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Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Debunking Russian troll video that falsely claims Zelensky bought Bill Cosby's house - BBC

We started today verifying the latest footage from Grozny, the capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya, where a high-rise building was hit in an overnight drone strike. Click here to watch the video.

After a high-profile Question Time immigration special on the BBC last night, here’s a few of our follow-up posts today:

Then this afternoon, we’ve revealed how a false claim that Ukraine’s President Zelensky bought a New York townhouse from disgraced US comedian Bill Cosby has all the hallmarks of a Russian disinformation unit known as Storm-1516. We’ve unpacked the whole story in this video.

Plus, Ireland's ex-defence chief has told BBC Verify that no country is equipped to tackle the growing number of drone incursions happening across Europe, including one in Dublin this week.

We have staff on shift all weekend, ready to feed our verification work into the BBC’s output, and BBC Verify Live will be back on Monday.



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