RFK Jr’s ‘history lesson’ on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine flunks the fact test

 RFK Jr’s ‘history lesson’ on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine flunks the fact test

A reader asked us to fact-check a four-minute “history lesson” posted by presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on YouTube. International events — and the causes of war — are often open to interpretation. But Kennedy’s lecture, about how the United States allegedly provoked the Ukraine war, was filled with so much misinformation and Russian talking points that it seems worthy of a detailed look.

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