Fact checks

1 year ago

Russian propaganda spreads fake story about 'purchase' of elite apartment in Warsaw by Stefanchuk's son

The source of the disinformation is former MP Ihor Mosiychuk, who frequently posts Russian narratives

1 year ago

Russian propaganda fakes news about Ukrainian soldier's alleged involvement in shooting incident in Lviv region

To create fake news, propagandists used a report from Ukrainian news outlet Zaxid.net to discredit Ukrainian forces

1 year ago

Russian propaganda spreads fake claim about creation of 'movement' in Kharkiv advocating for presidential elections

Propagandists have forged photos with campaign posters to create the illusion of 'support' for their narratives within Ukrainian society.

1 year ago

Russian propaganda falsely attributes 'ad' for fake video game featuring Zelensky to Stallone

Russian propagandists have forged an Instagram story from American actor Sylvester Stallone to discredit the Ukrainian government

1 year ago

Russian fake: Ukrainian set Tesla on fire in Germany to protest Elon Musk over USAID closure

Russian propagandists have fabricated a Deutsche Welle video to spread disinformation about Ukrainian refugees

1 year ago

Russian propaganda spreads fake 'graffiti with Zelensky and USAID' in U.S.

Propagandists forged a photo using a graphic editor to discredit the Ukrainian government

1 year ago

Russian fake: USAID 'deceived' Pope into meeting with wives of Azov regiment POWs

Propagandists fabricated Euronews report

1 year ago

Russian propaganda spreads fake investigation about Ukraine 'organizing' terrorist attacks in Germany

Russia attempts to discredit Ukraine ahead of Bundestag elections.

1 year ago

Russian propaganda spreads fake about men receiving summonses abroad and being deported to Ukraine

Propagandists have manipulated the audio track in a video from the national telethon.

1 year ago

Russian propaganda fakes news from criminal chronicles and obituaries to discredit Ukrainian Armed Forces

Propagandists have altered news stories from Ukrainian regional media, adding false mentions of the military.

1 year ago

Russian propaganda spreads fake news about 'mass disappearance' of 17-year-old boys in Sumy region

Propagandists have fabricated numerous fake news stories and advertisements supposedly originating from Ukrainian regional media.

1 year ago

Russian fake: 62% of Britons believe 100-year partnership agreement with Ukraine 'threatens' London's interests

Russian propagandists have fabricated a fake poll, falsely attributing it to Britain's GLPOR.

1 year ago

Russian fake: Ukrainian license plates torn off in Slovakia to protest halt in Russian gas transit

Propagandists have deployed bots on social media platforms to disseminate disinformation to Western audiences

1 year ago

Russian fakes and California fires: Ukrainians 'steal' donations, actress Lee Curtis 'slams' Ukraine aid

Russian propagandists created fake content involving USA Today and Instagram story by American actress Jamie Lee Curtis

1 year ago

Russian propaganda spreads fake video about Lavrov's speech being shown on Times Square screens

Propagandists doctored a YouTube video filmed in New York's central square

1 year ago

Russian propaganda falsely claims police targeted Ukrainians for celebrating Christmas on Jan 7

Propagandists fabricated an ad supposedly placed in a Ukrainian church and manipulated Google Trends data

1 year ago

Russian propaganda fabricates fake story about Zelensky's 'unsuccessful attempt' to join Chinese TikTok

Russians first created a fake account for the President of Ukraine and then falsely claimed that Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, blocked it

1 year ago

Russia trying to discredit U.S. media with fakes about Ukrainian army losses

Russian propagandists fabricated a video by merging two unrelated news stories from different U.S. TV channels -- one about Ukrainian refugees and another about a Cincinnati nursing home

1 year ago

Russian propagandists amplify false claims about rising Ukrainian casualties during offensive in Kursk region

Russian propaganda fabricated a three-year-old video and distorted a news story about the planned construction of a crematorium in Lviv

1 year ago

Russian propaganda spreads fake about 'casting' disabled men for military roles in New Year's show

Propagandists fabricated job search ads allegedly posted on Ukrainian platforms OLX and Jooble

1 year ago

Russian propaganda spreads New Year's fake: Education Ministry 'recommends' preschoolers dress as Stepan Bandera

Propagandists faked 'ad' about New Year's party in Lviv kindergarten

1 year ago

Russian propaganda fabricates false claim that over 80% of Ukrainians watched 'direct line' with Putin

Propagandists faked Reuters video with phony survey and fabricated magazine cover

1 year ago

Russian propaganda spreads fake claim about opening of ski resort in Kyiv during war

Polish-speaking bots on social media platforms falsely passed off China's Wintastar Shanghai ski resort as one in Kyiv

1 year ago

Police respond to video of pseudo-veterans begging by Kyiv mall

Kyiv Police exposed two civilians who were begging outside a shopping mall in Kyiv’s Darnytsia district, posing as war veterans.

1 year ago

Russian propaganda fakes graffiti caricature of Zelensky in false video from French TV channel

Russian propagandists have created a fake video, allegedly from the French TV channel TF1, to mislead Western audiences

1 year ago

Russian propaganda spreads fake about ban on female names in Ukraine

Russian propagandists turned to TikTok as a platform to spread disinformation aimed at inciting divisions within Ukrainian society

1 year ago

Russian propaganda spreads fake claims about European Parliament accusing Ukraine of crimes against its own children

Propagandists manipulated speech by former Dutch MEP affiliated with pro-Russian Forum for Democracy (FvD) party

1 year ago

Russian propaganda spreads fake news about U.S. journalists 'gloating over' Ukrainian Armed Forces losses

Propagandists fabricated video featuring morning show broadcast on Sacramento-based TV channel

1 year ago

Zelensky's visit to Paris: Russian propaganda invents TV show and fakes Charlie Hebdo cover

Russian propagandists are attempting to discredit President Volodymyr Zelensky and undermine the significance of his visit to France in the eyes of Western audiences.

1 year ago

Russian propaganda falsely claims Zelensky bought French hotel, Kuleba's son acquired 'Iron Throne'

Propagandists fabricated a video purportedly produced by an American TV channel and created a cloned hotel website