Pro-russian Telegram channels are spreading a fake news segment, falsely attributed to the British outlet Daily Mail, claiming that Ukraine’s First Lady Olena Zelenska wore an outfit worth $180,000 at the farewell ceremony for Pope Francis in the Vatican. In reality, this is yet another fabrication by russian propagandists. There is no such article or…
New Instagram scam scheme involving offensive comments An unknown account leaves aggressive comments under users’ posts on the social media platform, and in the description of its private profile, it includes a link — allegedly to a Telegram channel or another resource with “additional information” about the user. Clicking the link redirects users to a…
The Center is recording a new wave of circulation on platform X of a fake video allegedly from the American outlet New York Post, claiming that USAID supposedly paid Time magazine $4 million to name President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy the “Person of the Year.” The Center for Countering Disinformation has previously reported that this…
ru-propaganda continues its attempts to discredit the “18–24 Contract” program. Enemy Telegram channels are spreading a fake obituary of an allegedly 20-year-old serviceman named Volodymyr, with the callsign “Luntik,” who they claim was killed on March 24. According to them, the news was shared by his mother. “Luntik” is one of the featured characters in…
russians have gone even further in their efforts to seize homes from Mariupol residents. Now, not only the apartments of those who fled the city are being declared “ownerless,” but also those of people who still living under occupation. ▫️ This is confirmed by numerous videos posted online by people of Mariupol. People say they…
An audit of leading artificial intelligence chatbots revealed that they repeated false narratives “laundered” by the russian disinformation network Pravda in 33% of cases. This is stated in a report by NewsGuard, an American company that analyzes information sources for reliability and the presence of disinformation. The researchers explained that the “infection” of chatbots occurs…
1. Disinformation campaign alleging that Ukraine violates the ceasefire agreement on energy infrastructure Center forecasts that the kremlin will continue an information campaign accusing Ukraine of failing to comply with the agreements reached in Saudi Arabia. New unsubstantiated accusations against Ukraine regarding strikes on russia’s energy infrastructure are expected to emerge, while enemy propaganda resources…
The CCD of the National Security and Defense Council, in cooperation with the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, continues to identify russian propagandists. ▫️The Center has submitted another list of russian propagandists to be added to the “Kremlin’s Mouthpieces” section on the War & Sanctions portal. The list includes…
Hostile propaganda is spreading fake claims that the russian army struck a “residence of foreign mercenaries” in Dnipro. Propagandists also allege that “ten NATO officers” were killed in the shelling of the Bartolomeo restaurant. In reality, a massive attack by russian combat drones in Dnipro killed four civilians and injured 21 others. The strike caused…
Key statements by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a press briefing ▫️ A closed-door emergency meeting will take place this week with core countries ready to consider deploying a presence on Ukrainian territory. France, the United Kingdom, and Ukraine will definitely take part in this meeting. ▫️ Ukraine will receive expanded access to satellite…
A delegation from russia’s ministry of culture held a series of meetings in China to discuss prospects for joint film production. russian filmmakers presented more than 10 co-production projects. Deputy minister of culture andrei malyshev claimed that Chinese films are popular in russia, and that russian films allegedly enjoy success in China. ▫️ The russian…
These days, russia is “celebrating” the 25th anniversary of vladimir putin’s first election as president of the russian federation. ru-propaganda presents these 25 years as a “new victorious era in russia’s history.” In reality, since May 2024, putin has been an illegitimate head of state. ▫️At that time, putin was “elected” for his fifth presidential…
