--- title: "Ukrainian politicians send young men to war. Their families spend the summer in …" source: "https://www.instagram.com/p/DeRkwkyFe_6" platform: "Instagram" factual_accuracy: 4 overall_accuracy: 5 tags: ["ukraine war", "ukraine", "russia war", "financial surveillance", "billionaire", "private profit foreign policy", "money laundering", "blackrock", "foreign investment", "war profiteering"] --- # Source fact-check: Ukrainian politicians send young men to war. Their families spend the summer in … Original post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DeRkwkyFe_6 Factual accuracy: 4% · Overall accuracy: 5% ## Source post **Target post by @meeswynants** > Ukrainian politicians send young men to war. Their families spend the summer in Monaco. > > Range Rovers, Ferraris, Bugattis, all on Ukrainian plates. A politician's daughter was here wearing a $100,000 watch while her father pushes for more men to be sent to war. > > This war has been a money laundering operation from the start. > > Follow @meeswynants for everything about finance, investing and business > @meeswynants > @meeswynants > @meeswynants > > #instareels #reels #wolfofwashington #investing > #business #entrepreneurship #motivation #stockmarket #finance #meeswynants #cbdc #digitalID > [attached video 0](https://scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com/o1/v/t2/f2/m86/AQNydfiV-iCeIpijyGnLHXWlp3nEiUU-NXv-BVSR11W0mf9HKAz2e9-8pBaT8MFkdKkFnhWETkKtfWgvM1VSb_3YNn4RbbNi8PDKpnM.mp4?_nc_cat=101&_nc_sid=5e9851&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com&_nc_ohc=YiKtyul5FvsQ7kNvwHM2jVw&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6Inhwdl9wcm9ncmVzc2l2ZS5JTlNUQUdSQU0uQ0xJUFMuQzMuNzIwLmRhc2hfYmFzZWxpbmVfMV92MSIsInhwdl9hc3NldF9pZCI6MTc5ODk3MDc5MTIwNTg1MjIsImFzc2V0X2FnZV9kYXlzIjoxLCJ2aV91c2VjYXNlX2lkIjoxMDA5OSwiZHVyYXRpb25fcyI6MzgsInVybGdlbl9zb3VyY2UiOiJ3d3cifQ%3D%3D&ccb=17-1&vs=f248aff201181e40&_nc_vs=HBksFQIYUmlnX3hwdl9yZWVsc19wZXJtYW5lbnRfc3JfcHJvZC81MDIwMEQwQ0QyMzQ0RTQzOTJDNDU4MzJEQzZDREI1RF92aWRlb19kYXNoaW5pdC5tcDQVAALIARIAFQIYUWlnX3hwdl9wbGFjZW1lbnRfcGVybWFuZW50X3YyLzE5OEZGOTdDODM2QTQxODg5QUExMkVENkIyQjIwNDNFX2F1ZGlvX2Rhc2hpbml0Lm1wNBUCAsgBEgAoABgAGwKIB3VzZV9vaWwBMRJwcm9ncmVzc2l2ZV9yZWNpcGUBMRUAACa02rDb6OL0PxUCKAJDMywXQEMZmZmZmZoYEmRhc2hfYmFzZWxpbmVfMV92MREAdf4HZeadAQA&_nc_gid=Ikq2CvmtNvhsFGYmZ3Opvg&_nc_ss=78689&_nc_zt=28&oh=00_AQOxvJoBs9DXQSAkNYQrE1X60B0A_F7h8A8moRRlnFbWIA&oe=6ACC46D6) > > Video transcript: Recently, the daughter of the Ukrainian politician, Dobkin, was on vacation wearing a $100,000 Audemars Piguet watch. She was here in South of France, actually we are in Monaco right now and you see it all the time. Ukrainians come here in big Range Rovers, Porsches, Ferraris, Bugattis even, wearing $100,000 AP watches. And then they're the daughter of some rich politician in Ukraine who is at the same time advocating for young Ukrainian men to go die in the Eastern front. This entire war has been a money laundering operation from the very start. BlackRock is now one of the biggest companies that own all the rare minerals and all the land in Ukraine. And before the US put their little puppet Zelensky there, foreign companies weren't even allowed to buy land in Ukraine. And now BlackRock owns all of this. You can clearly see how the system works if you open your eyes. ## Post analysis Verdict: 5% · Model: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash · Checked on: 10/10/2026 - **Central narrative rests on debunked claims.** The post's core assertion — that the war is a "money laundering operation" — is built on three claims that are essentially false: BlackRock owning Ukraine's land/minerals (2%)[^1], foreign firms being barred from buying land until the US "installed" Zelensky (5%)[^2], and the US installing Zelensky (5%)[^3]. - **The BlackRock premise is false.** BlackRock is an asset manager, not an owner of Ukrainian land or minerals; Ukrainian law bars foreign entities from owning agricultural land, and AFP rated the closely related ownership claim False[^1]. - **The Zelensky/land framing is false and self-contradicting.