Western intelligence agencies are detecting the use by russian special services of former structures of the ‘Wagner’ PMC and networks associated with the ‘troll factory’ to organize sabotage in EU countries. As reported by the Financial Times citing sources in European intelligence agencies, after the 2023 coup and the elimination of yevgeny prigozhin, the recruitment…
In the temporarily occupied territories, russia is strengthening its ideological influence over children and youth, including through the involvement of the church. ▫️ Starting from September 1, 2026, schools in the occupied territories will introduce a separate subject titled “Spiritual and moral culture of russia.” The course will be taught to students in grades 5–7,…
russian propaganda continues to use individual Western journalists to disseminate disinformation about the so-called crimes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. ▫️ russian propaganda outlets are actively circulating statements by an American journalist who, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, has cooperated with russian media to promote narratives favorable to the kremlin…
Disinformation is spreading in the Polish information space about the alleged mass deaths of Polish soldiers on the territory of Ukraine. ▫️ Former Polish judge Tomasz Szmydt, who is wanted on suspicion of espionage in favor of belarus and has obtained belarusian citizenship, published a Facebook post featuring photos of coffins, claiming that “hundreds of…
Kenya has accused russia of large-scale recruitment of its citizens for the war against Ukraine. Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, Musalia Mudavadi, announced a visit to moscow to demand an end to this practice. ▫️ russia’s recruitment of foreign nationals has long become systemic in nature. Most recruits from African countries have…
russian propaganda has revived an old narrative alleging the existence of “secret prisons” in Ukraine for captured russian servicemen. ▫️ In an interview with propagandists, the so-called ambassador-at-large of the ministry of foreign affairs of the russian federation on the alleged crimes of the “Kyiv regime,” rodion miroshnik, claimed that there are “basements” and “secret…
russian foreign minister sergey lavrov has stated that his ministry will ensure “fair international observation” during the state duma elections scheduled for September 2026 in the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk, Luhansk, Crimea, as well as Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions. ▫️ In reality, any elections held in occupied territories are illegitimate. Ukraine and the international…
The kremlin is attempting to restore its political influence in the Baltic region through a network of controlled academic structures. This is stated in the annual report of the Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service. ▫️ Following the launch of russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO, russia lost access…
In the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine, children are systematically prepared for war under the guise of “training” In the temporarily occupied territories of the Luhansk region, the russian occupation administration continues to involve children in a militarized system of upbringing. In Alchevsk, a “first aid master class” was held for young cadets. Formally, such…
The Center has recorded the continuation of a coordinated disinformation campaign against Ukraine in the context of the Olympic Games in Italy. ▫️ On social media, new fake reports are being circulated, disguised as news segments from foreign media. In particular, it is falsely claimed that the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) allegedly “eased doping controls…
Analysts from EUvsDisinfo have highlighted a growing trend of coordinated campaigns manipulating content on Wikipedia, one of the world’s most authoritative reference platforms. The open-editing model is increasingly being used as a tool of geopolitical influence. ▫️ These so-called “edit wars” involve prolonged conflicts over articles, in which coordinated groups systematically alter wording, sources, and…
ru-propaganda revives old fake about “ungrateful Ukrainian refugees” in Poland, previously debunked by the Center ◽️Pro-russian social media accounts are actively spreading a fabricated video in which a Ukrainian woman allegedly complains about the quality of humanitarian aid in Poland, claiming that the food package lacks “Italian pasta and shrimp.” Such information attacks are part…
