copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: Zelensky Tell World Leaders To Spend All Their Money On Weapons To Attack Russia!! (Social Media Users, 2023-12-14)
Evidence (2022-09-21): UNITED NATIONS — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy demanded that global leaders hold Russia accountable for its monthslong assault on his nation in a U.N. address to world leaders on Wednesday. "Russia should pay for this war," Zelenskyy said, calling for a special U.N. tribunal to "punish Russia." [...] While nearly every leader who has stepped behind the famed speaker's rostrum to address the international forum has condemned Russia for its ongoing assault, Zelenskyy urged leaders to publicly establish where they stand on the war.
Claim: Zelensky Tell World Leaders To Spend All Their Money On Weapons To Attack Russia!! (Social Media Users, 2023-12-14)
Evidence (2023-12-13): Zelenskyy: I say [to] such person from government or mayors: Think about the war, think about how to defend our people. Don't travel through the world each day, travel to the front line. Ask people, ask soldiers what they need. Do this, not build roads for today. Don't do it. Spend all your money to the weapon, to the drones, to the society, to the pensions and et cetera. And don't cry. Because you are leaders and that's it. That's why, that's why we are and we stayed because mostly people are not crying. People stay and fight against Putin. And we don't have any enemies in our country. We can't have time for this and we don't have it. We have only one enemy, this is Putin, and that's it. So, in response to Baier's fourth question Zelenskyy did say, "Do this, not build roads for today. Don't do it. Spend all your money to the weapon, to the drones, to the society, to the pensions and et cetera. [...] We have only one enemy, this is Putin, [...]." However, his remarks weren't directed at Western countries or Western leaders, but instead at the Ukrainian leaders who had criticized him.
Claim: Zelensky Tell World Leaders To Spend All Their Money On Weapons To Attack Russia!! (Social Media Users, 2023-12-14)
Evidence (2022-02-24): Ukraine conflict: President Zelensky warns Russia: We will defend ourselves Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that Russia could start "a major war in Europe" any day now, and called on Russians to oppose it. [...] And switching from Ukrainian into Russian, Mr Zelensky made an emotional appeal to Russians to reject an attack, saying they were being lied to about Ukraine.
Claim: Zelensky Tell World Leaders To Spend All Their Money On Weapons To Attack Russia!! (Social Media Users, 2023-12-14)
Evidence (2024-09-25): UNITED NATIONS — Russia is making plans to attack Ukraine’s nuclear power plants, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned fellow world leaders at the United Nations on Wednesday, issuing a stark call for global leadership to help him attain peace as his country stares down a cold, dark winter with most of its energy infrastructure destroyed. [...] "Recently, I received yet another alarming report from our intelligence. Now, Putin does seem to be planning attacks on our nuclear power plants and infrastructure, aiming to disconnect the plants from the power grid," Zelensky said, speaking from the high rostrum of the main United Nations hall. "Any missile or drone strike or any critical incident in the energy system could lead to a nuclear disaster. A day like that must never come." [...] Zelensky sought to drum up support from countries around the world, including less-wealthy nations where Russian propaganda and investment have been especially effective at drawing popular sympathy.
Claim: Zelensky Tell World Leaders To Spend All Their Money On Weapons To Attack Russia!! (Social Media Users, 2023-12-14)
Evidence (2024-09-13): The top American and British diplomats traveled to Kyiv this week and heard renewed pleas from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to allow his military to fire long-range weapons on Russian military sites.
Claim: Zelensky Tell World Leaders To Spend All Their Money On Weapons To Attack Russia!! (Social Media Users, 2023-12-14)
Evidence (2022-03-30): On 19 February, Ukrainian President Zelensky gave an impassioned speech at the Munich Security Conference insisting that Ukraine must have a clear path to join Nato, and expressing regret that Ukraine had given up its nuclear arsenal at the end of the Soviet Union, then the world’s third biggest. In the third week of February, the Ukrainian military dramatically increased its shelling of the Donetsk and Luhansk provinces, as reported by observers from the OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe). It is likely that this step-up in the Ukrainian attack had the blessing of the US and Nato.
