Fact checks

1 year ago

Russian propaganda inventing fakes about French troops in Donbas

'Helpful expert' from US, post in French-language segment of X and fake Charlie Hebdo cover

1 year ago

Fake video with DW logo presented as 'sensational' investigation about Ukraine

Russian propagandists continue to spread fakes about Nazism in the Ukrainian army

1 year ago

Fake news about Ukrainians' protest in Katowice being spread in Polish segment of X and TikTok

Propagandists used photos from the Silesian Autonomy March to discredit Ukrainians in Poland

1 year ago

Information about Umerov's alleged resignation is fake - CCD

The information about the alleged resignation of Rustem Umerov from the post of Minister of Defense of Ukraine and his appointment as Minister of Infrastructure instead of Oleksandr Kubrakov is fake.

1 year ago

Fake video about fake Ukrainian passports being shared in Polish segment of social media site X

Restrictions on consular services for Ukrainian men abroad served as a reason for new wave of fakes

1 year ago

Russian propaganda fakes Euronews, BR24 videos to discredit Ukrainian refugees in Europe

Russian propaganda attempting to create hostile attitude towards Ukrainians in the EU

1 year ago

Russian propaganda passes off railway accident in Kazakhstan as ‘pro-Russian partisans’ actions in Ukraine

Russia is using fake news to promote a narrative about alleged support for Russian occupation in Ukraine

1 year ago

Russian propaganda produces fake about military summons in utility bills

Russian propaganda continues its attempts to discredit mobilization in Ukraine

1 year ago

Russian propaganda spreading fakes about Ukraine's plans to blow up occupied ZNPP

Russia is the only terrorist in the world that holds a nuclear power plant hostage

1 year ago

Fire at pharmaceutical warehouse in Poland: Russian propaganda spreads fake about Ukrainians' involvement

Propagandists invented their own scenario of the incident in Katowice

1 year ago

Russian media spreading fake about death of 'mobilized disabled' Ukrainian soldier

Russian propaganda continues its attempts to discredit mobilization in Ukraine

1 year ago

Russian propaganda invents fake about hype around generators following Trypilska TPP destruction

Propagandists fabricated a screenshot from a Ukrainian website to sow panic among citizens

1 year ago

Fresh Russian fakes for French-speaking audience

Propagandists used far-right politician Florian Philippot and forged French Interior Ministry document

1 year ago

Russian propaganda spreads fake about Zelensky's purchase of royal mansion in Britain

Propagandists passed off a template website as a British newspaper and used a little-known YouTube channel

1 year ago

Fake circulating in Poland about 'Ukrainian trace' in road accident in Szczecin

It started to be spread to Polish audiences after the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack

1 year ago

Fakes with passport photos of Ukrainians allegedly involved in terrorist attack in Russia are being spread on social media

Real passport photos found on the Internet are used to fabricate a "Ukrainian trace"

1 year ago

Russia continues to produce fakes about Ukraine's International Legion

Austria's foreign and interior ministries have dismissed allegations by the Russian Defense Ministry about "Austrian mercenaries" killed in Ukraine

1 year ago

Mykhailo Podolyak's fake tweet: Propagandists faked "deleted" post

Russian propaganda continues to use Polish farmers' protests to make Ukrainians quarrel with Poles

1 year ago

Russian propaganda spreading deepfake videos about Zelensky to German- and English-speaking audiences

Propagandists used deepfake technology for fake videos from Berlin streets

1 year ago

Fake "observers" from Europe and America at pseudo-elections in occupied Ukraine

Among them are "Kremlin's friends" and those who have recently been recruited from Global South

1 year ago

Fakes about recruiting French people for war in Ukraine spread in French-language social networks

Over the past week, propagandists have spread two video fakes “promoting” joining the International Legion for Defense of Ukraine

1 year ago

What foreign observers are assessing Putin's pseudo-elections in occupied Luhansk region?

How the participants in a Russian youth forum from Africa became 'international experts'

1 year ago

Russian propaganda spreading video fake about Vodafone campaign

A cynical video fake about Ukraine’s Armed Forces suffering heavy losses was created in the style of a Ukrainian telecoms operator

1 year ago

Fake circulating on Polish social media about ‘Ukrainians climbing to power in Poland’

Two Polish activists with pro-Russian views resorted to lies ahead of local elections

1 year ago

Social media in Poland spreading fake about Ukrainian police officers at farmers' protests

Propagandists used an old photo of a Polish law enforcement officer with a chevron in support of Ukrainians

1 year ago

Russian propaganda fabricates video about $53M in 'compensation' to Zaluzhnyi

BBC logo, internet photos and video footage were used in the fake

1 year ago

Dugin's supporter spreading Yarosh's fabricated statements

The Ukrainian Volunteer Army says the fake post is aimed at dividing the Ukrainian nation

1 year ago

Russia propaganda continues to spread fake photos with German tractors

Farmers' protests ended a long time ago, but propagandists keep fabricating anti-Ukrainian posters

1 year ago

‘Useful expert' from US invents Pentagon's plan to evacuate Zelensky to Lviv

He spreads Russian narratives to English-speaking audiences through Substack and Asia Times

1 year ago

Russia launches series of fakes about teenage girls in Ukrainian Armed Forces

Propagandists pass off classes with civilians as preparing children for war