He said he received “no payment of any kind” for a 2022 trip to Ukraine.

A video that accompanied the original posting featured anE!

Stiller’s trip, it alleged, had cost $4 million.

Ben Stiller speaks at Comic-Con in July 2022

Ben Stiller speaks at Comic-Con in July 2022.Credit: Amy Sussman/Getty

They noted that the video was not actually from the source it claimed to be.

For his part, Stiller said, “These are lies coming from Russian media.

I completely self-funded my humanitarian trip to Ukraine.

There was no funding from USAID and certainly no payment of any kind.”

See one of his posts below.

“Our objective is to support partners to become self-reliant and capable of leading their own development journeys.

We stand with people when disaster strikes or crisis emerges as the world leader in humanitarian assistance.”

furloughed or put on leave the bulk of USAID employees," according to theWashington Post.