Claim: Zelensky Tell World Leaders To Spend All Their Money On Weapons To Attack Russia!! (Social Media Users, 2023-12-14)
Evidence (2022-11-21): So far, there has been only limited domestic political resistance in the United States to continuing civil and military aid to Ukraine. A few political figures like the newly reelected Marjorie Taylor Greene have taken a totally negative stance: "Under Republicans, not another penny will go to Ukraine"; "Our country comes first," and more recently, a tweet that said, "We must stop letting Zelensky demand money & weapons from US taxpayers while he is trying to drag us into WW3. No more money to Ukraine. It’s time to end this war and demand peace." 1 [...] They also warn that the leaders of Ukraine may initially have over-estimated the importance its victories and Ukraine’s military and civil strength. Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, initially demanded total Russian withdrawal, compensation for all of the damage done, and punishment of all war criminals. These demanding terms may have been a negotiating or morale-building ploy, but Putin clearly was not willing to accept any of them at the time, and his escalation to a missile war on civilian targets scarcely indicates that he is willing to accept them now neither. [...] 17 Matthew Luxmore, Laurence Norman, and Marcus Walker, "Ukraine’s Zelensky Sets Conditions for ‘Genuine’ Peace Talks With Russia," Wal Street Journal, November 8, 2022, https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraines-zelensky-sets-conditions-for-genuine-peace-talks-with-russia-11667907501.
Claim: Zelensky Tell World Leaders To Spend All Their Money On Weapons To Attack Russia!! (Social Media Users, 2023-12-14)
Evidence (2024-05-28): Western allies of Ukraine have long held the policy that donated weapons should be strictly limited to usage inside Ukrainian territory. The issue is a controversial one, with fears from Western leaders that if their weaponry is used to strike inside Russia, it would escalate the violence and trigger a wider war involving NATO. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly asked permission from his allies to expand the usage of the provided weapons to strike inside Russia.
Claim: Zelensky Tell World Leaders To Spend All Their Money On Weapons To Attack Russia!! (Social Media Users, 2023-12-14)
Evidence (2024-01-04): WHAT DO YOU do when words start to fail you? In the case of President Volodymyr Zelensky, whose heroic language galvanised the West to support Ukraine after Russia invaded it almost two years ago, the answer is that you become angry and frustrated. Despite his efforts, $61bn of American money that would help Ukraine is being held up in Congress and the European Union has failed to sign off a four-year grant of €50bn ($55bn). Ukraine needs arms and money within weeks.
Claim: Zelensky Tell World Leaders To Spend All Their Money On Weapons To Attack Russia!! (Social Media Users, 2023-12-14)
Evidence (2024-10-08): Several countries, including the UK, have said that weapons donated to Ukraine could be used, in self-defence, to strike legitimate military targets inside Russia. Those permissions do not extend, however, to the use of Western-supplied long-range missiles against targets deep in Russian territory, although that operational caveat is currently under review. In response, in May 2024 Russia accused NATO and the US of "provoking a new level of tension" and in September 2024 President Putin said the use of long range missiles against Russian targets was a ‘red line’ that would amount to direct NATO participation in the conflict.
Claim: Zelensky Tell World Leaders To Spend All Their Money On Weapons To Attack Russia!! (Social Media Users, 2023-12-14)
Evidence (2024-07-11): Mr Zelensky has spent months pleading with his Western allies for more weapons.
Claim: Zelensky Tell World Leaders To Spend All Their Money On Weapons To Attack Russia!! (Social Media Users, 2023-12-14)
Evidence (2024-02-15): Earlier this week, Trump, who has long viewed foreign policy from the prism of money, highlighted the defense money he says is supplied by the U.S., comparing it to that paid by other countries. "You don't pay your bills, you get no protection. It's very simple," he said. "Hundreds of billions of dollars came into NATO, and that's why they have money." Trump went on to call Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky "the greatest salesman in history" and promised that he himself will "get the Ukraine war settled." [...] By contrast, Russia is now spending 40% of its government budget on defense, cannibalizing the rest of the productive economy to fund war after losing 50% of its military might over the last two years, not dissimilar to how Ronald Reagan’s famed "Star Wars" program disproportionately drove Soviet military spending to unsustainable levels. This trend will likely only continue as Russia continues to embarrass itself over its incompetent prosecution of the war. After all, over the last five months alone, Russia has lost at least a fifth of its prized naval fleet—the most powerful navy in the world by some measures prior to the war—even though its adversary, Ukraine, does not even have a navy, amidst continued heavy casualties numbering over 500,000 by some estimates.
