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about VoxCheck
VoxCheck is an independent fact-checking team at the non-profit
organisation Vox Ukraine. We expose Russian lies, explain complex
issues, develop critical thinking, monitor the facts in the words
of experts and politicians, refute fake news on social media,
and counter Russian disinformation. Since March 23, 2018 VoxCheck
acceded to the Poynter Institute Code of Ethics.
Popular questions
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How VoxCheck works?
We base our
work on the “click and check” methodology. Everything is
transparent. Anyone can check our arguments and sources. Today the
project database contains over 9,000 statements by politicians and
over 6500 refuted fakes. Every month we add about 100 refutations to
the database. The quality of checks is ensured by the editorial
board of the project. For publication, every text must be approved
by two editorial board members.
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Who funds VoxCheck?
VoxUkraine is a
non-profit non-governmental organization. Our activities are funded
by charitable contributions of hundreds of people concerned with the
future of Ukraine. VoxUkraine annual reports are available
here. Since 2020,
as partners of the Meta Third-Party Fact-Checking Program, we
receive funding from Meta. Moreover, VoxCheck Team ran crowdfunding campaigns at Bigggidea crowdfunding platform. See
the outcomes of our two campaigns
here
and here.
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VoxCheck project:
Does not belong to any political party and does not represent the
interests of any politician or authority.
Checks politicians regardless of their affiliation with the
government or opposition.
Is not funded by political forces.
The amount of financing from one person may not exceed 10% of the
annual budget of the project.
The project staff, its volunteers and the Editorial Board may not be
members of political parties.
Our authors always reveal a conflict of interest, if any.
Who makes VoxCheck
Our team members include a project leader, full-time analysts,
volunteers, and members of the VoxUkraine editorial board. Analysts
and volunteers monitor social media, collect statements made by
experts and politicians, verify facts, and debunk fake news.
The VoxCheck editorial board approves fact checks for publication.
Project team
Maksym Skubenko
Executive Director of the NGO "VoxUkraine"
The executive director of the organization, formerly the editor
and head of VoxCheck. In the past, he worked as an auditor at the
OTP Bank Ukraine and the National Bank of Ukraine. He holds a
Master of Economics from Lviv Institute of banking, completed
an MBA program at the Kyiv School of Economics.
Svitlana Slipchenko
Deputy Executive Director of the NGO "VoxUkraine"
Graduated from the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv,
majoring in economics and economic policy. Has been working
at Vox Ukraine since 2017.
Valeriia Stepaniuk
VoxCheck Acting Head
Valeriia graduated from the Institute of International Relations
of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Her major is
International Relations. In 2019, she completed an internship at
VoxCheck and stayed to work with the team. From September 2022,
was the Deputy Head of VoxCheck, from September 2024 — VoxCheck
Acting Head.
Alina Tropynina
Editor-in-Chief of VoxCheck
Alina graduated from the Kyiv National University of Trade and
Economics, majoring in international economics. In 2021, she
completed an internship at VoxCheck, and in 2022, she joined the
team. From July 2025 — Editor-in-Chief of VoxCheck.
Anastasiia Brodovska
VoxCheck Analyst
Graduated from the National Pedagogical Dragomanov University,
majoring in journalism. In 2022, Anastasiia completed an
internship at VoxCheck and works in the team now.
Alina Chornoivan
VoxCheck Analyst
A student at Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts,
majoring in Internet journalism. Completed an internship at
VoxCheck in 2024 and stayed on to work with the team.
Kateryna Hres
VoxCheck Analyst
Received master's degree in sociology from the Taras
Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Joined the team in 2025.
Kateryna Ionova
VoxCheck Analyst
Kateryna graduated from the Institute of International Relations
of Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University, majoring in
"International Relations". In 2023, she completed an
internship at VoxCheck and continues to work with the team.
Viktor Sholudko
VoxCheck Analyst
Viktor received a bachelor's degree from the National
University "Ostroh Academy" majoring in
"Political Science". Completed an internship at
VoxCheck in 2021-2022. Joined the team in 2023.
