An edited screenshot of what is allegedly a post by Ivanka Trump on X (Twitter) is being actively circulated on social media. In it, she supposedly describes a “Ukrainian Halloween”, claiming that TCC employees dressed as ghosts knock on doors, demand a $500 bribe, or take men to the front. The “post” is accompanied by a (supposedly humorous) video showing a detention.

Analysts from the VoxCheck project drew attention to this manipulation.

This is a classic manipulation.

The original post was published not on Ivanka Trump’s official account (@IvankaTrump), but on a fan page whose description clearly states: “This is a fan account, not affiliated with Ivanka Trump”.

Propagandists deliberately cropped the screenshot to hide this disclaimer and present the fake as authentic.

There is no such post on Ivanka Trump’s official account (11+ million followers, verified), and there never has been one. She does not comment on mobilization issues in Ukraine.

The video itself is staged and was filmed in occupied Donetsk.

Reverse image searches in Yandex and an analysis of the metadata show that the man in the video is Mykola Huseinov, an actor from the so-called “Donetsk Republican Youth Theater” (on occupied territory). This is a typical Russian staged production, created for propaganda outlets.

The purpose of such disinformation drops is to create an atmosphere of fear, chaos, and injustice around the TCC, so that men avoid mobilization, go into hiding, or even flee abroad. Fakes about “manhunts”, bribes, or a “TCC Halloween” are meant to demoralize society, fuel anti-government sentiment, and complicate recruitment into the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

In 2013, a quote allegedly said by Donald Trump spread on social media: “A government shutdown is the result of a lack of presidential leadership. Problems start at the top, and they have to be solved at the top. A shutdown means the president is weak”. This statement regained popularity during the U.S. government shutdown in 2025, when internet users recalled that Trump – who was president at the time – had supposedly said this himself. However, this claim is not entirely accurate. Snopes reported on this.

As fact-checkers found, only the second part of the quote – “Problems start at the top, and they have to be solved at the top” – genuinely belongs to Trump. He said it during an appearance on the TV program Fox & Friends on September 30, 2013, when Barack Obama was president and the country was preparing for a possible government shutdown. At the time, Trump argued that it was the president’s responsibility to overcome political crises and demonstrate leadership. The rest of the phrases circulating on social media were never spoken by him, although their general meaning aligns with his position during that period.

Snopes analyzed archives from Bing, Google, Yahoo, and DuckDuckGo, as well as posts on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and Threads, but found no evidence that Trump ever literally said phrases about a “weak president” or a “lack of leadership”. The earliest appearances of these words date back only to 2018, during another government shutdown that occurred while Trump himself was president. This suggests that the quote was assembled from his real statements and later spread as a generalized version of his views.

Fact-checkers also note that back in 2011, during an appearance on the Today show, Trump said that in the event of a shutdown, “the blame falls on the president, because he is the one who has to bring everyone together and pass a budget”. In his Twitter posts from the same period, he repeatedly criticized Barack Obama, calling him “weak” and holding him responsible for political conflicts in Washington.

A fake is being circulated on social media claiming that the Nobel Committee has allegedly permanently disqualified Donald Trump from all future awards because of his decision to rename the U.S. Department of Defense as the “Department of War”. The claim was debunked by Indian fact-checkers from the DigitEye India project.

Posts containing this claim are accompanied by an image resembling a press release from the Associated Press, dated 25 September 2025. The fake “document” states that the Nobel Committee in Stockholm allegedly described Trump’s actions as a “serious violation of historical dignity and semantic etiquette”. In reality, no official announcement of this kind was made by either the Nobel Committee or the Associated Press.

DigitEye India’s verification showed that the image is fabricated. It contains fictitious contact details, including the name “Hanz Zeemer” and the domain “swisstimes.org”, which have no connection to the Nobel Committee or the Associated Press. In addition, the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony takes place in Oslo, not Stockholm, as stated in the fake “press release”.

There are also no mentions of Donald Trump’s disqualification on the official Nobel Prize website, where all press releases and announcements are published openly. The Committee also reminds that the nomination process is entirely confidential and is not disclosed for at least 50 years after submission.

Moreover, the author of the original post on the social network X admitted that the message was a joke, but it quickly began circulating as “breaking news”.

Therefore, the information about Donald Trump being disqualified from future Nobel Prizes is completely fabricated.