Claim: Zelensky Tell World Leaders To Spend All Their Money On Weapons To Attack Russia!! (Social Media Users, 2023-12-14)
Evidence (2023-01-25): As of December 2022, Russia occupied nearly 20 percent of Ukraine. Kyiv's top priority is regaining control over this territory. And Ukraine has scored some impressive successes, particularly in Kharkiv and Kherson. Yet the areas Russia still controls contain important economic assets, such as the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, which provided up to 20 percent of Ukraine's prewar power generation capacity, and Ukraine's entire Azov Sea coastline. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is committed to a military campaign to liberate the entirety of Ukraine's internationally recognized territory. And he has justified this objective with the moral imperative of liberating his country's citizens from brutal Russian occupation. [...] But Ukraine's system of government is now more firmly anchored than it was before the war, Russia's brutal tactics have repelled even those Ukrainians who harbored pro-Russian sympathies, and Zelenskyy is immensely popular. Moreover, the Ukrainian military, with its current capabilities, could pose a threat to Russian occupied areas or even the bordering areas of undisputed Russian territory indefinitely. [...] [66] Khurshudyan and Rauhala, "Zelensky Pushes 'Accelerated' Application for Ukraine NATO Membership."
Claim: Zelensky Tell World Leaders To Spend All Their Money On Weapons To Attack Russia!! (Social Media Users, 2023-12-14)
Evidence (2022-08-16): Most were doubtful, and noted that Zelensky seemed to think Russia would never attack with the ambition and force the Americans were forecasting. Didn’t Ukraine understand Russia’s intentions best? [...] "You can’t simply say to me, ‘Listen, you should start to prepare people now and tell them they need to put away money, they need to store up food,’ " Zelensky recalled. "If we had communicated that — and that is what some people wanted, who I will not name — then I would have been losing $7 billion a month since last October, and at the moment when the Russians did attack, they would have taken us in three days. ... Generally, our inner sense was right: If we sow chaos among people before the invasion, the Russians will devour us. Because during chaos, people flee the country." [...] Zelensky implored Biden to immediately contact as many other world leaders and diplomats as possible. He should tell them to speak out publicly and to call Putin directly and tell him to "turn this off."
Claim: Zelensky Tell World Leaders To Spend All Their Money On Weapons To Attack Russia!! (Social Media Users, 2023-12-14)
Evidence (2023-10-30): Zelensky’s performance left a deep impression on some of the lawmakers present. Angus King, an independent Senator from Maine, recalled the Ukrainian leader telling his audience, "You’re giving money. We’re giving our lives." But it was not enough. Ten days later, Congress passed a bill to temporarily avert a government shutdown. It included no assistance for Ukraine. [...] In some branches of the military, the shortage of personnel has become even more dire than the deficit in arms and ammunition. One of Zelensky’s close aides tells me that even if the U.S. and its allies come through with all the weapons they have pledged, "we don’t have the men to use them." [...] At the start of the Russian invasion, Zelensky’s mission was to maintain the sympathy of humankind. Now his task is more complicated. In his foreign trips and presidential phone calls, he needs to convince world leaders that helping Ukraine is in their own national interests, that it will, as Biden put it, "pay dividends." Achieving that gets harder as global crises multiply.
Claim: Just after NPP`s Victory, Gothabaya Says He Did NOT Steal Anything !! (Social Media Users, 2024-09-24)
Evidence (2024-09-24): The viral video claiming that former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who was ousted from power in 2022, recently stated he only received his salary and interest from fixed deposits during his tenure is misleading. The statement was made in 2015 and is being misrepresented in the current political context. Social media users should be cautious of such out-of-context content, especially in the politically charged post-election environment.
