Fact checks

1 year ago

What is the "Fact Checks" section?

Ukrinform means 100% of credibility. But we not only provide verified information. We also help our readers deal with messages or news items that cause you doubt.

1 year ago

Sunken German-made Marder IFV: Afghanistan in 2010 was portrayed as Ukraine in 2023

Russian propaganda continues to create false stories about Ukrainian tankers and German military equipment

1 year ago

Russian propagandists invent fake about bonfire marshmallow scented candles ‘House of Trade Unions’

Propagandists invented another fake to mark the "sacred date"

1 year ago

Russian propaganda: Military corps being formed in Poland to join war efforts in Ukraine

The Lithuanian-Polish-Ukrainian Brigade was established back in 2014 but is not involved in the war raging in Ukraine

1 year ago

Russian fake news: NGU commander allegedly orders that violators be shot dead at checkpoints

Russian propagandists have fabricated an order allegedly issued by a commander of one of military units in the National Guard of Ukraine (NGU)

1 year ago

Religious deception: what Russian propaganda portrays as 'satanic rites' by Orthodox Church of Ukraine

Russia continues to discredit the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

1 year ago

Russian fake regarding Ukrinform: non-existent report of non-existent bill

It is not the first time that propagandists have exploited the design style of Ukrinform's reports to post fake news.

1 year ago

Easter manipulation: Americans paint potatoes instead of eggs

For the Americans – a joke and entertainment, for Russian propaganda – a reason to report the “economic crisis” in the USA

1 year ago

Russian fake about Ukrainian school: In Lviv, children learn Poland’s anthem by heart

A forged parents’ chat and an open history lesson about Polish symbols for the "administration"

1 year ago

Religious fake: Russians fabricate ‘arson attack’ on UOC MP church

Russian propagandists have passed off a 10-year-old video taken in Russia’s Astrakhan region as a new video from Ukraine’s Mykolaiv region

2 years ago

Religious fake: Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, UOC (MP), and photo manipulation

Russian propaganda passed off the gathering of believers for the divine liturgy as a protest rally

2 years ago

Russian propagandists imitate Franc Tireur’s cover page

Journalists from the French publication, Franc Tireur, often criticize Russia and Putin for the crime of aggression against Ukraine

2 years ago

Russian fake about Ukraine allegedly reselling ambulance donated by Poland

Russian propagandists continue attempts to create tension between Ukrainians and Poles

2 years ago

Another Russian propagandist fake: Poles allegedly choose hotels with no Ukrainians

Russian propagandists have fabricated a house hunting website

2 years ago

Russian video fake: Zelensky and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer

Russian propaganda continues to forge videos with representatives of Ukrainian authorities

2 years ago

Geographical ignorance in Russian fake about British Prime Minister

Russian fake about the British Prime Minister made by low achievers in geography

2 years ago

Fake video: Darts and Zaluzhny portrait

Russian propaganda created a fake TikTok account allegedly run by the Ukrainian military

2 years ago

Russian fake story: Complaints against parents in Ukrainian schools

Putin's address inspired Russian propagandists for a new series of fake stories

2 years ago

Russian fake news: Complaints and Putin's address

Russian propaganda fabricated a complaint at Zaporizhstal against those who watched Putin's address

2 years ago

Russian fake: Madonna and Putin's address

Propagandists forged the superstar's video and linked it to Putin's address

2 years ago

Fake video: Ukraine to build concentration camps for captured Russians

Russian propaganda faked an episode of the national news telethon

2 years ago

Russian fake: Ukrainians simulate broken arms and legs to avoid mobilization

Russian propaganda faked an advertisement on OLX online classified ads service

2 years ago

Russian fake story about American city of Odesa: “renaming” due to war in Ukraine

Propagandists are spreading a fake video allegedly released by the ABC News channel

2 years ago

Russian fake around Ukrainian tank crews in Germany: Bundeswehr and ‘Nazi symbols’

The German Special Training Command denied its involvement in the announcement spread by propagandists

2 years ago

Russian religious fake: Chernivtsi region preparing for unification with Romania

The Romanian Orthodox Church has never made proposals for the transfer of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate (UOC MP) parishes in Chernivtsi region

2 years ago

Russian fake story about tattoo in Lviv: For ‘fascist’ symbols – a photo shoot with 'Leopard' tank

Among the "author's" sketches of a fake promotion are primarily the Azov Regiment symbols

2 years ago

Another fake story about Leopards: Ukrainian tankers seek asylum in Germany

Russian media outlets have been circulating a fake screenshot of a Financial Times article about Ukrainian military training in Germany

2 years ago

Another staged act by Kremlin: Putin, Russian student, and University of Vienna

How propaganda exploited the university's letter to Ukrainian students in its narrative about the alleged oppression of Russian citizens’ rights.

2 years ago

Polish lessons instead of native language: Russian fake news about Ukrainian school

Russian propagandists forged the curriculum of a school in the Poltava region

2 years ago

Russian fake in Warsaw Metro: "Stand up for protection of ancestral Polish lands"

Propagandists forge social advertising to promote a narrative of Poland's occupation of western Ukraine