Fact checks

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

1 year ago

Russian propaganda spreading fakes about captured European military women accused of torturing Russian POWs

Propagandists used fabricated stories and repurposed photos of deceased Ukrainian heroines, falsely portraying them as foreign fighters

1 year ago

Poland refutes fake about Ukrainian schoolchildren being forbidden to speak their native language

Propagandists fabricated advertisement, falsely attributed to Polish school

1 year ago

Russian propaganda spreads fake about Ukraine transferring chemical weapons to Mali rebels

Russian propagandists are attempting to cover up crimes committed by Wagner Group in Africa by falsely attributing them to Ukraine

1 year ago

Russian propaganda spreading false claims about Ukrainian land sold to 'half the world'

Russian propagandists are circulating a map and 'analysis' based on fake news and research

1 year ago

Russian propaganda fabricates losses among foreigners defending Ukraine

Propagandists created fake screenshot from website of funeral services agency

1 year ago

Russian propaganda fabricates 'The Economist' cover about 'beginning' of World War III

Russian propagandists created counterfeit cover of renowned British magazine to disseminate nuclear threats aimed at Western audiences

1 year ago

Russian propaganda spreads deepfake claiming Ukrainian troops withdrew from Kursk region

Russian propagandists have fabricated deepfake video falsely claiming to feature Ukrainian servicemen

1 year ago

Russian propaganda attempts to discredit Ukrainian anti-aircraft gunner's heroic feat

Russian propagandists used bot on X to spread false claims

1 year ago

Russian propaganda fabricates claim about Ukrainian military using uniforms of deceased foreign "mercenaries"

Propagandists fabricated photos from OLX marketplace

1 year ago

Russians faked photo of wounded Ukrainian soldier and blamed it on ‘Ukrainian media’

Russian propagandists created a news story from an unknown "Ukrainian newspaper" and then accused it of altering the photo of a Ukrainian soldier

1 year ago

Russian propaganda spreads fake news about Ukrainian soldiers surrendering en masse after U.S. election

To amplify their disinformation, propagandists employed a 'pocket' foreign pseudo-journalist and fabricated a video purportedly linked to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW)

1 year ago

Russian fake: Most Europeans are against support for Ukraine

Propagandists faked video with results of Eurostat 'survey'

1 year ago

Russian propaganda spreads fake about cutting off aid to Ukraine after Trump's victory

Propagandists faked a video on behalf of the American TV Channel CNN

1 year ago

Fake from Russian propaganda: Ukrainians purchasing housing in Kharkiv region to ‘legally’ end up in Russia

The author of the fake video is a collaborator from Kharkiv who fled to Russia after the full-scale invasion

1 year ago

Snipers, Goncharenko and Azov: how Russian propaganda found 'Ukrainian trace' at protests in Georgia

Russian propagandists falsified documents, manipulated and edited photos to 'confirm' Ukraine's meddling in Georgia elections

1 year ago

Halloween fakes from Russian propaganda: Cover of German magazine Titanic with Zelensky and uniform of military enlistment office employee on OLX

Russian propagandists used holiday theme to mislead Western and Ukrainian audiences