Fact checks

1 day 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

2 days 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.

2 days 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

2 days 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

5 days 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 week 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 week 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.

2 weeks 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

3 weeks 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

3 weeks ago

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

Propagandists fabricated advertisement, falsely attributed to Polish school

3 weeks 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

3 weeks 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 month ago

Russian propaganda fabricates losses among foreigners defending Ukraine

Propagandists created fake screenshot from website of funeral services agency

1 month 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 month 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 month ago

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

Russian propagandists used bot on X to spread false claims

1 month ago

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

Propagandists fabricated photos from OLX marketplace

1 month 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 month 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 month ago

Russian fake: Most Europeans are against support for Ukraine

Propagandists faked video with results of Eurostat 'survey'

1 month 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 month 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 month 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 month 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

1 month ago

Russian propaganda spreading fakes to English-speaking audience about repressions against military and civilians in Ukraine

Propagandists faked videos on behalf of the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and Reporters Without Borders

1 month ago

Russian fake about mobilization of men aged 19-21 and promised payments of UAH 400K

Propagandists created fake news story about bill in Verkhovna Rada, attributing it to Ukrainska Pravda

1 month ago

Church fakes from Russian propaganda: Selling ‘prayers against mobilization’ and cursing critics of Zelensky's Victory Plan

Propagandists forged a prayer card and a priest’s post on Facebook to sow discord in Ukrainian society

2 months ago

Russian fake about mass involvement of Polish citizens in work of territorial recruitment centers

Propagandists created a fake video on behalf of the United24 platform

2 months ago

Russian propaganda fakes Charlie Hebdo cover about Ukraine's Formula for Peace

Propagandists are trying to discredit President Volodymyr Zelensky's initiative in the eyes of Western allies

2 months ago

Russian fake about Ukraine encouraging pensioners to serve in army in exchange for sanatorium vouchers and TVs

Propagandists spread a photo with a fake announcement to demoralize Ukrainian society

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