Publications

5 months ago

Religious deception: what Russian propaganda portrays as 'satanic rites' by Orthodox Church of Ukraine

Russia continues to discredit the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

5 months ago

World news agencies and Russian narratives. What words should not be used in covering war

Even a year into Russia’s barbaric aggression, some leading media platforms in the West sometimes use certain vocabulary which distorts reality, misleads their multimillion audience, and legalizes Russian propaganda in the global information space.  

5 months ago

Easter under fire

Residents of Orikhiv, a town in Zaporizhzhia region which is constantly under Russian fire, will celebrate Easter at a Point of Invincibility

5 months ago

Russian narratives in India, Indonesia's online media

The Center for Strategic Communication and Information Security analyzed the publications of online media in India and Indonesia based on the monitoring conducted by the Ukrainian social startup LetsData in February 2023 to find out the level of influence of Russian propaganda in the studied countries. 

5 months ago

Easter manipulation: Americans paint potatoes instead of eggs

For the Americans – a joke and entertainment, for Russian propaganda – a reason to report the “economic crisis” in the USA

5 months ago

Brutal executions as terror tool: Why Russian soldiers follow ISIS patterns

The Russian military brutally executed a Ukrainian prisoner, beheading him with a knife. The video of the atrocity first appeared on social media on the evening of April 11 before it was actively spread by pro-Kremlin Telegram channels and social media accounts.

5 months ago

Russian fake about Ukrainian school: In Lviv, children learn Poland’s anthem by heart

A forged parents’ chat and an open history lesson about Polish symbols for the "administration"

5 months ago

Religious fake: Russians fabricate ‘arson attack’ on UOC MP church

Russian propagandists have passed off a 10-year-old video taken in Russia’s Astrakhan region as a new video from Ukraine’s Mykolaiv region

5 months ago

AI and disinformation: Opportunities and risks amid war

The attention of mankind today is focused on artificial intelligence (AI). OpenAI providing free access to the ChatGPT chatbot and publication on social networks of doctored images created with the help of Midjorney and other neural networks made this tool closer than ever to ordinary netizens. 

5 months ago

Russian fake news: many Ukrainians going abroad after Putin's statement about nuclear weapons in Belarus

Propagandists invented statements by Ukraine's State Statistics Service and State Border Guard Service and took MP Arakhamia's words out of context

5 months ago

Why are we fighting for Bakhmut? How Russian propaganda is trying to demoralize Ukrainians

Information attacks are an integral part of modern warfare. The enemy systemically attempts to hamper motivation of both the military and civilian population.

5 months ago

Russia’s updated foreign policy concept: deep state changing its camouflage

War is peace, as per Orwell, or what the varnished image of “peace a la Russe" is about

5 months ago

“Russian world” as preparation for next war: How to stop “bloody domino”

In the international arena, Russia is actively trying to promote the idea of the need for peaceful negotiations for a diplomatic settlement of the conflict. 

5 months ago

“Evil Nazis against woman and child”: Russian propagandists renounce their own fake targeting Ukraine Army

Russian propaganda pundits have been spinning a staged video showing what they said was a “conflict between the Ukrainian military and a woman accompanying a child.” 

6 months ago

UN Commission’s report as an important step toward bringing Putin’s criminals to justice

The warrant for Vladimir Putin’s arrest, issued by the International Criminal Court, overshadowed the report of the UN Independent International Commission on Inquiry in the media field.

6 months ago

Religious fake: Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, UOC (MP), and photo manipulation

Russian propaganda passed off the gathering of believers for the divine liturgy as a protest rally

6 months ago

Russian propagandists imitate Franc Tireur’s cover page

Journalists from the French publication, Franc Tireur, often criticize Russia and Putin for the crime of aggression against Ukraine

6 months ago

Russians must understand the West will not back down and will stand until the very end — Pomerantsev

The Russian political and military elite, as well as propagandists, both senior and ordinary workers, should feel insecure and aware that responsibility is inevitable. 

6 months ago

The path of Putin and Lvova-Belova to ICC's arrest warrants

An analysis of the non-obvious details of the Kremlin's actions regarding the abduction of Ukrainian children

6 months ago

Russian meddling in media space, efforts to undermine Europe’s cybersecurity

Bots, coordinated inauthentic behavior originating from Russia, espionage attempts by Russian hackers targeting Ukraine’s allies, cyberattacks, and mass creation of resources with the sole aim of spreading disinformation— Russia resorts to any means to penetrate Europe’s information space.

6 months ago

Falsified voices: Putin’s pseudo-referenda in Ukraine

Throughout its existence, Russia has repeatedly committed acts of aggression against neighboring states and systematically supported separatism in the former Soviet republics. Pseudo-referenda have become one of the tools for weakening central governments.

6 months ago

Russian fake about Ukraine allegedly reselling ambulance donated by Poland

Russian propagandists continue attempts to create tension between Ukrainians and Poles

6 months ago

"Kiwi," combat medic from New Zealand: "Ukraine is fighting for the rest of the world"

Ukrinform continues to publish a series of articles "Legionnaires of the Free World. Anti-Terror"

6 months ago

“Playing the Victim” by Timothy Snyder

Testimony to the United Nations Security Council on Russian hate speech

6 months ago

Russia once again threatening Ukrainians with hunger

Russian propaganda is once again trying to intimidate Ukrainians by bringing up the alleged threat of hunger. Since early March, reports claiming the 2023 harvest will be catastrophically low, unable to cover even domestic needs, have been circulating across social media and Telegram channels.

6 months ago

Another Russian propagandist fake: Poles allegedly choose hotels with no Ukrainians

Russian propagandists have fabricated a house hunting website

6 months ago

Russian propaganda in Middle East: Kremlin’s narratives for Türkiye, Egypt

On February 27, the Center for Strategic Communication and Information Security, together with partners, held a round table on the topic “Russian propaganda in the Middle East: narratives, dissemination, counteraction.” 

6 months ago

Conspiracy, fakes, and justification of war crime: Russian Telegram channels react to video of Ukrainian POW execution

The video of the shooting of an unarmed Ukrainian soldier, published on March 6, became another proof of war crimes committed by the Russian occupiers on the territory of Ukraine. Pro-Kremlin bloggers, Russian and other propagandists, as usual, undertook the whitewashing of the criminals’ reputation.

6 months ago

"City of Hope" near Cheremosh

An American company is implementing a project in Bukovyna that will provide shelter to 3,000 Ukrainian IDPs

6 months ago

“My shortest distance to the enemy was half a meter” – Oleksandr (callsign “Mechanic”)

International Legion for the Defense of Ukraine has gathered a unique team.