Claim: Just after NPP`s Victory, Gothabaya Says He Did NOT Steal Anything !! (Social Media Users, 2024-09-24)
Evidence (2023-11-05): In his victory speech, Mr Bawumia promised to lead a "united and energised" NPP into the election.
Claim: Just after NPP`s Victory, Gothabaya Says He Did NOT Steal Anything !! (Social Media Users, 2024-09-24)
Evidence (2023-11-05): I thank the Almighty God for making this emphatic victory possible and for His unending blessings on me, the NPP, and Ghana. It is a victory for the rank and file of our great party; particularly to you, our hardworking grassroot members at the constituency, electoral area and polling station levels. You enthusiastically came out in your numbers when I visited you throughout the country, and you rallied support for me, amongst yourselves, at your respective electoral areas. I am immensely grateful to all of you. [...] With this resounding victory, the NPP is sending an invitation to the men and women in Ga Mashie to join me in this journey of possibilities. The NPP has a place for you. [...] As a technocrat, it was doubted if I would gain space in a politics long dominated by career politicians. This victory is an invitation to technocrats and professionals to join me in this journey of possibilities. The NPP has a place for you. I have a place for you. With open arms I invite everyone watching or listening to me tonight to join us on this journey of possibilities. Together we can build this nation.
Claim: Just after NPP`s Victory, Gothabaya Says He Did NOT Steal Anything !! (Social Media Users, 2024-09-24)
Evidence (2023-11-05): Addressing thousands of NPP supporters at the Accra Sports Stadium after he was declared the winner by the Electoral Commission, Dr. Bawumia also said he was humbled by his election, which he added, was a victory for all. [...] He expressed immense gratitude to the rank and file of the NPP for their support, dedicating the victory to all of them.
Claim: Just after NPP`s Victory, Gothabaya Says He Did NOT Steal Anything !! (Social Media Users, 2024-09-24)
Evidence (2023-12-02): Remember your victory is not the end, but beginning of new chapter of service - Bawumia to newly elected NPP parliamentary candidates [...] In his message after the elections held on Saturday (December 2, 2023), Dr Bawumia said their victory is the beginning of a new chapter of service and responsibility
Claim: Just after NPP`s Victory, Gothabaya Says He Did NOT Steal Anything !! (Social Media Users, 2024-09-24)
Evidence (2022-07-13): That victory gave Mahinda Rajapaksa an almost inexhaustible well of political capital to draw on and he would go on to enjoy a 10-year grip on power during which he was venerated by Sri Lanka’s Sinhalese Buddhist majority. He was popularly referred to as "appachchi" – the father of the nation – and people would often bow when he walked past and fear for him when he was unwell. [...] "People have once again imposed their full confidence in us," Mahinda Rajapaksa said after a landslide victory in parliamentary elections a year later. [...] For weeks Gotabaya clung on, apparently unwilling to let the dynasty fall. But ultimately he had no choice, as the lavish home he once used to entertain power brokers was taken over by crowds escaping the heat in his sparkling swimming pool and holding picnics on his sprawling lawn.
Claim: Just after NPP`s Victory, Gothabaya Says He Did NOT Steal Anything !! (Social Media Users, 2024-09-24)
Evidence (2019-11-20): They saw the record of public service of his rival pale in comparison with Gotabaya’s results achieved during the civil war years. Gotabaya’s pithy remark in his maiden speech after his victory: "We knew right from the start that the main factor of this election victory is the Sinhalese majority of the country" underlined his strength. It is true Gotabaya cuts corners to get results and in many cases trampled upon humanitarian laws during the Eelam war. There are a number of cases of corruption, cronyism, kidnapping and murder where his name is linked to alleged perpetrators. All these cases have been under investigation for over five years. In not even one major case has he been convicted. Even in the infamous White flag case where Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka accused him of ordering the killing of LTTE leaders who wanted to surrender, he was not found guilty. [...] Gotabaya’s victory with a good mandate has made Sinhalese constituency strong. So Tamils have to rework their strategy afresh to find equitable space, beyond mere whipping up of ethnic passions. Till then there is not much India can do in this traditional area.
