Fact checks

1 year ago

Fake video: Billboard in Tokyo bearing inscription "Stop War. Stop Zelensky"

Propagandists continue to use old videos to create fakes about Ukraine

1 year ago

Russian fake: Several million hryvnias spent on exhibition at Parliament

False information about a real event at the Ukrainian Parliament

1 year ago

Russian fake: ‘Orcs’ and Richard Wagner memorial plaque in Germany

Russian propaganda continues to fabricate content to discredit Ukrainians abroad

1 year ago

Russian propaganda forges campaign leaflet for Ukrainian refugees in Germany

Propagandists provided Ukrainians with a "list of words" they need to know to be employed in Germany

1 year ago

Russian fake news: tragic events in 2022 in Bucha are staged

Propagandists forged correspondence on an online classifieds platform to promote an old narrative

1 year ago

Russian propaganda forges cover of Handelsblatt German business newspaper

The focus of Russian propaganda is on the NATO Summit in Vilnius

1 year ago

Double fake: Russian manipulation with return of refugees to Ukraine

Russian propaganda used a pro-Russian politician from Slovakia to discredit Ukrainians

1 year ago

Budanov’s “Resurrection” and Tractors Instead of Tanks: TOP 10 Recent Failures of Russian Propaganda. Part 2

Israeli passport of Olena Zelenska

1 year ago

Budanov’s “Resurrection” and Tractors Instead of Tanks: TOP 10 Recent Failures of Russian Propaganda. Part 1

The level of trust of Ukrainians in Russian media, according to sociological studies, is at the level of statistical error.

1 year ago

Top 5 Russian Fakes about NATO Summit in Vilnius

In Vilnius, on July 11-12, the NATO Summit took place, in which the Ukrainian delegation headed by President Volodymyr Zelensky participated.

1 year ago

Video fake: Syrian who fought in AFU deceived in Ukraine

The propagandists made a staged video but did not take into account important details

1 year ago

Fakes about Zaporizhzhia NPP and Russian Nuclear Blackmail

The Russians seizing the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is not only a flagrant violation of international law, but also a blatant act of nuclear terrorism. 

1 year ago

Russian fake: Poles being prepared for nuclear accident

Propagandists forged the radiation emergency instructions of the Ministry of Health of Poland 

1 year ago

Russian propaganda fakes cover of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo

The Kremlin is trying to hide the world's reaction to an armed mutiny attempt in Russia

1 year ago

Russian fake: Ukrainian military ordered to mobilize civilian cars in Kherson region

Propagandists forged a "document" confusing the name of a military unit commander 

1 year ago

Russian fake: Ukrainian teacher sent to front with hunting rifle without cartridges

Propagandists faked a screenshot from the Facebook account of the 92nd Separate Mechanized Brigade but missed many details

1 year ago

Russian fake: Newest Su-57 destroys Ukrainian aircraft at record distance

Propagandists resorted to several manipulations to create an advertising fake about their "state-of-the-art" fighter jet

1 year ago

Russian fake: Olena Zelenska receives Israeli passport

The Russian propaganda is spreading a fake photo of a "document" on the Internet

1 year ago

Russian fake: Russian Federation sends another echelon of newest tanks to Ukraine

Propagandists used an old video to "prove" their military capability

1 year ago

Russia’s Defense Ministry passes its burned-out tank off as a Ukrainian one

Russian propaganda continues to invent victories for its army

1 year ago

Russian fake: Ukraine’s military intelligence actively looking for Russian-standard uniform for provocations in Belgorod region

Propagandists invented an order for a Ukrainian company and "bought up" uniform that has not been available for five years

1 year ago

Russian fake news: Ukrainian refugee demolished monument to Poles' struggle against Nazism

Propagandists portrayed decision by Polish authorities as act of vandalism committed by Ukrainian

1 year ago

Russian fake: CIA agent ‘killed’ in missile strike in Kyiv

Was the 140th star really installed at the CIA headquarters in his memory?

1 year ago

Russian fake about Nova Kakhovka: Animals did not die as there was no zoo

How TASS refuted the Ukrainian media reports, citing a "representative of emergency services"

1 year ago

Russian fake about Kyiv HPP: 4-meter wave will cover Obolon

The Russians passed an apocalyptic forecast of a pseudo-expert off as the statement by local authorities

1 year ago

Photo fake about strikes on ‘military objects’ in Dnipro city

Russian propaganda illustrated a missile attack on Ukraine with footage of forest fires in Tyumen region

1 year ago

How Kremlin Enriches Disinformation with Depleted Uranium

Russian propaganda is trying to sow panic after the attack on Khmelnytskyi on May 13. To this end, they invented a message about a “radiation catastrophe.” 

1 year ago

Russian propaganda faked front cover of French weekly Courrier International

The newspaper has recently criticized Russian authorities - "Putin has known for a long time that he lost"

1 year ago

Russian propaganda shot down NATO's F-16 jet over Bakhmut with Kinzhal

The fact that these jets have not even been handed over to Ukraine did not prevent Russians from creating fake news

1 year ago

Genocide of Crimeans: Russian propagandists fabricate intel chief Budanov’s video interview

Russian propagandists have combined different extracts from a video interview with the chief of the Ukrainian intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov

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