Reported claimRated This is fake. Neither the BBC nor Bellingcat published any such report. There are no credible media reports we could find suggesting that Gen Zaluzhnyi received any such payment. · Full Fact
Full Fact rated the claim “The BBC reported the findings of a Bellingcat investigation that Ukraine’s former armed forces commander, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, was paid $53 million to leave this role and become Ukraine’s ambassador to the UK.” This is fake. Neither the BBC nor Bellingcat published any such report. There are no credible media reports we could find suggesting that Gen Zaluzhnyi received any such payment..
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