** Zelensky was democratically elected (73% runoff, OSCE-recognized), and the 2021 land-market reform explicitly continued to bar foreign buyers until a referendum — directly undercutting the post's implication[^3][^2]. - **The evidentiary "hook" is unverified.** The concrete Dobkin anecdotes — the daughter's $100,000 Audemars Piguet watch in Monaco[^4] and Dobkin advocating sending young men to the Eastern front[^5] — are UNKNOWN; no source confirms them, and available biographical detail (Dobkin's pro-Russian record and past opposition to conscription) cuts against the war-monger framing[^5]. These UNKNOWN claims are central to the post but cannot support it. - **Net impression:** The post uses an unverified luxury-lifestyle anecdote to advance a sweeping conclusion that is then propped up by claims rated 2–5% valid. The overarching message — a corrupt, foreign-orchestrated money-laundering war — is not supported and is substantially contradicted by the evidence. **Overall validity**: 5% [^1]: [BlackRock is one of the biggest companies that own all the rare minerals and all the land in Ukraine.](#61b90e86-8468-4b47-a51f-fd4b855081b7) [^2]: [Before the United States installed Volodymyr Zelensky as leader of Ukraine, foreign companies were not allowed to buy land in Ukraine.](#a0d58562-ca4e-4c66-8f51-3923424ceb4e) [^3]: [The United States was responsible for installing Volodymyr Zelensky as the leader of Ukraine.](#b93a59a0-82e5-4563-903a-207ff59b3fd2) [^4]: [The daughter of Ukrainian politician Dobkin was wearing a $100,000 Audemars Piguet watch while on vacation in Monaco in the summer of 2026.](#7e91d534-45f4-47d9-baed-7a5f6e670ff4) [^5]: [Ukrainian politician Dobkin advocates for young Ukrainian men to be sent to fight in the Eastern front of the Russia-Ukraine war.](#3246abf9-9e49-4d0e-ad2d-8f6a25d2e2b1) ## Claims found (5) ### 1. The daughter of Ukrainian politician Dobkin was wearing a $100,000 Audemars Piguet watch while on vacation in Monaco in the summer of 2026. — Unknown Model: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash · Checked on: 10/10/2026 · Detail: /claim/7e91d534-45f4-47d9-baed-7a5f6e670ff4 I was unable to verify this claim. - The claims database returned no entry matching a Dobkin family member, an Audemars Piguet watch, or a Monaco vacation[^1][^2][^3][^4]. - The fact-check database returned no professional reviews addressing this claim. - Multiple targeted web searches (in English, Russian, and Ukrainian) for "Dobkin daughter Audemars Piguet watch Monaco," variations with the $100,000 figure, and the Cyrillic spelling of Dobkin's name returned no **Overall validity**: Unknown [^1]: [The speaker in a video posted on 2026-05-21 claims to have received financial damages (Schadensersatz) from their mother as part of the court case.](/claim/iYNLY7TlKTJVByKXfVty) [^2]: [The event is high-voltage diplomacy](/claim/lCCKbkGbOSaVR0BZSAaS) [^3]: [Deutsche Bank has developed an index to predict policy pivots by Donald Trump](/claim/yLjbxJe9l1WUiOm4lDyv) [^4]: [One vessel was reportedly hit](/claim/LW24TqRRKM7K4rDlw35h) ### 2. Ukrainian politician Dobkin advocates for young Ukrainian men to be sent to fight in the Eastern front of the Russia-Ukraine war. — Unknown Model: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash · Checked on: 10/10/2026 · Detail: /claim/3246abf9-9e49-4d0e-ad2d-8f6a25d2e2b1 I was unable to verify this claim. - The verified claims database returned no claim about Dobkin advocating for young Ukrainian men to be sent to the Eastern front; the results only covered unrelated conscription topics. - The professional fact-check database returned no matching reviews for this claim. - The scientific literature search returned no relevant papers. - The data-analysis repository had nothing relevant (only unrelated analyses on corruption and energy imports). - Web searches consistently failed to return any results, so I could not locate independent reporting on any such Dobkin statement. - The one page I could retrieve (Dobkin's biographical entry) does not mention him advocating to send young Ukrainian men to the Eastern front; it notes he condemned the 2022 Russian