In March 2024, a fragment of a broadcast of a bowling tournament in the USA was distributed on Telegram, where the inscription “Stop funding Ukraine” can be seen on the advertising screen. We have verified the authenticity of this video.
On March 11, 2024, appeared in dozens of Russian-language Telegram channels fragment broadcast of a bowling tournament in the USA. As the athlete prepared to throw, an advertising screen placed along the track showed the phrase “Stop funding Ukraine” and the address of the US Republican Party website. The video was distributed on Telegram with the caption: “Republicans are furiously calling to stop funding for Ukraine and are purchasing advertising for this. At a bowling tournament in the United States, an advertisement appeared with the words “Stop funding Ukraine” and a link to the official website of the Republicans.” According to the TGStat service, at the time of writing this analysis, posts with videos received almost half a million views. The video was published by channels such as “Sheikh Tamir"(135,000 views), "Military observer"(45,000), "Open Ukraine"(36,000), ""Special Operation Z" | Yuri Podolyaka+"(32,000) and others. This video was also shared by some Media and social network users "VKontakte" And X.
The day before this video appeared on Telegram foreign and Russian media reported, that, according to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, if the most likely Republican candidate Donald Trump wins the US presidential election, he “will not give Ukraine a single cent.” The Hungarian prime minister made these statements after a meeting with Trump at his estate in Florida. Former President of the United States and earlier spokethat if he wins the presidential election, he plans to force Kyiv to negotiate with Moscow under the threat of cutting military aid to Ukraine.
Judging by the comments under posts on Telegram, many users had no doubt about the authenticity of the advertisement allegedly placed by Republicans at a bowling tournament. Nevertheless, “Verified” managed to find the original broadcast recording that tournament. Match between Sam Cooley and Kyle Troup took place May 16, 2021 as part of the Professional Bowlers Association Tournament of Champions. Instead of an inscription about financing Ukraine, an advertisement for an American brand was shown on the screen Manscaped.
The earliest “Verified” publication found with an edited video appeared on March 11, 2024 at 11:54 Moscow time in the Telegram channel “Sheikh Tamir" We have already refuted fakes spread by this channel. For example, in January 2024, “Sheikh Tamir” wrote, that a call to refuse financial support from Ukraine allegedly appeared on the screens at a concert of the musician Moby, however, even in that case, the video turned out to be a fake.
Thus, the video that went viral on Telegram is a fake, created based on a broadcast from 2021. The words “Stop funding Ukraine” on the video were superimposed over the logo of the American brand Manscaped using a video editor.
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- Is it true that the West spent more than $150 billion to help Ukraine, while allocating about $60 billion to the poorest countries?
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