europe. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the decision was made for security reasons.

Russian propagandists spread fakes about foreign troops in Ukraine in order to hide the reasons for the failures of their own army, they say, they are fighting not against Ukrainians, but against professional foreign military.

Allegedly, O'Donnell admitted that neither the United States nor Ukraine can say with 100% certainty where the weapons they sent to Ukraine end up. It is not true.

As the fact-checker of the Georgian project Myth Detector writes, Russian propaganda manipulatively quotes only those parts of the interview that talk about possible violations, and do not mention measures of information about the established weapons control mechanisms. O'Donnell did say that the Pentagon would consider possible cases of weapons entering the “black market”. But so far we are talking only about an assumption, and not about a fait accompli of violations. The article also explains that the Pentagon has detailed arms monitoring mechanisms, which also include the US European Command and a new defense attaché office in Kyiv. As noted in the Bloomberg article, O'Donnell's team was in Germany in June and discussed this issue with representatives of the European Command.

Russian propaganda systematically uses quotes taken out of context to advance their narratives. Previously, propagandists spread messages that the United States and Germany do not trust the Ukrainian authorities.

In social networks, the same type of publications are circulating that supposedly support for Ukraine in the UN over the past 6 months has significantly decreased. Allegedly, on August 24, only 58 out of 193 UN member states supported a resolution condemning the actions of the Russian army on the territory of Ukraine. Unlike the previous one, when on March 2, 2022, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution demanding that Russia stop the so-called special military operation in Ukraine, which was supported by 141 states. It is not true.

Voting for a resolution to hold Russia accountable for crimes in Ukraine will take place at the 77th session of the UN General Assembly in September. The document dated August 24, which is called the “UN General Assembly resolution” on the net, is not really like that. This is a joint statement by Ukraine and 57 other UN member states condemning Russia's failure to comply with the resolutions of the UN General Assembly of March 2 and March 24 demanding an end to military aggression against Ukraine.

The first resolution "Aggression against Ukraine" (A/ES/11-1), condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine, was adopted on March 2, 2022. The resolution was supported by 141 states. The second resolution of the UN General Assembly on the war in Ukraine was adopted on March 24, 2022. The document was supported by 140 countries. The third resolution of the XI emergency special session of the UN General Assembly suspended Russia's membership in the UN Human Rights Council. It was adopted on April 7, 2022 with 93 votes in favor.

Thus, propaganda continues to build a narrative about the alleged fatigue of the world community from the “Ukrainian issue”. Previously, fakes were spread that the British were supposedly tired of Ukrainian refugees, or they were convinced that “the stormy romance between Europeans and Ukrainians is ending.” More details.

These messages are being circulated on social media. Allegedly, the Russian military found a report addressed to the commander of the 72nd Motorized Brigade, Colonel Vdovychenko, that the "new batch of drugs" allegedly received at the end of June "causes concern." This photo is fake.

According to the VoxCheck fact checker, the report does not contain specific information: the names of drugs, their purpose, the number of units delivered, dates of receipt, etc. The "complaints" of the military are also vague, mentioning only one case of violence among the military, allegedly due to "refusal to issue a drug."

The report contained both factual and grammatical mistakes. Mykhailo Drapatyi actually has the rank of brigadier general, not major. As of July 2022, Mikhailo Drapatyi is the Deputy Commander of the Operational Command "South". He was the commander of the 2nd mechanized battalion of the 72nd OMBR back in 2014. Grammar mistakes testify to the automatic translation of the report from Russian.

By spreading a fake report, Russian propaganda is trying to support the fiction about the forced use of drugs in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Also, earlier propagandists said that more than half of the Ukrainian military use drugs. Russian propagandists also systematically resort to creating fake "documents". Recently, a fake document was circulated, allegedly confirming the losses of the Ukrainian army.