AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in his office in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 9, 2022. The Associated Press on Monday, Nov. 6, 2023 reported on social media posts falsely claiming that Ukraine surrendered to Russia over the weekend. did not surrender as social media posts claimed on Saturday, and the country remains at war with Russia.
“Zelensky has surrendered. Ukraine has fallen. Israel is next,” reads the viral post, which was written Nov. 4 and includes a black-and-white headshot of the Ukrainian president.A Thai child in a Halloween costume is being misrepresented to label Palestinians as ‘crisis actors’The post, which offered no proof of a surrender, has been liked or shared more than 10,000 times on X, formerly Twitter, as of Monday. It’s also been widely shared on Instagram and other social media platforms.
The Russian Defense Ministry said it shot down 13 of the 15 cruise missiles fired by Ukraine late Saturday but didn’t give details about the damaged ship, which Ukraine suggested in a statement was “one of the most modern ships of Russia’s Black Sea fleet.”