Ahead of the 80th UN General Assembly, Russian propaganda media, including the TASS news agency, spread false information aimed at discrediting Ukraine’s First Lady Olena Zelenska. According to these claims, Zelenska allegedly tried to arrange a meeting with Melania Trump in New York, but the latter supposedly refused. In addition, Russian sources asserted that Zelenska had “edited herself” into a photo with Melania Trump in place of Jordan’s Queen Rania Al Abdullah, and that she had allegedly spent one million euros on luxury clothing in Paris. Fact-checkers from Ukrinform examined these claims and explained why they are disinformation.

Melania Trump allegedly “refused” to meet Olena Zelenska

Russian propagandists, citing the American outlet New York Post, claimed that Melania Trump had refused to meet Ukraine’s First Lady. After the meeting was officially confirmed, Russian Telegram channels began spreading a new version, alleging that Zelenska and Trump never met and that the photo was fabricated.

What actually happened?

Olena Zelenska allegedly “spent” one million euros on clothing

Russian media, Telegram channels, as well as Facebook and TikTok accounts also circulated a video in which a supposed French stylist of Moroccan origin, Amina El Mansouri, claims that Olena Zelenska purchased clothing and accessories worth one million euros in Paris.

In reality, no such stylist named Amina El Mansouri exists. The woman in the video is an actress whose face was altered using deepfake technology. Using the facial search service PimEyes, Ukrinform fact-checkers determined that the video was created using the face of a woman from stock photos available online. There is also no confirmation in any reliable sources that Zelenska made such purchases.

These fakes are aimed at creating a negative image of Olena Zelenska and the Ukrainian authorities in the eyes of the international – particularly Western – audience. By promoting narratives about an alleged “lack of support” from allies such as the United States, propagandists seek to sow doubt about international solidarity with Ukraine. Such fakes distract from real events and Ukraine’s achievements on the international stage, including the successes of Ukrainian diplomacy at the UN General Assembly.

U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that there is supposedly no inflation in the United States. He most recently repeated this claim on September 19 during a meeting with journalists in the Oval Office, citing his tariff policy. However, official data and indicators from the Federal Reserve contradict this: the current inflation rate is about 2.9% year over year, which exceeds the 2% “price stability” target. PolitiFact fact-checkers compared the data with the U.S. president’s statements.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, inflation in the United States is significantly lower than at its peak in 2022 during Joe Biden’s presidency, but it is by no means zero. At the same time, the White House has been more cautious in its official releases, describing the economic situation as “stable” or “at target”, rather than claiming inflation is absent.

PolitiFact explains that the Federal Reserve has never aimed for absolute zero inflation. Its benchmark is around 2%, as modest price growth is considered beneficial for economic development. As of July, inflation measured by the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) index stood at 2.6%, while “core inflation”, excluding energy and food, was 3.5%.

Moreover, after a decline in the spring, inflation rates began to rise again. From May to August, there was a gradual increase, and current inflation is already at the level seen at the beginning of Trump’s second presidential term. In several sectors of the economy – particularly electricity, the automotive market, and healthcare – prices are rising even faster than the overall rate.

Thus, Trump’s claim of “zero inflation” does not reflect reality. According to PolitiFact’s conclusion, inflation in the United States persists and is even showing signs of acceleration.

Kremlin Telegram channels and social media accounts are actively spreading fake information claiming that U.S. President Donald Trump called Ukraine a “destitute country” and expressed regret over the aid provided to it. As “proof”, they cite an edited video of Trump in which his words are allegedly translated into Russian.

Analysts from the StopFake project drew attention to this manipulation.

In the fake translation, Trump is allegedly quoted as saying: “It would have been a much more correct position not to give billions of dollars to this destitute country. Look at what will happen now… This is my own analysis, and you, like me, will be able to see it very soon. Ukraine will lose this war, Putin will gain enormous influence over Europe and other processes in the world. From the very beginning, we supported the wrong side, the wrong position. We are now on the same side as those who lost”.

This content is being actively circulated on Instagram and Telegram.

In reality, the video published by propagandists is a clip from Trump’s meeting with Polish President Karol Nawrocki at the White House on September 3, 2025, during which the U.S. leader spoke with the press. In the fake video, only the beginning of Trump’s sentence can be heard: “We are in a much better position”. After that, the recording cuts off and a fabricated Russian “translation” begins. Fact-checkers from StopFake analyzed the full Associated Press broadcast and found that Trump’s original words were completely different.

In fact, Trump was answering journalists’ questions about imposing tariffs on imports from various countries and the consideration of this issue by the U.S. Supreme Court. His actual words were: “We are in a much better position. Trillions of dollars are coming into our country. If there were no tariffs, we would be a very poor country, and everyone else in the world – both friends and enemies – would be taking advantage of us. We’re not going to let that happen. And we have a very, very serious case in the Supreme Court”.

