A video claiming that USAID, the US authorities’s fundamental abroad support company, has paid Hollywood celebrities thousands and thousands of {dollars} to go to Ukraine has gone viral on social media and has been amplified by high-profile accounts like Elon Musk.
Nonetheless, the clip is just not actual and has hallmarks of a Russian disinformation operation that the RAYNAE has beforehand investigated.
RAYNAE Confirm’s Olga Robinson explains why.
Produced by Aisha Sembhi. Movement graphics by Mark Edwards. Extra reporting by Shayan Sardarizadeh.
