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Information Warfare: russian fakes for April 17th 2022

Information Warfare: russian fakes for April 17th 2022

Millions of Ukrainians are encountering russian propaganda every day. It spreads through TV, radio, media, social networks and by 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 static, the media activity is down on the weekends. The existing narratives are still present, but there is no propaganda push in any specific direction. There is a shift in portraying the war as not against Ukraine, but against NATO, and that is used as an explanation of…
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Information Warfare: russian fakes for April 15th 2022

Information Warfare: russian fakes for April 15th 2022

Millions of Ukrainians are encountering russian propaganda every day. It spreads through TV, radio, media, social networks and by 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 reacting to the sinking of the cruiser “Moskva”. The dominating narratives are consolidating around the ideas of revenge and “full-on war”, as if what was happening recently was some minor skirmish. Somehow, the destruction of a ship that had attacked Ukrainian cities crossed a line, while what russia has…
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Information Warfare: russian fakes for April 14th 2022

Information Warfare: russian fakes for April 14th 2022

Millions of Ukrainians are encountering Russian propaganda every day. It spreads through TV, radio, media, social networks and by 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 reacting to the attack on the cruiser “Moskva” off the coast of Odessa. The flagship of the russian Black Sea fleet, it was struck by two Ukrainian anti-ship missiles, set ablaze and abandoned by the crew. The ship was one of the symbols of russian pride and military might,…
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Information Warfare: russian fakes for April 13th 2022 (at 18:00)

Information Warfare: russian fakes for April 13th 2022 (at 18:00)

Millions of Ukrainians are encountering Russian propaganda every day. It spreads through TV, radio, media, social networks and by 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 reacting to the capture of Viktor Medvedchuk by the Security Service of Ukraine. Medvedchuk is the godfather to one of Putin's daughters and a longtime russian agent. The propagandists are trying to portray the Ukrainian government as savages and war criminals for wanting to exchange Medvedchuk for captured Ukrainian…
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Information Warfare: russian fakes for April 10th 2022

Information Warfare: russian fakes for April 10th 2022

Millions of Ukrainians are encountering Russian propaganda every day. It spreads through TV, radio, media, social networks and by 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 continuing the campaign to deny russian war crimes. To support the illusion of “liberation” of Ukraine, more fakes are published about Ukrainians “supporting” russian army in the occupied territories. A lot of attention is given to the elections in South Ossetia, which is set to join the russian federation…
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Information Warfare: russian fakes for April 9th 2022

Information Warfare: russian fakes for April 9th 2022

Millions of Ukrainians are encountering Russian propaganda every day. It spreads through TV, radio, media, social networks and by 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 continuing the campaign to deny russian war crimes. New fakes about future “provocations” on the territories liberated from the russian forces, and where investigations into their crimes had already begun, appear with increasing frequency. As always, the propaganda activity is lower on the weekends. The calls for abandonment of…
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Information Warfare: russian fakes for April 8th 2022 (at 18:00)

Information Warfare: russian fakes for April 8th 2022 (at 18:00)

Millions of Ukrainians are encountering Russian propaganda every day. It spreads through TV, radio, media, social networks and by 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 reacting to the russian attack on the Kramatorsk train station. After this horrible war crime, russian propaganda has switched into an emergency mode, and is trying to accuse Ukraine of the attack. These fakes are combined with the fakes about the Bucha Massacre into a single narrative about Ukrainian…
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Information Warfare: russian fakes for April 6th 2022

Information Warfare: russian fakes for April 6th 2022

Millions of Ukrainians are encountering Russian propaganda every day. It spreads through TV, radio, media, social networks and by 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 still focused on denying russian atrocities and shifting the blame for them onto Ukraine. The world is not reacting to the fakes that russia spreads about the Bucha Massacre and other russian war crimes, so the propaganda is now depicting russia as the victim, explaining the accusations as the…
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Information Warfare: russian fakes for April 5th 2022 (at 18:00)

Information Warfare: russian fakes for April 5th 2022 (at 18:00)

Millions of Ukrainians are encountering russian propaganda every day. It spreads through TV, radio, mass media, social networks and by 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 still focused on denying russian atrocities and shifting the blame for them onto Ukraine. Russian propagandists are publishing fakes in advance: they are spreading information about incoming “fabricated videos” with civilians killed by russians in Moshchun, and warn about more such “fakes” from other places abandoned by russian…
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Information Warfare: russian fakes for April 4th 2022 (at 18:00)

Information Warfare: russian fakes for April 4th 2022 (at 18:00)

Millions of Ukrainians are encountering Russian propaganda every day. It spreads through TV, radio, media, social networks and by 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 focused on denying russian atrocities. After the confusion of the first day, when the statements of russian propagandists about the Bucha massacre were contradicting each other, we see a gradual creation of a unified narrative about the russian atrocities. This narrative will serve as a basis for all future…
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