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There is no evidence that the Nord Stream leaks are linked to the presence of US military equipment in the area

There are no facts to support the claim that the leaks in the Nord Stream pipelines were caused by the US. No link has been established between the presence of US helicopters and a ship in the Baltic Sea and the leaks from Nord Stream 1 and 2. The suggestions that US President Joe Biden has promised to attack the pipeline originate from a speech he held 2 weeks before the invasion of Ukraine in which he does not mention any type of planned future attacks on the pipelines. There are still no results from the investigations surrounding the accident launched in Denmark and Sweden. UPDATE: According to an independent Swedish investigation in the region, there are explosive traces found at Nord Stream pipeline, which is an indicator for a gross sabotage.

It is true that Ukraine admits the possibility to mobilize students in the future

Oleksiy Arestovych, an adviser to President Zelensky, does admit the possibility that Ukrainian students could be mobilized in the future. This would happen if Russia increased the number of those mobilized from 300 000 to 1 million. At the moment, however, students are not subject to mobilization in the Ukrainian army.

PolitiCheck: Are MEPs booing Manfred Weber because of Boyko Borissov?

In order to debunk this, it is important to take into account the context in which Weber’s statement was made – the direct dispute with the Greens MEP Ska Keller, the criticism of the EPP and the mention of the upcoming debate on Borissov’s arrest as part of Weber’s argument that the Greens are politicizing the rule of law issue. During his speech, laughter and cheers could be heard as well as applause, thus it cannot be said that the MEPs ‘drowned out’ Weber by booing, nor that their reactions were related only to the mention of Boyko Borissov, as the headlines of the media publications suggest. At the same time, there are no false facts in the texts of the publications that give grounds for the qualifications made by PP GERB.

In Switzerland they don’t put you in jail for using too much energy to keep warm, neither they make you rat out the neighbours for doing the same.

The photo included in the article, showing a Swiss poster urging people to rat out their neighbors for failing to comply with energy efficiency measures, is fabricated. There are no such posters in Switzerland; the country’s energy ministry says the image is fake and that it has launched an investigation into the matter. The measures to keep temperatures below 19 °C in homes are voluntary, and there are no fines or penalties for possible non-compliance.

It is not true that in Germany they collect Russian books for burning in winter

There is no truth to the allegation that libraries in Germany urge readers to bring in books by Russian authors or unwanted books to be used for heating in winter. The ‘official reports’ circulating on the Internet are fabricated. Libraries in Dresden and Hamburg officially deny having published such messages and do not collect Russian and other books to burn for heating.

WHO will not “suspend the Constitution” of Bulgaria and “abolish” human rights

It is not true that newly drafted international health rules give the WHO the right to declare pandemic regimes in countries, take away national sovereignty and abolish human rights. The so-called pandemic agreement being discussed within the WHO does not even have an initial text version yet. Whenever it is ready and whatever form it takes, its implementation in Bulgaria will require ratification by Parliament and will not suspend the Constitution.
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No, the Turkish defense minister did not say that Russia had nothing to do with the shelling of Odessa

Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar has not denied Russia’s involvement in the missile strike on the port of Odessa. The minister only quoted a statement by Russian officials who denied Russian involvement. A day after the attack, the Kremlin admitted it carried out the attack.

It is not true that the US has closed its diplomatic offices in Ukraine.

The allegations come from the Facebook account of Prof. Mikhail Mirchev, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology in the Department of Political Science at the UNWE. In 2020 the Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” terminated the civil contract of Mirchev, after a decision of the Ethics Committee of the University due to a signal from students.

The US embassy in Ukraine, as well as the consulate in Odessa, have not been closed. Both institutions continue to provide support to American citizens who are in the troubled country. The U.S. Embassy in Ukraine responded in a letter to Factcheck.bg that diplomatic activities are “limited,” but not suspended entirely. “Ambassador Bridget Brink and her team are on the ground in Kiev and continue to work….,” the US diplomatic service in Kiev wrote.