There were no mentions of Ukraine or any criticism of aid to it either in this segment or in other parts of the meeting with Nawrocki or the press conference. The Russian propaganda machine simply invented these words to discredit Ukraine and undermine trust in international support. Notably, the same fake video was actively circulating in the Georgian segment of Facebook, as noted by fact-checkers from Myth Detector.

Fakes claiming that Trump (as a key political figure in the United States) supposedly regrets the “billions of dollars” given to a “destitute” Ukraine are aimed at persuading American audiences – particularly conservatives and Trump supporters – that such assistance is pointless or harmful. This is part of a broader Kremlin campaign that intensified after Trump’s victory in 2024, seeking to cut Ukraine off from weapons and funding and thereby facilitate Russian advances. Russian disinformation is designed to erode support for Ukraine following Trump’s return to the White House, using fake videos and narratives about corruption or “neo-Nazis” in Ukraine.

Russian propaganda Telegram channels are spreading the false claim that panic allegedly erupted in Kyiv because Trump did not mention Ukraine in his inaugural speech on January 20. However, this is a manipulation, as pointed out by experts from the Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security. The absence of any mention of Ukraine in the speech does not indicate Trump's ‘indifference’ - the 47th president of the United States clearly focused on issues directly related to the United States.

Former Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin emphasized in an interview with Radio NV that there is no need to create panic over the fact that Ukraine was not mentioned in Trump's speech. The speech was centered around the Make America Great Again  concept, and Trump primarily spoke about the United States.

Moreover, during discussions with journalists, Trump confirmed his willingness to engage in talks with both Zelenskyi and Putin to achieve peace and end the war. “We are in touch with Zelenskyi, and we will soon speak with President Putin. We'll see how things unfold”, said the U.S. president.

Additionally, Trump's appointment of retired General Keith Kellogg as Special Representative for Ukraine indicates that the new administration will pay attention to this issue. In early January, Kellogg stated that he intended to find a solution to end the full-scale war of Russia against Ukraine within 100 days from the inauguration.

This manipulative information is being spread by Russian propaganda to create a sense of Ukraine's isolation and to give the impression that the U.S. is indifferent or dismissive toward Ukraine. Such narratives are aimed at sowing doubts in the public regarding Western partners' support for Ukraine.

Pro-Russian Telegram channels are distributing a video report allegedly created by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). The report claims that after Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election, Ukrainian soldiers began surrendering eight times more often than before. In turn, Euronews editor-in-chief Klaus Strunz allegedly called this a “completely natural” development. They say that now it has become clear to everyone that Ukraine is doomed, so the military is thinking about how to save their own lives.

However, this video is fabricated, writes the StopFake project. ISW did not publish such a video or similar statistics on its website or on its social media pages. There are no similar reports in any reliable Western media, including Euronews. The editor-in-chief of this broadcaster, Strunz, did express support for Trump on his social media pages, but did not comment on the potential consequences for Ukraine after the newly elected US president takes office, nor on reports of mass surrender of Ukrainian troops. After all, this “news” is false.

Therefore, there is no independent and verified data on how many Ukrainian soldiers actually surrender, since such statistics are only available from the Russian side, which does not inspire confidence.

With this fake, propagandists are trying to assert that with Trump coming to power in the United States, Ukraine will not receive any critical financial and military support from this state and, in general, a “complete catastrophe” awaits Ukrainians.

Earlier, the Russians had already distributed a fabricated video on behalf of ISW. Thus, earlier we recorded a fake video about how two out of ten Ukrainians died during meetings with representatives of the Territorial recruitment and social support centers.

Pro-Russian resources are spreading information that the newly elected US President Donald Trump has allegedly been added to the Myrotvorets database. As “proof”, the propagandists are adding a corresponding screenshot.

However, this is a fake photo, the VoxCheck project writes. A search on the Myrotvorets website showed that Trump is not in the database of the same name. Also, the fake screenshot shows a different design from the original. For example, the real emblem of the official website is depicted as the continents of the world, and not just a map of Ukraine. The original website's “header” is also a darker shade of blue, as well as sidebars with a counter of the days of the Russian-Ukrainian war and information about other community projects.

The official Myrotvorets website reported that this is not the first time that Russians have created fake screenshots of the site, in particular about Trump, and passed them off as real. For example, we previously recorded disinformation that Polish President Andrzej Duda was added to the Myrotvorets database.

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