Did the United Kingdom send Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jets to Poland to interfere with the upcoming general elections in Poland? No, that's not true: The UK was sending the jets to Poland for a joint NATO exercise with other NATO member states like Spain and Italy. The claim appeared in comments on a video (archived here) which was…

Does the Czech Republic get Russian gas through Germany? No, that's not true: The Czech Republic successfully eliminated its reliance on gas imports from Russia in the first quarter of 2023, according to the Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade. Deliveries via Germany consist of liquefied gas (LNG) from Belgium and the Netherlands, as well as gas from Norway. The…

Did former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson perform a Nazi salute during an event at Ukraine's Lviv University? No, that's not true: A photo showing Johnson with an arm raised in a Nazi salute is digitally altered and was intended as satire. It has been propagated across social media by anti-Ukraine proponents who claim it is real. The original photo…

Does Germany owe the Czech Republic for unpaid war reparations? No, the Czech Republic and Germany agreed to close the issue of WWII reparations in 1997, when both countries agreed not to burden their relationship with political and legal issues from the past. The claim appeared in a video (archived here) where it was published by TikTok on September 8…

Did the government stage an incident in which Czech men are accused of randomly attacking two Ukrainian women on the streets? No, that's not true: The police caught one of the attackers shortly after the incident and put him in custody. Also, there is no evidence that one of the victims allegedly "made a miraculous recovery," as claimed in posts…

Are most of the Ukrainian war refugees seeking temporary protection in the Czech Republic men who might be fit for battle? No, that's not true: As of April 1, 2023 more than three quarters of Ukrainian refugees in the country were women, children, and senior citizens. The claim appeared in a video (archived here) where it was published on TikTok…

Did Meta remove a Czech freelance reporter's Facebook post and delete her profile because she wrote that Kyiv is a normal functioning city? No, that's not true: the journalists removed the post where she described everyday life in Kyiv and her journey to Ukraine, saying she had received abusive threats from social media users. The claim appeared in a video…

Do Ukrainian refugees receive more in social benefits from the state than Czech citizens? No, that's not true: the video uses incorrect and outdated data to prove that Ukrainians get more from the state than locals. The claim originated in a video (archived here) where it was published by TikTok on July 28, 2023, with hashtags in Czech translated by…

Is the Ukrainian mafia kidnapping Roma and other children for organ harvesting in the Czech Republic? No, that's not true: Czech police have no evidence of children being abducted by Ukrainians. The claim that there have been cases of child abduction appeared in a video (archived here) where it was published on TikTok on July 19, 2023, with captions in…

Is Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a British secret service agent? No, that's not true: No reputable media has reported on Zelenskyy's elevation to any position within the MI6. A search for the phrase "Volodymyr Zelensky is an Mi6 agent," using Google News' index of thousands of credible news sites, did not reveal any factual reports that he works for the…

Does the Czech government "care more about foreigners than its own people" because it did not provide special government planes to evacuate Czech tourists stranded in Rhodes as a consequence of the wildfires that hit the Greek island? No, that's not true: The Czech Foreign Ministry sent several consulate officials to help Czech tourists leave Rhodes, and the government organized…

Did Czech boo Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Czech President Petr Pavel at Prague Castle during Zelenskyy's visit on July 6, 2023? No, that's not true: The audio in the video was added after the real video was posted. In the original video, which is a live broadcast of CNN Prima News, the castle's band can be heard playing. The…

Was Zelenskyy alone and ignored by other leaders during the NATO summit in Vilnius? No, that's not true: there are several pictures and video footage that prove that Zelenskyy and his wife Olena received a warm welcome from other leaders. The claim appeared in a video (archived here) where it was published by TikTok on July 13, 2023, with captions…

Did the Czech government "commit treason" by lending Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy a military plane on his tour of European countries ahead of the Vilnius NATO summit? No, that's not true: NATO and EU countries have provided extensive military assistance, including shipping arms, to Ukraine, to help it to fend off the Russian aggression. Offering a military plane to a…

Was planned hospitalization of people of draft age banned in the Ivano-Frankvisk region in Ukraine? No, that's not true: the deputy head of the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Military Administration, Vitaliy Ilchyshyn, denied the information about the ban on men's hospitalization without the military's approval. The Regional Defense Council considered such an issue, but it was not adopted. There can be no…

Did Andriy Yermak, the head of the Ukrainian president's office, buy a penthouse for $58 million? Have charges against him for embezzlement of $1.3 billion been dropped? No, that's not true: There is no such embezzlement case against him and there are also no reports of him buying a penthouse. The claim appeared in a video (archived here) on TikTok…

Did Czech Republic President Petr Pavel come clean and say that the West manipulates Ukraine and tempts it to the worst because it wants to use Ukraine as a tool in its own fight against Russia? No, that's not true: While Pavel did say that in his speech at the Media and Ukraine conference, that was only part of his…

Did U.S. intelligence services orchestrate the military actions of the Wagner mercenary group against Putin's regime? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that the United States, or any other countries, were behind the mutiny of Wagner troops led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner private military company, against Russian President Vladimir Putin in Russia on June…

Did criminality in the Czech Republic rise tens of percent points since war refugees from Ukraine came to Czechia? No, that's not true: The number of criminal offenses in the Czech Republic rose 18.8 percent in 2022 compared to the previous year but not because of refugees from Ukraine. Instead, the increase was due to the end of COVID-19 restrictions…

Do politicians and authorities deliberately use yellow and blue colours to destroy the Czech national identity and replace the Czech national symbols? No, that's not true: politicians do not neglect Czech insignia at official events, and sometimes yellow and blue, the colours of the Ukrainian flag, are just randomly used colours. The claim is made in an image used in…