Fact checks

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…

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…

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…

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 quiet, the media activity is down, as is usual during the weekends. Propagandists are still reeling from the shock caused by the sudden withdrawal of russian troops from the northern fronts, and are setting out to present this retreat as a part of some secret master plan hatched…

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 dominated by the news about the helicopter strike against russian Belgorod. Propagandists are shocked after the rapid withdrawal of russian forces on multiple fronts. The victorious campaign, which was glorified by russia, suddenly stopped being victorious, and judging by the propagandists’ reaction, the state media was not informed about…

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 dominated by the narratives about the new russian gas deal. The statements of russian and European officials do not match, so it appears that the EU will buy gas with euros, and the russian propaganda will say that they are buying with rubles. The official statements concerning the war…

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 dominated by the narratives about the russo-Ukrainian negotiations in Turkey. Russian officials are trying to calm down the populace, saying that it is better to win through diplomacy, than through warfare. The militaristic hysteria that had spread during the last weeks is being suppressed. The Russian government is slowly…

Russian fakes are similar to Russian TV series: cheap, vulgar, predictable and with poor acting. Staged videos appear on anonymous telegram channels: either about alleged ill-treatment of captured invaders, or about injuring and even murdering the occupiers. Often, the primary source is pro-Russian communities on social media, directly managed by Russian special services and Russian MoD. Why such publications appear? It’s simple - the atrocities of Russian occupiers have already shocked the whole world so much that they undermine all the myths about the ‘liberators’. So, their purpose is to shift the emphasis and try to convince the audience that…

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 dominated by the narratives about the Ukrainian war crimes and the effect sanctions have on Europe. There are attempts to “water down” the understanding of war crimes in Ukraine on the international level. The official statements concerning the war are creating a notion that the Ukrainian army is almost…