invasion and, during his 2014 campaign, advocated the abolition of conscription — which if anything cuts against the claim, though it does not directly settle a possible newer statement. Without any citable source confirming or refuting that Dobkin made such a statement, the claim cannot be evaluated. **Overall validity**: Unknown ### 3. BlackRock is one of the biggest companies that own all the rare minerals and all the land in Ukraine. — 2% Model: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash · Checked on: 10/10/2026 · Detail: /claim/61b90e86-8468-4b47-a51f-fd4b855081b7 Based on the available evidence, this claim is false. - The claim rests on the premise that BlackRock owns Ukrainian land and resources. AFP Fact Check reviewed the closely related viral claim that "BlackRock asked Ukraine to stop burying soldiers on land it owns in Ukraine" and rated it **False** across multiple language editions (English, German, French)[^1][^2][^3]. The fact-checkers found no basis for BlackRock owning land in Ukraine. - BlackRock is an asset-management firm; it manages investment funds on behalf of clients rather than directly owning Ukraine's land or mineral deposits. - Ukrainian law restricts foreign ownership: foreign legal entities and the Ukrainian subsidiaries of foreign companies are **not authorized to own agricultural land** — they can only lease it (for up to 50 years)[^4]. Academic analysis likewise documents the legal restrictions and proportionality limits on foreign land ownership in Ukraine[^5]. - There is no credible source showing BlackRock (or any single company) owns "all the rare minerals" or "all the land" in Ukraine; such sweeping ownership would in any case be legally impossible under the above restrictions. No claims-database entry or additional fact-check specifically verified the "all the rare minerals" framing, but the core ownership premise underlying the post is directly debunked, and the legal/structural facts make the claim untenable. **Overall validity**: 2% [^1]: [Angebliche Forderung von BlackRock, die Ukraine solle keine ...](https://faktencheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.36EX4PH) [^2]: [BlackRock did not ask Ukraine to 'stop burying dead soldiers on its ...](https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.36FQ2MU) [^3]: [BlackRock n'a pas exigé d'arrêter l'enterrement des soldats ...](https://factuel.afp.com/doc.afp.com.36EX4CK) [^4]: [Ukraine's exceptions to national treatment in the meaning of the OECD Declaration on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises](https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264257368-10-en) [^5]: [Protection of land ownership of foreigners in Ukraine](https://openalex.org/W4394968385) ### 4. Before the United States installed Volodymyr Zelensky as leader of Ukraine, foreign companies were not allowed to buy land in Ukraine. — 5% Model: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash · Checked on: 10/10/2026 · Detail: /claim/a0d58562-ca4e-4c66-8f51-3923424ceb4e Based on my research, here's what I found: **The "installed by the US" premise is false:** - Volodymyr Zelensky was democratically elected President of Ukraine in 2019, winning the runoff with 73.22% of the vote against incumbent Petro Poroshenko, in elections recognized as free and fair by the OSCE. The claim that he "was not elected as a democratic leader" is rated only 5% valid[^1]. - The specific claim that "the United States was responsible for installing Volodymyr Zelensky as the leader of Ukraine" is itself rated just 5% valid and described as a conspiracy theory aligning with propaganda narratives[^2]. **The land part is misleading and doesn't support the claim's implication:** - Ukraine did have a long-standing moratorium on the sale of agricultural land (in place for over 20 years, since around 2001)[^3], and the 2001 Land Code stated that "agricultural land may not be transferred to the ownership of foreign citizens or stateless persons" (foreigners could, however, acquire non-agricultural land)[^4]. - But when Zelensky signed the 2020/2021 agricultural land-market law, the