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.