Fact checks

Propagandists continue to feed a narrative that the West is tired of Ukraine Pro-Kremlin media outlets and Telegram channels have shared the photo of an announcement for football fans that allegedly appeared in the sports bar Carambolage in Stuttgart. In connection with the European Football Championship, which is currently taking place in Germany, the administration of the establishment supposedly urged visitors to refrain from racist insults and discussing politics while watching games. The notice allegedly appeared in both German and Ukrainian, which, according to the propagandists, makes Ukrainians the direct recipients of this "request". This is a fake. The "announcement"…

Propagandists faked an ad from Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture Pro-Russian Telegram channels and communities on the social networking site Vkontakte began to actively circulate reports about the involvement of Ukrainian students in the construction of fortifications in the city of Irpin, Kyiv region. As "evidence," the authors of the posts added a photo of an announcement that was allegedly posted in a Kyiv-based university - Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture (KNUCA). It says that the management of the university allegedly obliges the students of the "KN-19" and "KN-18" groups to take with them everything they…

Clipped audio track of well-known Ukrainian protest song about Putin was used in the fake video Russian and foreign media outlets and bots on the social media platforms X, TikTok and YouTube are spreading alleged photos of fans of the Romanian national team who hung the flag of the so-called "DNR" on the stands during a Euro 2024 match with Ukraine. After that, Russian bots on X began to distribute a video in which Romanian fans allegedly shouted the name of the Kremlin dictator during this match. The photo and video are fabricated. The photo with the flag of the…

Footage from Macron's press conference on his decision to dissolve parliament was used in fake video Pro-Russian Telegram channels are sharing a video with part of footage from France's Le Figaro. The post notes that there was allegedly a discussion of "the use of French nuclear weapons against the Russian Federation" in Ukraine, the reason for which was a tweet by Mounir Belhamiti, a member of the French National Assembly from the pro-presidential Renaissance party. In a post on X, he allegedly supported French President Emmanuel Macron's decision to defeat Russian troops in Ukraine with nuclear weapons and believes that…

Propagandists fabricated screenshot from ProZorro e-procurement system Pro-Russian Telegram channels spread information indicating that the Kyiv City Council had allegedly purchased blue and yellow fabric and thread worth UAH 1,564,000. As proof, they provide a screenshot from the ProZorro public e-procurement system. The propagandists claim that the Kyiv City Council supposedly used the fabric and thread to create a huge Ukrainian flag, which was unfurled over the Dnipro River on June 9 during the sports, psychological and rehabilitation event "Hero, we need you not only on the battlefield." This is a fake. The screenshot was created in a graphic editor.…

The ECHR did not even inform the Ukrainian government that there was such a complaint Kremlin-run media outlets are spreading information on the websites and social media platform X that the European Court of Human Rights allegedly "opened a case against Ukraine due to the torture of a Russian soldier." To "prove" that the case was opened, Russian propagandists provided two screenshots with "documents." One of them is an application to the ECHR entitled "Reznikov v. Ukraine" and a screenshot of the receipt stating that the application was accepted. This is a fake and manipulation. The application was indeed submitted…

Propagandists accused Ukrainians in order to cause additional tension in Ukrainian-Polish relations Russian Telegram channels, pro-Kremlin media outlets, and English-language accounts on the social network X are circulating a video of a fire in the Polish city of Radom, claiming that Ukrainians were allegedly responsible for the incident. It is reported that on the night of May 30, a fire supposedly destroyed a large logistics hub in Radom (168 Warszawska Street - ed.), where military goods were stored for delivery to Ukraine. The local fire department allegedly reported that more than 6,000 square meters burned down, and that the damage…

Propagandists faked an alleged announcement from Ukrenergo Pro-Kremlin Telegram channels are sharing a video with an announcement. It says that according to Ukraine's power grid operator Ukrenergo, the situation with electricity supply allegedly remains very difficult, and in order to restore "normative capacities" as soon as possible, the fee for electricity will be charged regardless of its supply. The announcement was allegedly created by the Lviv-based municipal enterprise Kniazhe Misto. The presence of Russianisms in the ad proves that it is fake. Its authors wrote "taryf na svit" ("the tariff for world") instead of "taryf na svitlo" ("the tariff for…

Russia continues its campaign to discredit employees of military recruitment centers Russian pro-war Telegram channels, Kremlin media outlets and bots on YouTube are sharing a video allegedly created by the press service of the North Atlantic Alliance. The video shows the U.S. military leadership allegedly preparing to send instructors from the Israeli Krav Maga hand-to-hand combat system to Ukraine, where they will teach military personnel from military recruitment centers to protect themselves from Ukrainians who do not want to be mobilized. This is a fake video. Such a video was not posted on the official NATO website and the social…

Fakes concern mobilization of minors, Ukraine's defense capability, and fundraisers for Ukrainian Armed Forces Russian Telegram channels and pro-Kremlin media outlets are distributing a document that Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv regional military administration, allegedly sent to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky. He allegedly asked the Ukrainian leader to move to the city of Kharkiv the members of the Ukrainian Armed Forces who are currently involved in the defense of Kupiansk, Vovchansk, Balakliia and Izium and to consider mobilizing 17-year-old boys. In this way, it is allegedly possible to mobilize up to 35,000…