Ukraine's strategic attacks on oil refineries causing problems for Russia, from @olgar.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Ukraine’s equivalent of Bomber Command is conducting a quietly effective campaign to disrupt Russian fuel supplies. Great investigation led by @olgar.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Couple of Verify live page posts today. How we used satellite imagery, streetview, reverse searches, shadows, sanctions lists, weather, and the speed of sound to confirm strikes in Poltava, Ukraine: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2... And in Yelets, Russia: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...

The AI war! Or: a new dimension in the spreading of #disinformation. @matt-murphy96.bsky.social, @olgar.bsky.social and @shayan86.bsky.social report on BBC Verify that an increasing number of AI-generated footage is circulating online, apparently depicting scenes from #Iran - #Israel conflict.

BBC Verify has analysed dozens of fakes - a lot of them AI generated - related to the Iran-Israel conflict in the last week. We’ve found that the top three fakes have amassed over 100m views across multiple platforms. @shayan86.bsky.social @matt-murphy96.bsky.social www.bbc.com/news/article...

1/ THREAD Quick one on geolocation among the Kashmir strikes overnight. Here was the first video we verified late yesterday. It's from Kotli, later confirmed by the Indian Army as a site it targeted. Let me take you through how to check what's real and not. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...

/1 THREAD (Call it OSint if you want.) How we know where rebels trained in Syria, and how you can too. With a little bit of asking why Assad / Putin didn’t. Or, let me break down this video, it’s five months’ work in 65 seconds. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

A fake video masquerading as a report by The Sun has gone viral. It baselessly claims Olena Zelenska has bought Princess Diana's "revenge dress" from Harry and Meghan for $2.9m. The clip is likely the work of a known Russian disinformation operation that mimics news outlets to disparage Ukraine.

1/ THREAD What can we tell about images of a strike on a bus in Marhanets, Ukraine earlier this week? On Wednesday, Serhiy Lysak, governor of Dnipropetrovsk, posted these images, saying nine people on the way to work at a local mining company were killed in the incident: t.me/dnipropetrov...

On today’s Ukrainecast, we listened to a powerful testimony from Vitalii who got caught up in Russian strikes on Kyiv and answered some more of the listeners’ questions about Trump, peace talks and Ukrainian drones. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

BBC Verify investigation by @olgar.bsky.social , me, Olga Malchevska and Matt Murphy into exactly how thousands of homes in Mariupol are being seized and transferred to Russians. Ukrainians can try to get their homes back but there’s a catch… www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...

Russia is confiscating Ukrainian homes in Mariupol in its continuing “Russification” campaign www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc... great work led by @olgar.bsky.social

A painstaking investigation by my BBC Verify colleagues @chrisjeavans.bsky.social @olgar.bsky.social Olga Malchevska and Matt Murphy looking at how Russia is seizing thousands of homes in occupied Mariupol. www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...

Russian authorities are systematically seizing thousands of homes from Ukrainian residents of Mariupol. BBC Verify has analysed dozens of official documents published since July 2024 that show at least 5,700 homes have been identified for seizure. www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...

1/ THREAD - Several articles by the BBC and other news orgs have covered many angles of the killing of 15 PRCS workers by Israeli troops near Rafah, Gaza, on 23 March this year, such as this piece: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... My contribution to what we’ve been able to say explained below.

It was great to join Vitaly Shevchenko of Ukrainecast and Lyse Doucet earlier today on BBC 5Live to answer some of the listeners’ questions about the peace talks and the situation on the battlefield in Ukraine. Presented by Leila Nathoo. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Ukraine's military says the intensity of Russian front line assaults has increased by 30% in the past week. In the Sumy region, 47 attacks were reported. Still no evidence suggesting that Moscow has given up on its goal of taking as much of Ukraine as possible.

1/ THREAD What can we say / you know from verifying social media videos from the Dominican Republic nightclub fire, where at least 113 people have died? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

1/ THREAD How we know what we know about what happened around Dar al-Arqam school, al Tuffah, Gaza, yesterday afternoon and evening. (Call it OSint if you like.) This will include unpacking two images in our main story: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

At least 14 people, including five children, are dead after a Russian missile hit this block in the southern city of Kryvyi Rih, say officials there.

Could Putin ever agree to peace and would an election help Zelensky consolidate power? These are some of the questions Vitaly Shevchenko, FrankGardner and I tried to answer on today’s Ukrainecast collaboration with Global News Podcast. Presented by Oliver Conway www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

1/ THREAD What do @paulybrown.bsky.social and I know about two strikes in Gaza today, which have reportedly killed at least 31 people? And how do we know? And how can you open-source investigate it, too? First: Khan Yunis, where Palestinian media say a family home was struck overnight.

