Mariupol residents, whose homes were destroyed by russian bombardment, are struggling to remain in their hometown and seek compensation under the occupation. The housing promised to them is being sold to incoming russians.
This once again highlights that the occupiers have no regard for the welfare of local residents. The “care” showcased in propaganda is nothing more than a facade.
An investigation by the international project OSSRP, dedicated to exposing crimes, has uncoveredrussia’s systematic efforts to recruit Ukrainian teenagers from the temporarily occupied territories. This involves the “young correspondents” propaganda program under the auspices of the militarized “yunarmiya” movement during 2023–2024, which involved 140 active “young correspondents.” Under the guise of media clubs and trips…
A new study by Yale University directly points to the involvement of russian state energy giants “gazprom” and “rosneft” in the removal and “re-education” of Ukrainian children from occupied territories. ▫️ According to the researchers, over 2,000 children from Donetsk, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia regions were transported to camps in russia and occupied Crimea. Some of…
The CCD continues its series of reports about key executors of russian propaganda in the occupied territories of Ukraine. Today, we will introduce victoria melnikova, the editor-in-chief of UNION, the largest TV channel in the occupied Donetsk region. When russia’s invasion of Ukraine began in 2014, melnikova was a student at Donetsk National University. At…
The Center has recorded the continuation of a disinformation campaign involving AI-generated videos aimed at discrediting Ukraine’s military and political leadership. ◽️ russian resources are circulating a video in which an individual allegedly posing as a Ukrainian servicemember complains about a lack of supplies and conditions in which the unit is supposedly forced to spend…
Pro-russian TG-channels are spreading a video claiming that a Territorial Recruitment Center (TCC) vehicle in Kyselivka, Kherson region, allegedly ran over and killed a man and a child. In reality, this is a fake. The National Police of the Kherson region reported that an inspection found no evidence of any traffic accident involving TCC representatives….
The CCD continues its series of reports on the main perpetrators of russian propaganda in the occupied territories of Ukraine. One such notorious propagandist is roman besedin, who led the “media holding of dpr” for five years. This centralized network disseminated “russian world” ideology through 18 pro-russian print and online media outlets in the occupied…
