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Propagandists faked video with results of Eurostat 'survey' Russian Telegram channels and bots on social media platforms X and Facebook shared a video that was allegedly created by the EU's statistical office Eurostat. The clip presents the alleged results of a public opinion poll of Europeans regarding the unity of citizens in Russia and Ukraine. In particular, it is noted that 77% of respondents "believe" that Russians are united, whereas only 19% of surveyed citizens are confident in the unity of Ukrainians. According to the "survey" distributed by propagandists, only 38% of citizens of EU countries are in favor of…

After the victory of Republican candidate Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election, Russian propaganda resorted to manipulations in the wake of this result. In particular, on the morning of November 7, a video emerged on Z-Telegram channels that had been allegedly published on the Instagram Stories of the American TV Channel CNN. The video, supposedly filmed in Times Square in New York City, features a billboard with the words “Congratulations to Donald Trump for winning the U.S. presidential election and congratulations to hundreds millions of American citizens on the fact that billions of their dollars will now not be…

The author of the fake video is a collaborator from Kharkiv who fled to Russia after the full-scale invasion Russian Telegram channels, as well as bots on TikTok and YouTube, are spreading a video featuring a woman who says that recently “a certain percentage of Ukrainian citizens” have allegedly bought real estate in Kharkiv and the Kharkiv region in order to "legally" end up in Russia in the coming years. This is a fake. The woman in the video is Maryna Onishchenko, a Ukrainian from Kharkiv who moved to the aggressor country after Russia’s full-scale invasion. She is a collaborator…

Russian propagandists falsified documents, manipulated and edited photos to 'confirm' Ukraine's meddling in Georgia elections Parliamentary elections were held in Georgia on October 26. According to the Georgian Central Election Commission, the pro-Russian ruling party "Georgian Dream" won the elections. However, the country's president Salome Zourabichvili and opposition political parties did not recognize these results and declared massive falsifications. Against this background, many Georgian citizens, who do not agree with these results, began to protest. Russian propaganda immediately "found" a "Ukrainian trace" in these protests to aggravate the situation. Russian propaganda media began to spread fake materials even before the…

Russian propagandists used holiday theme to mislead Western and Ukrainian audiences Pro-Kremlin Telegram channels began to share the allegedly new cover of the German political satire magazine "Titanic" for October, depicting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a caricature style. In the picture, he is holding a pumpkin basket of sweets, "stolen" from children celebrating Halloween. The picture is accompanied by the caption "Ukraine needs more." This cover is fake as it was not published on the official Titanic website. The real October issue of the magazine was published in late September and looked different. The cover of the November issue,…

Zmist is fighting russian propaganda since day 1. The number of fakes disproven: 239. Main narratives: russia is defending itself against NATONATO and the EU are orchestrating a global food crisisThe US was developing bioweapons in Ukraine and NigeriaPoland is planning to capture western UkraineThe Ukrainian army is destroyed, russian victory is closerussians don’t commit war crimes, Ukrainians doSanctions against russia are destroying EuropeThe world is dominated by russophobia Goals evolution: We are not going to attack, we want to conduct a military exerciseWe would like to replace the Ukrainian government and denazify UkraineWe wish to demilitarize Ukraine to ensure…

Millions of Ukrainians are encountering russian propaganda every day. It spreads through TV, radio, mass media, social networks, and word of mouth. To defeat the enemy, we must fight it on all fronts. To this end, we have prepared a daily compilation of russian fakes. Today, the russian information space is not as active but is mostly focused on russian offensive in Donbas. Kremlin-bought “foreign” experts continue to push russian narratives about the futility of Ukrainian resistance, the need for Ukraine to capitulate to the superior russian army, and the need for Europe to appease russia to avoid nuclear war.…

Millions of Ukrainians are encountering russian propaganda every day. It spreads through TV, radio, mass media, social networks, and word of mouth. To defeat the enemy, we must fight it on all fronts. To this end, we have prepared a daily compilation of russian fakes. Today, the russian information space is not as active but is mostly focused on russian offensive in Donbas. putin officially removed age restrictions for military contracts in russia. This means that people younger than 18 and older than 40 can now join the military. russia is running out of men willing to fight in Ukraine.…

Millions of Ukrainians are encountering russian propaganda every day. It spreads through TV, radio, mass media, social networks, and word of mouth. To defeat the enemy, we must fight it on all fronts. To this end, we have prepared a daily compilation of russian fakes. Today, the russian information space is mostly focused on russian offensive in Donbas. The disinformation campaign against Ukraine is shifting into overdrive. It is clear that russia wants to break Ukrainian morale and will to fight, and the propagandist effort to achieve this is immense. The intensity of russians narratives about the inevitable and total…

Millions of Ukrainians are encountering russian propaganda every day. It spreads through TV, radio, mass media, social networks, and word of mouth. To defeat the enemy, we must fight it on all fronts. To this end, we have prepared a daily compilation of russian fakes. Today, the russian information space is mostly focused on russian offensive in Donbas. There are a lot of talks about thousands of Ukrainian prisoners captured by russian forces and inevitable Ukrainian defeat - all as usual. Protests in Armenia are getting more coverage, russian propaganda is staying neutral, as the pro-russian Armenian government has changed…