False Claims about the War in Ukraine

See this Fact Check article regarding false and misleading claims being made about Ukraine.

Below are some of the most common false claims about Ukraine that have been disproven by simple fact checking and are listed on the above website.

• President Zelenskyy's approval rating, according to official surveys is somewhere between 57% and 63%, not the 4% that Elon Musk and President Trump both claimed. He is not hated by his country like rumors like to indicate.
• Watchdog organizations and people in charge of tracking US funds given to Ukraine can prove that pretty much all monetary aid is present and accounted for.
• By Ukrainian law, elections cannot be held while martial law is in place. This law predates Zelenskyy and while martial law is in place, legally, elections cannot be held. Additionally, there is now a diaspora of Ukrainians who should be able to vote in elections but are now displaced globally.
• Ukraine did not start the war. I agree wholeheartedly with Mike Pence on this one.

Anyone who knows me, knows how I voted in this last election. But I voted with serious reservations because of this very concern related to Ukraine. There were other, crucial, reasons, why I voted the way I did, but I knew there was a potential for things to go sideways with Ukraine. And we're starting to see that.

To say that I'm concerned would be an understatement. I expect my government, regardless of the party in charge, to provide factual information and to not perpetuate misinformation or disinformation. And there almost seems a vendetta against Ukraine and President Zelenskyy that I, personally, find distasteful, especially since a quick fact check through a reputable company like FactCheck.Org can easily disprove that misinformation.

I don't talk politics often because I find it an unpleasant topic, but with the 3 year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine just behind us and the pro-Russian sentiment growing in the US, I couldn't just stay silent.

Don't just take information presented as fact at face value. Check it. Be responsible.