The Center continues to document the spread of disinformation and manipulative content aimed at discrediting Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Major General Mykhailo Drapatyi. ▫️This time, social media is circulating an alleged statement by the Commander-in-Chief’s wife claiming there is “strong internal resistance” to Mykhailo Drapatyi’s reforms, “pressure” from associates of the former…
Claims that 18-year-old Ukrainian women are required to show the “Reserve+” app to obtain temporary protection in EU countries are misleading. EU Council Decision 2026/1912 does provide for verification of military status for a specific category of applicants. However, this applies to new applicants for temporary protection after July 31, 2026, who are already subject…
russian propaganda has intensified its use of Ukrainian prisoners of war to promote kremlin narratives. russian outlets have begun actively circulating a video in which a Ukrainian POW repeats claims favorable to russian propaganda, alleging that the Ukrainian authorities lie to citizens and that people participated in the 2014 Maidan protests for money, among other…
russia’s commissioner for human rights, yulia lantratova, published a list of 273 Ukrainian servicemen whom russia allegedly says it is ready to exchange “at any time,” implying that Ukraine is ignoring the offer. ▫️ Earlier, she claimed that russia had allegedly offered Ukraine three lists of prisoners for exchange over the past month, but that…
Ahead of the so-called state duma elections, russian propaganda is staging publicity campaigns in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine aimed at creating the illusion that the population of the «new regions» is being cared for. ▫️ Propaganda outlets in the TOT are currently actively promoting the results of a so-called «competition for the best…
▫️ russian propaganda outlets are actively spreading a statement by russia’s defense ministry claiming that russian forces captured the village of Shcherbakivka in the Kharkiv region. This is another typical example of russian disinformation aimed at creating the illusion of a continuous successful advance by russian forces along all fronts. In reality, the village of…
russian terrorist attacks not only take people’s lives and destroy Ukrainian homes, but also cause extensive damage to the environment. Kyrylivske Lake in Kyiv’s Obolon district has been polluted with petroleum products for the second time in a month as a result of a russian attack. ▫️ The first leak of hazardous substances into the…
The degradation of the housing and utilities sector in the TOT of the Donetsk region continues to worsen ▫️ The occupation authorities have announced that the so-called «dnr» will «reduce its water supply» for five days. This comes despite the fact that, for the past several years, water has been supplied in Donetsk and most…
Enemy propaganda, as part of a campaign to discredit the Armed Forces of Ukraine, is spreading another fake about Ukrainian soldiers allegedly “mining animal carcasses and leaving them on the sides of roads.” As “evidence,” propagandists only provide photographs of dead animals without any corroboration or other verified facts. In reality, russian troops have repeatedly…
The main messages of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky during the meeting with the Prime Minister of Ireland Micheál Martin: ▫️On the eve of autumn, putin is preparing new strikes on Ukraine, additional mobilization in russia and expansion of the war. ▫️It is important that today there is a decision on a new package…
In the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, russian authorities are expanding the large-scale confiscation of residents’ homes under the guise of pseudo-laws on “ownerless property.” ▫️ In the occupied part of the Kherson region alone, the occupation authorities are preparing to “nationalize” 1,172 residential buildings. The formal pretext is that the owners failed to re-register…
russia’s ministry of education has distributed updated lists of “patriotic literature” to libraries across all russian regions for stocking library collections and assigning extracurricular reading. The list includes propaganda books about russia’s war against Ukraine. ▫️ The recommended reading list for schools now features a separate section titled “Za our own”, using the occupation symbol…