Claim: Just after NPP`s Victory, Gothabaya Says He Did NOT Steal Anything !! (Social Media Users, 2024-09-24)
Evidence (2024-09-18): Let it be known that the NPP’s victory on 21 September 2024 will be a victory for all. The NPP unequivocally rejects violence any time before or after the presidential election. The NPP’s unwavering commitment is to a peaceful future for the country, where every citizen can live without fear and uncertainty. This commitment to peace and unity is the cornerstone of the NPP’s vision for a better future where every citizen can thrive. Finally, it is a beautiful life for all. [...] Having secured a very comfortable victory for the NPP on 21 September 2024, some opponents of the NPP are attempting to instil fear in the public, suggesting that past-election violence will be incited. However, it’s important to note that Aragalaya was a model of peace, with the entire nation united in the face of unprecedented economic hardships. The spirit of Aragalaya lives on in the NPP, fostering unity, harmony, and peace before and after the election, and laying the foundation for the new NPP government on 21 September 2024, led by Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD). It must be mentioned that peaceful Aragalaya was brutally attacked by the violence incited by Temple Tress or Rajapaksa’s political cronies.
Claim: Just after NPP`s Victory, Gothabaya Says He Did NOT Steal Anything !! (Social Media Users, 2024-09-24)
Evidence (2024-10-01): Alleged corruption [edit]Sripathi Sooriyarachchi, assassinated journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge and others had accused Rajapaksa of corruption since 2006.[70][71] In 2015 Interpol provided further evidence to the Sri Lankan government on corrupt military procurements.[72][73][74][75] In March 2015, a Sri Lankan court imposed a travel ban on Rajapaksa over allegations he used a commercial floating armory as a private arsenal.[76][77] The travel ban was lifted by the court in December 2016.[78] UNP MP Mangala Samaraweera claimed that Gotabaya's son illegally occupied a house rented for a consulate in Los Angeles and caused millions of rupees in losses to the state.[79] Rajapaksa rejected the allegations regarding occupying a house rented for a consulate in LA.[80] [...] :|author= has generic name (help) - ^ Ryan Goodman (19 May 2014). "Sri Lanka's Greatest War Criminal (Gotabaya) is a US Citizen: It's Time to Hold Him Accountable". Just Security. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
Claim: Just after NPP`s Victory, Gothabaya Says He Did NOT Steal Anything !! (Social Media Users, 2024-09-24)
Evidence (2024-03-10): On the foreign hand allegedly behind his ouster, Gotabaya says in a chapter entitled: Destabilisation by Fifth Columnists: "It would be extremely naïve for anyone to claim that there was no foreign hand in the moves made to oust me from power." [...] Gotabaya says that his Government, formed in November 2019, was "unfairly prejudged from the beginning by certain external parties." [...] About the street protests over the shortage of food, fuel and other necessities, called Aragalaya (Struggle), Gotabaya says that he allowed them in front of the Presidential Secretariat without any hindrance. Tents, mobile toilets and an "inexhaustible supply of food and drink began to arrive at the site to encourage the protesters," he recalls, hinting that the Struggle was well-planned and funded by various local and foreign sources.
Claim: Just after NPP`s Victory, Gothabaya Says He Did NOT Steal Anything !! (Social Media Users, 2024-09-24)
Evidence (2024-09-24): Against this backdrop, a video going viral on social media implies that former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa recently stated that he had only received his salary and interest from fixed deposits and did not purchase any additional land, vehicles, or properties during his time in office, as the president of Sri Lanka. [...] Social media posts are widely sharing the above video clip of Gotabaya Rajapaksa, asserting that he recently made this statement. The posts claim that the statement was made amidst ongoing discussions about investigating politicians' assets, with the National People's Power (NPP) government taking office after the recent presidential election. One of NPP’s key promises was to investigate and take legal action against politicians who amassed wealth through illegal means. [...] The viral social media posts falsely suggest that this statement is a recent admission by Gotabaya Rajapaksa, attempting to link it to the current political context, where the newly elected NPP government is set to investigate politicians' assets.