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…
YouTube has blocked another channel of the sanctioned Oleksii Arestovych. This is the second Arestovych channel located abroad that has been blocked. It is now unavailable in Ukraine. The first and main YouTube channel of the sanctioned blogger was blocked on May 9, 2025, after which a new one was created, which has also been…
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…
In the occupied city of Yenakiieve, water supply has been completely cut off to some densely populated areas due to the depletion of the reservoir. The local water utility reported that it cannot service these areas. Meanwhile, water delivery by tanker trucks is either nonexistent or irregular. ▫️ The situation has escalated to the point…
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…
YouTube has blocked four more channels in Ukraine that spread content aligned with russian propaganda and were connected to individuals under sanctions. ▫️ The channel “Igor Mosiychuk” — former member of parliament, who regularly broadcasted messages in line with russian propaganda, has been blocked. ▫️ Channels “Shaposhnikov UA”, “shaposhnikov news”, and “Rostyslav Shaposhnikov” have also…
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…
Ahead of the so-called “russian language day,” celebrated in russia on June 6th, the birthday of poet alexander pushkin, russia has launched a large-scale propaganda campaign in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. ▫️ occupation administrations have organized a series of events, actively involving children and youth. Propagandists are promoting false narratives about the “historical…
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…
