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By Centre for Strategic Communication and Information Security Information and psychological operations have been actively used by the Russians since the very beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Spreading disinformation, Russian narratives, and rocking the psyche are additional tools in the war they are waging against Ukrainians. Russian fortune-tellers on tarot cards have played […]

John Kirby’s quote was taken out of context. A National Security Council official said the package could be the last until Congress decides on additional budget allocations. The news is spreading in the Russian media and Telegram channels that the US has announced the preparation of a new military aid package for Ukraine, which will […]

The so-called servicemen in the video are dressed in outdated Russian airborne troops uniforms. In addition, the news is spread exclusively by Russian resources, which is a sign that the video is staged. A video message allegedly recorded by the Ukrainian military to Volodymyr Zelenskyi is circulating in the Russian segment of social networks, as […]

The author of the TikTok video is alive and was never sent to the frontlines in Avdiyivka. StopFake managed to track him down and the serviceman refuted the information spread by propaganda. Kremlin media and social media users began to spread fake information that a Ukrainian soldier was sent to the frontlines in Avdiyivka for […]

An excerpt from a broadcast on X (formerly Twitter), in which Elon Musk praises Putin and Russia, was generated by a neural network and shared initially by Russian sources. The original recording of the broadcast with Musk, where he says no such thing, is available online. Russian Telegram channels and media are actively spreading an […]

A person with an amputated leg was never considered fit for military service. According to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, a person with a diagnosis of “unilateral amputated stump of the lower limb above the level of the upper third of the lower leg” is unfit for military service. In a comment to StopFake, a territorial […]

By EUvsDisinfo Russia’s Supreme Court recently upheld a claim by the Ministry of Justice, branding the “international LGBT public movement” “extremist,” and banning its activities in the country. It is far from clear what the Russian authorities mean exactly by the ‘’international LGBT movement’’, but it is regrettably certain that this move, which has been condemned […]

By Stanislaw Żaryn, for StopFake Media around the world increasingly wonder about Vladimir Putin’s health and well-being.Commentators write about his alleged illnesses and sometimes even wonder whether theRussian despot is still alive. Indeed, many similar publications express the hope that thedictator’s demise will be followed by a democratic transition resulting in Russia no longerusing force against […]

Blogger Gonzalo Lira is in custody not for criticizing Volodymyr Zelenskyi, but for violating Article 436-2 of Ukraine’s Criminal Code — justifying Russian aggression against Ukraine. In particular, Lira publicly justified Russia’s attack on Ukraine, denied Russian missile attacks on Ukrainian cities and mass killings of civilians in Bucha and other cities, revealed the location […]

This news is fake, and the story of the attempted sale of Scythian gold is made up. Bloomberg did not publish such stories either on its website or in its social media. Currently, the archaeological objects known as Scythian gold from Crimea, returned to Ukraine from the Netherlands, are under close guard at the National […]

By EU vs Disinfo The Kremlin’s disinformation pundits seek the spotlight to recycle old narratives about the West threatening global security and stability in a classic case of deflection and projection of Russian wrongdoings onto others. Every so often, the pro-Kremlin information manipulation and disinformation ecosystem needs to receive an infusion of fresh disinformation narratives […]

By Kristina Hook, for UkraineAlert As Russia’s full-scale invasion approaches the two-year mark with no end in sight, Ukrainian resolve remains unshakable. One entirely typical recent poll found that 84 percent of Ukrainians reject the idea of ceding any territory to Russia in exchange for peace. What is driving this remarkable resistance? Ukrainian national pride is understandably booming thanks […]

By EUvsDisinfo Lately, state propaganda apparatus in Belarus has been making more active efforts to reach Polish audiences. “As of now, everything that is happening in Belarus is available in the Polish language on an hourly basis! A premiere on Radio Belarus!” announced Belarus 1 TV on November 1, 2023. Polish residents in the areas bordering Belarus […]

By Kseniya Kirillova, for Jamestown Foundation On November 19, the wives and mothers of mobilized Russian soldiers held a protest in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk against rumors of another mass mobilization and demanded the return of “their guys.” Similar protests have swept across Russia in recent weeks but were met with little state support […]

By Taras Kuzio, for UkraineAlert As the year draws to a close, there is a growing sense of Ukraine fatigue in Western capitals amid pessimistic forecasts, talk of a battlefield stalemate, and recriminations over the perceived failure of Ukraine’s counteroffensive. This grim mood is raising serious questions about the future of military aid to Ukraine and the […]

By EU vs Disinfo Kremlin narratives and hard realities rarely meet. In one of many examples, pro-Kremlin and Russian state-controlled disinformation outlets have ceaselessly declared since the February 2022 full-scale invasion that the ‘special military operation’ is going well, despite the fact that Ukraine has retaken at least half of territory that Russia initially occupied. But of all […]

By EU vs Disinfo Winter has come to Ukraine. As Russia’s full-scale war enters the third cold period since February 2022, last weekend saw perhaps the most intense Russian drone attacks on civilian targets across Ukraine. What is the usual Kremlin cocktail when it gets cold? A closer look at the previous cold seasons in 2022 and […]

By Kseniya Kirillova, for CEPA With no end in sight to Russia’s war of aggression, the regime is stepping up efforts to train the next generation for war Propaganda clearly works in forming opinion among Russia’s population, but studies indicate that participation in Kremlin-inspired organizations has a stronger impact on the decision to enlist for […]

Due to Russian aggression and occupiers’ attacks on civilian infrastructure, only a third of Ukrainian schoolchildren have the opportunity to study full-time in a face-to-face format. More than 4,100 schools in Ukraine have been destroyed or damaged. That is why Ukrainian schools practice mixed methods – online and offline – in safe shelters underground. The […]

By InformNapalm Ukrainian hacktivists of the Cyber Resistance group penetrated the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Russian Ministry of Defense (DIMC) and handed over unique internal documentation and provided access to the software used by Russian military propagandists to InformNapalm volunteer intelligence community. The DIMC is the realm of the notorious Igor Konashenkov, the […]