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Ted Cruz stated on March 21, 2016 in an interview on CNN:

"Ukraine voluntarily gave up its nuclear weapons because the United States of America" said it would "ensure (its) territorial integrity from Russia."

By Jon Greenberg• March 23, 2016

Donald Trump stated on September 24, 2019 in an exchange with reporters at the UN:

"Europe and other nations (need to) contribute to Ukraine. Because they’re not doing it. Just the United States. We’re putting up the bulk of the money."

By Jon Greenberg• September 25, 2019

Tom Cotton stated on June 16, 2024 in an interview on CNN's State of the Union:

“The weapons that Ukraine used in the early days of this war to fend off the Russian invasion are the weapons that Donald Trump sent, that Barack Obama and Joe Biden had refused to send.”

By Amy Sherman• July 2, 2024

Facebook posts stated on June 20, 2023 in a Facebook post:

The Pentagon “said we accidentally sent $6.2 billion to Ukraine.”

By Tom Kertscher• June 22, 2023

Chris Christie stated on November 08, 2023 in the third Republican debate in Miami:

“In 1992, this country made a promise to Ukraine. We said if you return nuclear missiles that were part of the old Soviet Union to Russia, and they invade you, we will protect you.”

By Louis Jacobson• November 9, 2023

Ben Carson stated on August 06, 2015 in the first Republican debate:

"Ukraine was a nuclear-armed state. They gave away their nuclear arms with the understanding that we would protect them."

By Jon Greenberg• August 7, 2015

Instagram posts stated on October 20, 2022 in a post:

“Ukraine has a nuclear bomb primed in Mykolaiv.”

By Luiz Romero• October 27, 2022

Facebook posts stated on April 16, 2022 in a video:

"America (is) trying to overthrow the Ukraine government just as the shadow government has infiltrated and overthrown the US government."

By Monique Curet• April 22, 2022

Facebook posts stated on November 29, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says Joe Biden "blackmailed Ukraine with a billion in tax dollars to drop an investigation into his son and Democrats want to impeach President Trump for simply asking if it was true?"

By Daniel Funke• December 10, 2019

Marjorie Taylor Greene stated on March 03, 2023 in a Conservative Political Action Conference speech:

Says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he wants America’s “sons and daughters to go die in Ukraine.”

By Madison Czopek• March 3, 2023

Charlie Kirk stated on September 29, 2019 in a tweet:

"Barack Obama asked Ukraine to investigate his political rival's campaign manager, 3 Democrat senators asked Ukraine to investigate Trump, and the DNC solicited Ukraine's help to dig up dirt on Trump."

By Bill McCarthy• October 3, 2019

Tweets stated on January 31, 2023 in tweets:

President Joe Biden said, “The idea that we’re going to send in tanks to Ukraine, that’s called World War III.”

By Jeff Cercone• February 2, 2023

Instagram posts stated on November 13, 2022 in an Instagram post:

U.S. tax dollars sent to help Ukraine were laundered back by cryptocurrency firm FTX to help Democrats in midterms.

By Jeff Cercone• November 15, 2022

George Papadopoulos stated on April 12, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says Joe Biden is “withholding $150 million in aid from Ukraine” to “pressure Ukraine to drop all criminal investigations into him and his son, Hunter.”

By Tom Kertscher• April 15, 2021

Val Demings stated on January 29, 2020 in the impeachment trial:

“All of the aid has not arrived” to Ukraine.

By Amy Sherman• February 3, 2020

Facebook posts stated on March 02, 2022 in a public Facebook post:

“Putin Vows to ‘Crush’ Child Traffickers in Ukraine”

By Luiz Romero• March 18, 2022

Matt Gaetz stated on October 21, 2019 in a tweet:

"Barack Obama put a permanent stop on this military aid to the Ukraine - he never allowed it to go."

By Amy Sherman• October 25, 2019

Facebook posts stated on February 28, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Says Sean Penn’s trip to Ukraine in November is evidence the war is staged.

By Ciara O'Rourke• March 4, 2022

Facebook posts stated on March 01, 2022 in a post:

Ukraine issued a press release about Joe Biden

By Monique Curet• March 7, 2022

Bloggers stated on June 12, 2022 in a story:

The Pentagon "finally comes clean" and "admits...that there are 46 U.S. military-funded biolabs in Ukraine"

By Samantha Putterman• June 15, 2022

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