How Putin's Justification for Invading Ukraine Backfired
Vladimir Putin's claimed protection of the Russian language and rights of Russian-speaking Ukrainians were his key justifications for the invasion of Ukraine.
Society and Culture - Publications
13 November 2022
21 October 2022
Secretly pro-Russian Telegram channels: What Russia wanted Ukrainians to think during Oct 10 attack
The network of Telegram channels posing as Ukrainian but supervised by Russian special services, including Legitimny, Rezident, Zhenshchina s kosoy, Olga Shariy, Anatoliy Shariy, once again exposed their Kremlin roots while covering the strikes Putin’s terrorists launched on the Ukrainian infrastructure on October 10.
30 September 2022
Twitter, YouTube and fringe sites: Russia keeps pushing propaganda in the West after TV outlets blocked
The full-scale invasion of Ukraine has triggered multiple new problems for Russia and deepened the existing ones.
23 September 2022
Russian disinformation flows into media space of Ukraine’s Western neighbours
The propaganda of the Russian schizofascist (as defined by the historian Timothy Snyder) regime continues its information attacks on Europe. First come the western neighbors of Ukraine, who know from their own bitter experience what Russia is.
How and why Russian propaganda “looks” for U.S. Biolabs in Ukraine and around the world
They search, they “find,” they investigate, they deny any refutations and refer to “blatant lies” — this is the principle of Russian propaganda regarding so-called “biolabs” in the world and, in particular, in Ukraine.
21 September 2022
Lies, blackmail, and mobilization: Key points in statements of Russian war criminals
On the morning of September 21, the Kremlin did release Putin’s announced video address. The Russian dictator, as was predicted, promised to recognize the results of the so-called “referenda,” announced a partial mobilization to protect the “sovereignty and territorial integrity” of the RF, and once again resorted to nuclear blackmail. Subsequently, Russian Defence Minister Shoigu specified that 300,000 reservists would be mobilized.
17 September 2022
Russia’s war in online media: How Kremlin propaganda discredits Ukraine in Africa
In the online media of African countries, Russian narratives have been detected purposefully shifting responsibility for “all troubles” to Ukraine — the food crisis, the Russian war against Ukraine, shelling of civilians in Ukraine, etc.
13 September 2022
“Vote and lose.” Russia laying grounds for sham referenda in occupied areas
Having launched a full-scale invasion, Russia stopped even trying to hide its aggressive plans regarding Ukraine.
06 September 2022
Ritual sacrifices and Youth Army: How Russian fascism exploits children
Using children in “adult games,” let alone involving them in war politics, is about breaking moral rules, .
Six months of the full-scale war: Ukraine’s 12 main victories on the information front
The history of Russia's information wars against Ukraine is not limited to the last eight years of hybrid aggression, which turned into a full-scale war on February 24. It is much longer.
05 September 2022
What Italian, German, and French Online media tell about Russia’s war against Ukraine and what's the impact of Russian propaganda
Based on the monitoring run by the Ukrainian social startup LetsData in partnership with the Detector Media NGO, the Centre for Strategic Communication and Information Security has analyzed the media landscape of Italy, Germany, and France from July 1 to 29 to find out the influence of Russian propaganda in these countries regarding coverage of Russia’s war against Ukraine. Publications containing references to Ukraine are collected in real-time in the original language and processed with the help of artificial intelligence components.
04 September 2022
Kremlin propaganda in Europe and North America: how Russian narratives are reproduced in Western online media
The Center for Strategic Communication and Information Security has analyzed how Russian narratives about Ukraine are reproduced in European and North American online media through the use of toxic vocabulary, the choice of information sources, and analysis of common narratives.
01 September 2022
Threats of forcible naturalization of residents in Russian-occupied regions
Russian invaders brutally violate the laws and customs of war in Ukraine. One of the most egregious examples of them ignoring the norms of international law is the forcible issuance of Russian passports to the population of the occupied territories.
29 August 2022
Who prohibits the display of Ukrainian flags in Hungary?
In his address on the Independence Day of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky noted that since the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine, we have understood who our real friends are, and who just keeps away from us.
11 August 2022
“Special Operation” Goes as Planned, 330 Meters a Day: A Digest of Russian Propaganda, as of Aug 10
The New York Times found a Spanish-language source of Moscow’s lies, and Pushylin has already “liberated” half of the Donbas.
03 August 2022
U.S. switches to Putin’s friends: a digest of Russian propaganda for August 2
The Kremlin has decided to legislatively “terrorize” the POWs of “Azov” and is eager to help China in the conflict with Taiwan. The Centre for Strategic Communications and Information Security collected the main fakes and narratives of Russian propaganda for August 2.
22 May 2022
Anatomy of one provocation: Bercoff and Bocquet v. Ukraine
Since February 24, anti-Ukrainian propaganda has been inefficient in Europe
18 May 2022
Crimean Tatars' Deportation: Was it Really First in 1944?
In general, the russian federation and the states to which it considers itself being the successor, throughout the period of its existence, have attempted to seize the territory of the Crimean Peninsula for numerous times.
02 May 2022
Kherson resistance. Russian-speaking locals take to streets chanting “Get out!” in Ukrainian, addressing invaders
A Ukrainian activist shared a story about rallies ongoing in the city and the risks that those opposing the setup of a sham “republic” are facing.
10 April 2022
Borscht of unity: to feed the whole world for the sake of peace in Ukraine
A campaign started in Lviv to collect funds for food packages for Ukrainians affected by war
04 April 2022
How the world failed to prevent war by misunderstanding the nature of disinformation
Fact-checking and debunking Kremlin lies in its current form fails to prevent escalation and appears insufficient and ineffective.
10 February 2022
Plane crash near Tehran: Our goal is to establish justice, not to humiliate Iran
Ukraine's First Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzheppar comments on progress in talks on crash probe
21 December 2021
Yuzivka: Between fake news and truth about Ukraine's gas independence
Russia is trying to prevent Ukraine from extracting own gas, being interested in the opposite
09 December 2021
MH17 trial: Russia rejecting Dutch court inquiries, trying to have ECHR hearing postponed
However, prosecutors will start announcing the indictment as early as December 20
30 November 2021
How the Kremlin wants to control people’s minds
The Kremlin intends to educate not only children, not even only young people. A Russian must be educated throughout his or her life.
26 November 2021
What Holodomor teaches us
This lesson is learned: Ukraine is part of the West, not a rebellious province of the "Russian world"
20 November 2021
How the Revolution of Dignity changed Ukraine: Ten achievements
The events of 2013-2014 have provided a big push to the country's development
10 November 2021
The ghost of nuclear threat is rising in Donetsk
Neither the competent authorities of Ukraine nor the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have had access to nuclear facilities and materials in the occupied territories of Ukraine for over seven years.
06 November 2021
Most common myths about the Istanbul Convention
Most fake news and manipulations are coming to Ukraine from Russia
05 November 2021
How Russia influences vaccination
Russia is trying to hinder inoculation campaigns across the globe, sowing chaos and creating divide