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The fact-check found no evidence for the false-information rumor and attributed it to a misunderstanding; it separately says the interview did not make the claimed statement. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: Did Ukraine run ‘sting operation’ providing false intelligence to US that was leaked to Russia? We inspected · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:578e1d55057a091a05911514794d790735ea9660324850054a2ec7848eff7f5b

Snopes could find no evidence confirming the rumor Ukraine had shared false information with the U.S. Instead, this part of the claim came from an apparent misunderstanding of a Jan. 16, 2026, interview on a French news television channel.