reform explicitly did **not** open farmland to foreign buyers: "foreigners and even Ukrainian companies \[with\] foreign shareholders will not have the right to buy land until a nation-wide referendum concerning this issue has been held"[^5]. - So even *after* Zelensky became president, foreign companies still could not buy Ukrainian agricultural land — directly contradicting the implication that he was installed to hand land to foreign firms. **Conclusion:** The claim rests on a false premise (a US "installation" of Zelensky, rated 5% valid) and the land-reform facts contradict the payoff narrative it implies (foreigners remain barred from buying farmland). The only grain of truth — that foreign ownership of agricultural land was restricted before 2019 — is real but unrelated to any US action. **Overall validity**: 5% [^1]: [Volodymyr Zelensky was not elected as a democratic leader.](/claim/ddZiTTvsLNnoqyJeeoc2) [^2]: [The United States was responsible for installing Volodymyr Zelensky as the leader of Ukraine.](#b93a59a0-82e5-4563-903a-207ff59b3fd2) [^3]: [Land Ownership in Ukraine: Reform Issues](https://doi.org/10.14505//jarle.v11.4\(50\).13) [^4]: [A Land Code providing for private land ownership was passed on third reading by the Ukrainian parliament \[on 25 October 2001\] … Although the Code imposes a five-year moratorium on the purchase and sale of land, starting in 2005 any Ukrainian citizen will be able to buy 100 hectares of farmland, acquire permanent ownership of it and use the land as he sees fit. Moreover, Ukrainian legislators decided that farmers should have the right to acquire land free of charge, provided that ‘they are Ukrainian citizens and hold a degree in agriculture or have agricultural experience’. Foreign citizens and legal entities … may acquire ownership of non-agricultural land in order to put up buildings associated with busi-ness activities in Ukraine. The law seems to state very explicitly that ‘agricultural land may not be transferred to the ownership of foreign citi-zens or stateless persons’.](https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203647547-36) [^5]: [The act on the land market – a key step towards the development of Ukrainian agriculture. OSW Commentary 2020-06-24.](https://openalex.org/W7139777006) ### 5. The United States was responsible for installing Volodymyr Zelensky as the leader of Ukraine. — 5% Model: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash · Checked on: 10/10/2026 · Detail: /claim/b93a59a0-82e5-4563-903a-207ff59b3fd2 **Reasoning:** - The claim is a conspiracy theory asserting the U.S. orchestrated Zelensky's rise to power; no fact-check directly addresses this exact wording, but closely related claims are in the verified database. - Volodymyr Zelensky was democratically elected President of Ukraine in the 2019 election, winning the runoff with 73.22% of the vote against incumbent Petro Poroshenko, in a contest recognized as free and fair by the OSCE — a claim that he was "not elected as a democratic leader" is rated 5% valid[^1]. - The closely related claim that "Ukraine's government is a puppet of the United States and Great Britain" is rated only 5% valid, described as a Russian propaganda narrative; Ukraine is a sovereign constitutional republic with independent, democratically elected institutions[^2]. - The related framing that Ukraine's leaders were "installed" (via the 2014 transition) is rated only 15% valid — that transition was a parliamentary vote after Yanukovych fled, followed by internationally recognized democratic elections, not an outside installation[^3]. - No evidence was found in the fact-check or web databases supporting the idea that the U.S. installed Zelensky; the claim aligns with propaganda narratives that international monitors and fact-checkers reject. **Overall validity**: 5% [^1]: [Volodymyr Zelensky was not elected as a democratic leader.](/claim/ddZiTTvsLNnoqyJeeoc2) [^2]: [Ukraine’s government is a puppet of the United States and Great Britain.](/claim/m14oNymoRA6jdeNXdG5j) [^3]: [Ukraine’s leaders were installed in a coup in 2014](/claim/vGhcXGCgy49oegiZedXY)