Anna Shvets
VoxCheck Analyst
Graduated from the Institute of International Relations of Taras
Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, specialty
"International Relations". In 2023, she completed an
internship at VoxCheck and continues to work with the team.
Valeriia Zolotarova
Head of Multimedia Department
Graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University with a
Master's degree in journalism.
Oleksandr Hrynenko
Multimedia Producer
Graduated from Vadym Hetman Kyiv National University of Economics
and Wyższa Szkoła Humanitas
Yuliia Denysiuk
VoxCheck Project Social Media Manager, Content Manager
Graduated from the V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University with
a Master's degree in sociology.
Sofia Kvitka
TikTok creator
A student of Political Science at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, a
graduate of Krabbesholm Højskole
Kateryna Bobylova
Financial Director of the NGO "VoxUkraine"
Graduated from Kyiv National Economic University with a Bachelor’s
degree in Finance and from Kyiv School of Economics with a
Master’s degree in Economic Analysis. Her day-to-day
responsibilities are financial planning for organization,
budgeting for new projects and assistance in applications for
grants, financial reporting - internally and to the donors,
management of the received funding and keeping registers of
financial information.
Yuliia Kucheriava
Chief Accountant
Chief accountant of the organization. She has been working in the
field of accounting since 2001, and joined the Vox Ukraine team in
January 2019.
Yurii Aksonov
Technical Director
Graduated from Kyiv National Economic University with a Bachelor’s
degree in Finance and from Kyiv School of Economics with a
Master’s degree in Economic Analysis. Her day-to-day
responsibilities are financial planning for organization,
budgeting for new projects and assistance in applications for
grants, financial reporting - internally and to the donors,
management of the received funding and keeping registers of
financial information.
Anastasiia Stupka
Web-Site Editor, Translator
Anastasiia graduated from the Institute of Journalism of the Taras
Shevchenko Kyiv National University, majoring in journalism.
Administers the web-site and provides translation services.
Mariia Kovaliova
Web-site Editor Assistant
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VoxCheck Editorial Board
CEO VoxUkraine
National Bank of Ukraine
Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting
Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting
guest editor, Center for Economic Strategy
Independent Corporate Governance Consultant
VoxCheck assessments
Fact-check of politicans. Assessments
TRUTH
The information is correct, the data are presented in the
appropriate context.
EXAGGERATION
The information is truthful in essence.
MANIPULATION
The information is truthful in essence, but presented in an
inappropriate context or truncated.
LIE
The information is deceitful.
TECHNICAL ERROR
The information is almost truthful and the speaker’s statement is
likely to be just a slip of the tongue.
NO ASSESSMENT
No consensus about the assessment because the statement is vague or
the data are lacking.
Fact-check of fakes. Assessments
FALSE
The information is correct, the data are presented in the
appropriate context.
FAKE
Information made up, false. There is no "mirror" fact to
refute, but there are other data that confirm that this is false
information.
MANIPULATION
Information or data is true but presented in a distorted context or
incompletely. Data misrepresentation is used to illustrate a false
idea or lead users to wrong conclusions.
UNBASED
The information is not based on any true facts, research or public
data. However, there is not enough data to say with certainty that
this is not true.
UNFOUNDED
Information based on one's own conclusions or logical fallacies
rather than scientific evidence.
SCAM
Information about fraudulent schemes used to mislead users and gain
access to personal data.
SATIRE
The information is made up for entertainment purposes, but not all
users can easily identify that it is satire and not the truth.
VIDEOFAKE
The video is edited to create a false impression.
PHOTOFAKE
Photo edited to create a false impression.
CONSPIROLOGY
Conspiracy theories.
Error recognition policy
VoxCheck staff are humans, not robots, and everyone can make a
mistake. Our work is organized in a way enabling us to filter out
possible errors, however, sometimes they still get published.
We are grateful to the attentive readers and respect the facts.
If you believe that VoxCheck has made a mistake, please email us
at [email protected]. Incorrect fact-checks will be reviewed
again and updated on the voxukraine.org website with the
corresponding mark.
