False Video Claims Hollywood Stars were paid by USAID to visit Ukraine

The video claiming that USAID, the leading US government foreign aid agency, paid millions of dollars to Hollywood celebrities to visit Ukraine, is visited by social media and augmented by famous accounts like Elon Musk It’s been done.

However, the clip is not authentic and features the Russian disinformation operation previously investigated by the BBC.

Olga Robinson of BBC Verify explains why.

Produced by Aisha Sembhi. Motion graphics by Mark Edwards. Additional report by Shayan Sardarizadeh.