In russia, they have claimed about “damages from the Armed Forces” in Donbas and in the border regions of russia amounting to over 706 billion rubles (about $9 billion). Such figures were announced by the head of the investigative committee of russia, alexander bastrykin. The key manipulation in this statement is the deliberate erasure of…
The center records the continuation of a wave of discrediting Ukrainian refugees through fake videos purportedly from Western media. On social networks, fabricated “news” styled like Euronews and Le Figaro are spreading, with claims about an alleged “pension crisis in the EU due to expenses on Ukrainian refugees” and “sensational crimes by Ukrainians in Europe.”…
The head of “rossotrudnichestvo”, yevgeny primakov, publicly admitted that “one well-known African private military company” was involved in the opening of “russian houses” in Mali and the Central African Republic. Moreover, according to him, some representatives of this PMC later went on to work directly for the russian state structure. ▫️This statement shatters the myth…
Hostile Telegram channels are circulating a video allegedly produced by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), claiming that Ukraine spent $120 million on robots that supposedly conduct physical training exercises for military personnel. In reality, both the video and the information it contains are fake. No such video has been published on ISW’s…
A fake video is circulating on social media, disguised as content from a Western outlet, claiming that Poland, Germany, and France allegedly “committed to returning more than 40,000 draft-age individuals to Ukraine within two months for military service.” To create an appearance of credibility, the video uses real footage from the meeting of the Coalition…
russia’s reaction to the detention of a vessel flying the russian flag in the North Atlantic has revealed the main thing: the kremlin is no longer capable of influencing geopolitical processes. ▫️ Through propaganda narratives, russia is trying to distance itself from the incident, claiming that the tanker is “allegedly not russian.” It is said…
▫️ Fake news, designed to resemble a Euronews article, is widely circulating on social media, claiming that Ukrainian children are allegedly being harassed in European schools. The authors of the fake claim that there have been “over 100 such cases in three months” and assert that Ukrainian families are afraid to contact the police due…
On January 20–21, performances by russian ballerina svetlana zakharova and violinist vadim repin are scheduled in Florence as part of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino festival. The event is presented as “art beyond politics,” but in reality it is part of the kremlin’s strategy to normalize the war against Ukraine through culture. ▫️ svetlana zakharova is…
According to media reports, in July 2024 two young South African citizens went to fight on the side of the russian federation after communicating with a recruiter on Discord while playing Arma 3. They were promised money, russian citizenship, and education. Just a few weeks after signing a contract near st. petersburg, one of them…
The Center is recording a new russian information campaign using AI-generated content aimed at artificially stoking social tension around religious issues. ▫️ AI-generated videos featuring “Ukrainian servicemen” are being spread on TikTok, in which they claim they are “celebrating Christmas the old way” — on January 7. The content is presented as personal addresses or…
The kremlin has once again used the russian orthodox church to justify the war against Ukraine and to militarize society. ▫️ russian propaganda outlets are widely spreading footage of church services involving russian servicemen, including directly on the front line, as well as statements by so-called “military priests” about the need to stay with soldiers…
The Center for Countering Disinformation of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, together with the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, continues its systematic work to expose public figures who serve the kremlin’s war propaganda. ▫️ The “kremlin mouthpieces” section of the War & Sanctions portal has been…
