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False: Bunnings is selling surplus coffee machines and barbecues for just a few dollars each. Facebook posts purporting to offer surplus Bunnings stock at incredibly cheap prices are fake. They are scam posts intended to trick people into handing over their credit card details. Bunnings says it does not ask for personal information or banking details in unsolicited communications. (Source: Australian Associated Press - AAP)

Fake: Fake: Ukrainian Soldiers Fire on Car with Russian Speaking Mother and Child Russian media are disseminating a video claiming it shows a Ukrainian soldier shooting at a car with a woman and child inside because the woman was speaking Russian. This poorly staged video was shot in Russian occupied Ukraine near Donetsk. The alleged Russian speaking woman and (Source: StopFake)

Fake: Fake: Corruption up by 500% in Ukraine Over Past Year, US Aid Not Reaching Targets This claim about corruption levels in Ukraine is false. During a March 29 hearing in the US House of Representatives on Ukraine aid transparency and accountability oversight mechanisms, the inspectors general of three US government agencies involved in the delivery and distributi (Source: StopFake)