What's corroborated

The UK funded the project with several hundred thousand pounds over four months in 2025.

Canada paid 2.3 million Canadian dollars between 2022 and 2024.

Ukrainian special forces have launched an investigation into the methods, described by experts as dangerous.

The movements allegedly facilitated Russian intelligence in identifying pro-Ukrainian individuals.

Regime critic Vadzim Kabanchuk doubts the half-million figure, calling it a mantra for self-reassurance or an attempt to scare Western neighbors.

According to Lukashenko, Belarus has 70,000 active-duty soldiers, and total forces are around 100,000 if troops under the Interior Ministry are included.

A scenario of large-scale mobilization by Minsk is described as unlikely, requiring heavy pressure from Russia and causing huge domestic discontent for Lukashenko.

Belarusian troops lack combat experience and their weapons systems are outdated; newer equipment has been sent to Russia, and most stocks are filled with Soviet leftovers that cannot match Russian weapons like Iskander missiles.

Putin claimed that in December, Russia had 700,000 soldiers involved in the 'special operation' in Ukraine.

According to intelligence from neighboring Latvia, the Belarusian military is actually half the size that Minsk claims.

Naumluck also says it could be that Belarus is actually about to take a larger role in the war, despite the people's reluctance, as Lukashenko does what he or Putin wants.

Anton Naumluck, chairman of the Free Russia Foundation's Warsaw branch, says Zelenskyy's warnings could be a way to strengthen ties with Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya or to increase acceptance for a possible new mobilization in Ukraine.

Zelenskyy believes Russia is again trying to drag Belarus into the war.

New roads are being built on the Belarusian side of the border heading towards Ukrainian territory, and there are movements of troops and artillery.

This has not happened before in the war.

Four emaciated Ukrainian soldiers have caused a scandal within the Ukrainian military.

Targets are being eliminated one by one.

A special unit is conducting a covert operation.

Vladimir Putin has claimed the children were 'rescued' from a war zone.

Organisers want Congress to help address what the UN has called a crime against humanity.

The US-based Razom for Ukraine organisation and American Coalition for Ukraine installed the display to represent the estimated 20,000 children that Ukraine says have been sent illegally to Russia and Belarus since the war began five years ago.

The soldier (her husband) wrote that he just ate more than he has in the last eight months.

A new commander called and said the situation is being resolved.

After Anastasija Siltjuk's post, conditions improved.

The brigade acknowledged logistical problems in getting food to the soldiers, who are near Russian positions.

Ukraine's defense ministry responded to the criticism and said the commander responsible for supplying the soldiers has been reassigned.

The soldiers were not listened to on the radio, or no one wanted to listen.

The longest period without food was 17 days.

The soldiers drank rainwater and melted snow to survive.

Food deliveries suddenly stopped.

Supplies of food and medicine could only be delivered by drone.

Prince Harry travelled to Bucha, Ukraine, where thousands of landmines need to be cleared after a massacre in 2022.

Ukraine is now Halo Trust's biggest operation anywhere in the world.

Ukrainian forces had to rapidly design new technologies to clear landmines, including a Robo dog named Spot and AI-powered drones.

Prince Harry told ITV News that the cleanup will take two, three, even four decades.

In October 2025, Antibot4Navalny brought to light a similar network of accounts that circulated false claims about Ukrainian refugees arrested by French police.

The video has been linked to a pro-Kremlin disinformation operation known as 'Matryoshka'.

Some of Chebotaru's works were given to Zelenskyy as gifts by friends, not purchased directly from the artist.

The real painting on Zelenskyy's right depicts Mount Demerdzhi in Crimea, Chebotaru's home region.

Both paintings visible in the office at the time of the interview were the work of Ukrainian artist Andrii Chebotaru.

The manipulated footage is based on an interview recorded three months earlier by the Associated Press.

The Ukrainian presidency rejected the allegation, stating claims that the stolen painting ever hung in the office are false.

The video is fabricated: the BBC report is entirely fabricated, the voiceover is AI-generated, and visual elements were digitally altered.

There is no evidence linking any of the stolen pieces to Ukraine or to Zelenskyy personally.

The painting 'Still Life with Cherries' was among three works stolen on the night of 22 and 23 March from the Magnani Rocca Foundation near Parma, Italy, valued at €9-10 million.

A video on X appears to show a BBC News report of an interview with Zelenskyy, with a painting identified as Paul Cézanne's 'Still Life with Cherries' in the background.

The display serves as a reminder that the issue persists despite mediation efforts, including exchanges facilitated by Qatar, and ongoing scrutiny from the International Criminal Court.

US representatives Paul Tonko and Jamie Raskin called for stronger sanctions on those involved.

Many other children remain in Russia or occupied territories, facing legal and logistical barriers to return.

Lawmakers, advocates and Ukraine’s ambassador Oksana Markarova attended the event.