It is said that the American media reported on a billboard that appeared in New York’s Times Square with the inscription: “Congratulations to Donald Trump on his victory in the US presidential election and congratulations to millions of American citizens that from now on billions of their dollars will not be spent on aid to Ukraine.”
According to Russian propagandists, this was announced by CNN journalists on the official account on the Instagram social network.
Screenshot / A lie is being spread on social networks about the termination of US support to Ukraine
However, it is a fake.
First of all, on the official CNN account no similar record exists.
The fake also does not comply with the graphic brand guide for this television. brandbook) rules – the format is different and there is no link to the official CNN website where readers can access the publication.
There was no record
After analyzing the videos of the propagandists, it was possible to find out exactly where the billboard with the supposed inscription about Ukraine is located.
This is a billboard above Grand slam souvenir shops.
A camera located on the building in front of you allows you to view 24/7 in real time, what’s going on above the grand slam store – none of the interactive scoreboards displayed a message about the alleged support termination.
Screenshot / Grand slam souvenir shop building
Also, the video fake shows a billboard with a caption “Cancer is not the star of my story”featuring the founder and CEO of media company MaleRoom Mindy Kaplan.
On October 1, World Breast Cancer Month, she issued a challenge “A million mammograms” #millionmammogramchallenge)
“By sharing my story of beating breast cancer just 6 months ago, I hope to inspire you to take action and become the master of your body!” One of the most significant things about spreading this information has been the number of women who have told me that my story has motivated them to schedule their first or overdue mammogram,” about the initiative said M. Kaplan.
Billboards supporting this initiative have indeed been on display in Times Square since early October. However, they are currently not available at the said location.
So, propagandists simply fabricated an old video and added anti-Ukrainian shots.
Funding is still unclear
D. Trump has been elected president of the USA more than once criticized America’s military support for Ukraineand this week his team appointees take the same stance.
How by Newsweekwith Trump appointing Matt Gaetz and Tulsi Gabbard to his team, Ukraine has many questions about what resistance to Russian aggression will look like, as both individuals have previously spoken out against continued military support to Ukraine.
Scanpix/AP Photo/Donald Trump and Tulsi Gabbard
Florida MP M. Gaetz was nominated by D. Trump for the position of attorney general, and congresswoman from Hawaii T. Gabbard – to head national intelligence.
Such a choice not only shocked Washington, but also caused concern for Ukraine.
“Trump is proposing a policy that does not support Ukraine for the post of attorney general,” the portal said Ukrainska Pravda headline.
The publication noted that three months after the start of the war in Ukraine, this politician was one of the ten politicians who voted against the Ukrainian Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act, which ensures support for Ukraine.
Covering Gabbard’s nomination, “Ukrainska Pravda” described her as a “politician and former US military reserve officer who opposes support for Ukraine.”
She was a Democratic congresswoman from 2013 to 2021, became an independent in 2022, and finally joined the Republican Party a month ago.
“Ukrainska Pravda” notes that Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council “warns that T. Gabbard has been receiving money from the Kremlin for many years to influence foreign audiences.”
15min verdict: lie. This is false information – there were no billboards in New York about the termination of funding to Ukraine.
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Source: www.15min.lt