An AI generated video of the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Myanmar has gone viral alongside real footage of devastation. Here’s how we know the fake video is not real @paulybrown.bsky.social @shayan86.bsky.social @jcheetham.bsky.social; @herdjemimah.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

On the latest episode of Ukrainecast @jameswaterhouse.bsky.social James Landale and I answer some of the listeners’ questions about the war in Ukraine and the ongoing ceasefire talks www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Real videos of someone dressed as Pikachu at protests in Turkey are being shared, but THIS image is NOT authentic. Experts from GetReal Labs have analysed the photo and found “strong evidence of synthesis”. One of the telltale signs is the misspelled text on the police van. @shayan86.bsky.social

It was great to be back on Ukrainecast and BBC 5 Live to answer listeners’ questions about the war in Ukraine alongside the brilliant Lyse Doucet and Vitaly Shevchenko. Presented by @mattchorley.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

As the intense diplomacy around the war in Ukraine continues, so does Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. @rosatkins.bsky.social takes a look at how this has been playing out on the ground. @benedictgarman.com @paulybrown.bsky.social Catherine Karelli Yana Lyushnevska www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

A widely shared audio of Donald Trump Jr allegedly saying on his podcast that the US should have sent weapons to Russia has been very likely generated using AI, audio forensics experts have told BBC Verify. @shayan86.bsky.social @herdjemimah.bsky.social and Jacqui Galvin www.bbc.com/news/videos/...

1/ THREAD Throwback to three weeks ago. If you've not seen it, @shayan86.bsky.social and @olgar.bsky.social's identified this image was AI-generated. And here's what I found out to help out, a lesson in right-click: reverse image search.

How do you cope with covering Russia's war in Ukraine 3 (& more) years in? We spoke to 3 teams for their strategies & heard from expert Dr Anthony Feinstein on techniques for BBC Trending www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (with @olgar.bsky.social)

President Donald Trump has made a flurry of claims about Ukraine and its president from his Mar-a-Lago mansion in Florida. BBC Verify has fact-checked some of them. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A video claiming that USAID has paid Hollywood stars millions of dollars to visit Ukraine has gone viral. But the clip is not real and has hallmarks of a Russian disinformation operation that BBC Verify has investigated. @shayan86.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This video - shared by a pro-Russian account - has gathered over 700,000 views on X (no community note to date). It mimics a video published by entertainment outlet E! saying that USAID sponsored celebrity visits to Ukraine to bolster Zelensky's image. It's a fake - an imposter video.

This viral video claiming USAID has paid celebrities to visit Ukraine is nowhere to be found on E!News. And it is v similar in style to a Russian operation we’ve investigated that impersonates media outlets and often pushes anti-Ukraine narratives www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How are analysts/fact-checkers coping with toll of Ukraine war nearly 3 years on from Russia's full invasion? Our programme presented by @olgar.bsky.social now in fuller podcast version www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

This video claiming to show HTS threatening to burn down Notre Dame is v suspect and looks very similar to a Hamas fake we’ve previously looked at. It’s nowhere on HTS official sources; colleagues who watch jihadist media say the clip looks nothing like videos they monitor…

Abramovich used yacht “leasing” scheme to avoid paying tax due, in what experts say may be evasion www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... great example of how collaboration can deliver important stories

We’ve spoken to OSINT analysts and fact-checkers about the toll of documenting war crimes and debunking the relentless stream of false claims as Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine enters its third year www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify have shown a major oil slick spreading across the Kerch Strait between Russia & annexed Crimea, a month after two oil tankers were damaged in the area @jcheetham.bsky.social @matt-murphy96.bsky.social @erwanrivault.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is something from Matryoshka (Kremlin's disinfo network) that can become truly dangerous if used at scale amid the 𝕏 / Twitter>BlueSky exodus: They cloned a pre-existing legitimate account (bio, avatar, banner--but not name) from 𝕏 / Twitter↙️ to BlueSky↘️...

The area in Gaza which Israel's military has told people to go to "for their safety" has been hit by 97 strikes since May, BBC Verify analysis has revealed. @benedictgarman.com @richib.bsky.social @paulybrown.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BBC Verify has examined 24 hours of Elon Musk's timeline and found a wave of misinformation amplified in the posts. Watch the video by @bbcrosatkins.bsky.social here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

‼️ The Pizzagate/Comet Ping Pong gunman was killed by North Carolina police during a traffic stop last weekend.

A Russia-linked disinfo op has been tagging @shayan86.bsky.social @eliothiggins.bsky.social and me in posts with fakes posing as the BBC and Bellingcat for months Now they are trying to get our attention with posts with deepfake audio clips of us (sounds nothing like us) The guys just can’t stop

Russia is moving a large amount of military equipment in Syria, signalling preparations for a partial withdrawal, analysts say. Satellite images reveal a build-up and BBC Verify geolocated videos showing Russian vehicles moving north towards the bases. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This image of Prince William and Kate Middleton, which has gone viral on Facebook, is AI-generated and fake. The skin tones, fingers, even the creases on William's jacket, all look wrong. And just look at Kate's hair.

Ukraine says it is outraged by the continued export of grain by a Russian-flagged vessel from a sanctioned port in occupied Crimea to Houthi-controlled Yemen. Bellingcat and Lloyd’s List investigate: www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/12...

BBC Verify has been analysing social media videos and images from Moscow to try to build up a clearer picture of the blast that killed Russian Lt Gen Igor Kirillov and his assistant. @matt-murphy96.bsky.social @joshcheetham.bsky.social @richib.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Little-noticed video footage reviewed by RFE/RL sheds light on a secretive military research center that is notorious for its role in the Soviet Union's biological weapons program and has undergone a major expansion since Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. www.rferl.org/a/russia-bio...

This post claiming Bashar al-Assad is set to launch a podcast was published by a parody account of Russia’s RT. Clearly evident from their bio, yet keep seeing people share it or comment on it as it were a real deal.