Due to the war against Ukraine, russia continues to lose opportunities to spread its own propaganda in post-Soviet countries. ▫️The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia has indefinitely banned two putin’s propagandists who supported the war against Ukraine from entering the country — TV presenter katerina andreeva and actor pavel priluchny. Both publicly support russia’s…
russian propaganda spreads yet another disinformation message from russian foreign intelligence service (svr), claiming that Ukraine, in collaboration with the United Kingdom, is allegedly preparing a “bloody provocation” in the Baltic Sea. ▫️svr claims that Ukrainians and Britons are planning to stage a torpedo attack on an American vessel to blame moscow for it. No…
Key points from the joint press conference of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and German Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius. ▫️Ukraine is grateful to Germany for its substantial, timely, and ongoing support. This assistance will continue. ▫️Ukraine and Germany have agreements for additional investments in the production of long-range weapons both in Ukraine and Germany….
Key points from President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s speech at the “Ukraine – Southeast Europe” summit in Odesa: ▫️putin does not want to end this war. He believes that as long as he can fight and dominate his neighbors, he remains politically alive. ▫️Our task is to put russia in a position where it will…
Hostile Telegram channels are manipulating information presented in an article by the Spanish publication El País to discredit the AFU and justify attacks on civilian infrastructure. russian propagandists, citing the reputable publication El País, claim that Ukrainians are manufacturing drones in private homes, and therefore such objects allegedly become “legitimate targets.” In reality, the article…
The well-known russian journalist Yulia Latynina, despite being officially recognized by russian authorities as a “foreign agent” and often sharply criticizing the kremlin’s policies, also promotes narratives that may align with official russian propaganda. ▫️ The Center analyzed Latynina’s public activities and concluded that her statements could contain justifications for certain military actions of the…
The Center for Countering Disinformation of the National Security and Defense Council, together with the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, continues to identify russian propagandists. ▫️ A new list of russian propagandists has been published on the War & Sanctions portal in the “kremlin mouthpieces” section. Ten more individuals have been added…
While kremlin talks about a “resilient economy” and the futility of EU sanctions, russia’s oil and gas giants are facing escalating problems. ▫️ In Q1 2025, one of russia’s largest oil and gas companies, surgutneftegas, reported a record loss of 439.7 billion rubles (approximately $5.5 billion). As a result, the company was forced to lay…
russian diplomacy once again resorts to its favorite tactic — issuing ultimatums and “talking over” diplomatic efforts instead of taking real steps toward peace. ▫️ In an interview with the propagandist agency tass, russian deputy foreign minister sergey ryabkov stated that “conflict resolution with the West is impossible without halting NATO expansion” and that “reducing…
After the attack by Ukrainian drones on russian strategic aviation airfields, russian propagandists, including through diplomatic channels, have intensified the spread of the narrative about alleged “Ukrainian terrorism.” These accusations are being made at the same time as russia itself carried out one of the largest terrorist attacks on Ukraine in recent months, resulting in…
The failure of “import substitution” was recognized by the russian government. russian prime minister mishustin called on russians to more actively implement “reverse engineering” – that is, to copy and adapt foreign technologies for their implementation in the russian federation. ▫️russian industry is unable to establish production of many goods and components. The Center previously…
The enemy is once again trying to justify the strike on civilians in Pryluky with disinformation about allegedly hitting a Ukrainian military deployment point. Enemy Telegram channels are spreading fabricated information claiming that russian kamikaze drones attacked a “military deployment point” and a “local TCC” in Pryluky. In reality, the enemy targeted civilian infrastructure, as…
