Fact Check: Did California Donate Firefighting Equipment to Ukraine?
Comments about the donations have been shared on social media as firefighters battle multiple devastating blazes in the Los Angeles region.
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Zelenskyy offers firefighting help from Ukraine for Los Angeles-area wildfires: "Nothing short of extraordinary"
In the wake of multiple wildfires that have torched tens of thousands of acres of Los Angeles County, local firefighters and ...
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Zelenskyy says Ukraine will send firefighters to California after Trump Jr. jab
reposted snapshots of a local news report that the Los Angeles County Fire Department donated surplus supplies to Ukraine shortly after the country was invaded by Russia in 2022. "Oh look of ...
How Russia used the Los Angeles fires to spread anti-Ukraine propaganda
Pro-Kremlin social media accounts and outlets have been spreading a baseless narrative that mansions belonging to Ukrainian ...
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Donald Trump Jr. finds way to blame Ukraine for spread of Los Angeles wildfires
“Oh look of course The LA fire department donated a bunch of their supplies to Ukraine,” Trump Jr. wrote on X on Wednesday. Los Angeles County Fire Department sent a plane full of surplus supplies ...
California firefighters make progress on Hughes Fire in Castaic; maps show areas under evacuation
The Palisades and Eaton wildfires also continue burning in the Los Angeles area, leaving parts of Southern California with ...
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No, LA Fire Department isn't using women's handbags to put out fires | Fact check
The department said in a 2022 press release the supplies were all surplus, and ABC7 News reported the items were previously "sitting in storage." NBC News reported in April 2022 that fire departments ...
Los Angeles Fire Department budget sustained cuts but saw overall increase
In May 2024, the city of Los Angeles adopted a Fiscal Year 2024 - 2025 budget that cut the appropriations for the fire ...