What was claimed
A Facebook page is publishing updates on the war in Ukraine.
Our verdict
False. The claimed updates are false or misleading.
AAP FACTCHECK - An Australian-run Facebook page is making a range of false claims about the ongoing war in Ukraine.
The page describes itself as a "News Network" and includes a logo with the name "BREAKING WORLD 24" in its profile imagery.
It claims to be based in Auburn, Sydney, and started posting Australian travel content before masquerading as a 24-hour news service focused on the Ukraine war.
The page has shared multiple false or misleading posts about the conflict in both English and Russian.
One post, published on June 22, 2026, claims to show footage of a Ukrainian residential area engulfed in flames after a Russian airstrike.
The video's text overlay reads: "Residential Area Engulfed in Flames After Massive Russian Attack in Ukraine."
However, the footage is unrelated to the war. A Google reverse image search using a screenshot from the video reveals it instead shows a fire that broke out in a coastal village in Sabah, Malaysia, on April 19, 2026.
The fire destroyed about 1000 homes and affected more than 9000 people, as reported by ABC News and India Today.
Another post claims Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was targeted in a Russian airstrike, along with a video of the supposed attack.
The text overlay reads: "ZELENSKYY REPORTEDLY KILLED IN RUSSIAN AIRSTRIKE."
However, the video matches footage published by BBC News showing a massive explosion in the Chinese city of Tianjin in 2015, not an attack on Ukraine’s president.
There is also no evidence Zelenskyy has been killed. He has continued to appear publicly and issue statements as Ukraine’s president.
An Instagram account linked to the Facebook page has shared a similar false claim in Russian.
The Instagram profile's details state it is based in Australia, and its uses the same "BREAKING WORLD 24" branding.
According to Google Translate, the post's caption states: "Reports have been received that a couple of hours ago, during a massive ballistic missile strike near Kupiyansk in the Kharkiv region during the Russian Armed Forces offensive, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was killed."
"This information was confirmed by Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko."
There are no credible reports that Ms Svyrydenko made this statement.
A different post on June 22, 2026, claims to show footage of Russian military helicopters heading towards Ukraine.
"A critical and dangerous escalation is unfolding on the front lines as Russian military helicopters begin a gradual, tactical advance toward Ukraine," the caption reads.
However, the footage is old and dates back to before Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
A reverse image search shows the video was posted on X on February 13, 2022, and was captioned: "Russian helicopters on the move".
The same clip was posted on Reddit the following day with the caption: "Large number of Russian helicopters near the Ukrainian border as build-up continues".
Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
The clip was also posted by the Libya Observer newspaper on February 15, 2022.
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