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A false claim that UNITED24 pays influencers to support Ukraine originated on Tucker Carlson’s show. Weeks later, it was picked up by pro-Russian accounts and bloggers and eventually used in a video targeting Ed Sheeran over his support for Ukraine.Your Ukraine Weekly briefing
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