russian propaganda outlets are once again spreading the fake claim that Ukraine ranks 84th in the world by average IQ, while russia ranks 6th. ▫️The russians cite data from The International IQ Test website. This is one of many online tests for internet users. The site also provides aggregated country-level data and creates an annual…
In the temporarily occupied parts of Donetsk region, russian forces are increasingly integrating esports into the system of militarized youth indoctrination. The “people’s front” movement has been officially involved in laser tag training for esports participants affiliated with the so-called “dpr.” ▫️ The involvement of the “people’s front” is indicative. This structure was established on…
Residents of occupied Mariupol recorded an open video appeal to vladimir putin, accusing the leadership of the so-called “dpr” of corruption, arbitrariness, and complete inability to govern the city. ▫️In the appeal, Mariupol residents state that the city, heavily damaged by the war, has been effectively abandoned. Of more than 650 destroyed residential buildings, only…
Despite recent statements by representatives of the russian occupation administration in temporarily occupied Donetsk about an alleged “increase in the number of water tankers,” access to water in the city continues to worsen. Water is delivered only once every four days. Local news outlets publish videos showing elderly people and children forced to stand in…
Information about russian capture of Kupyansk-Vuzlovyi is not true. This disinformation, like the lie about the capture of Kupyansk, is publicly voiced by the head of russian general dtaff, valery gerasimov. In fact, neither Kupyansk nor Kupyansk-Vuzlovyi are controlled by russia. As noted by the head of the Center for Countering Disinformation, Ukrainian Defense Forces…
russia is intensifying its efforts as part of an information operation surrounding the energy situation in Ukraine. The campaign has reached new peak levels amid the negotiations in Abu Dhabi. ▫️ Systematic monitoring of the information space confirms a sharp increase in the activity of hostile networks — both automated bots and coordinated groups operated…
russia has launched another disinformation campaign aimed at accusing Ukraine of crimes actually committed by russia itself in Pokrovsk. ▫️The russian propaganda entity known as the “international public tribunal” has released yet another so-called “report” alleging “genocide” and “crimes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine” in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region. ▫️Behind the loud accusations lies a…
The Center detects peak activity of hostile bot farms and a change in the tactics of information attacks regarding the situation with electricity supply in Ukraine. ▫️ Systematic monitoring of the information space confirms the abnormal activity of automated networks on topics of power outages. An unnatural speed of comment appearance, their synchronization on different…
In the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, emergency power outages have effectively become the norm. ▫️ Today, due to accidents on high-voltage power lines, Horlivka, Donetsk, Makiivka, Shakhtarsk, Yenakiieve, and dozens of settlements in the occupied parts of Luhansk region were left without electricity. Reports are also coming from the occupied territories…
russians are continuing a campaign to spread disinformation about supposed crimes committed by Ukrainian soldiers against the civilian population of Donbas. ▫️ In particular, russian propagandist resources are circulating claims that Ukrainian troops in Pokrovsk allegedly “forcibly held elderly people as a human shield.” As “evidence,” they use a video featuring a civilian man who…
russian occupiers in Kherson region are seizing the property of local businessmen, disguising the robbery of Ukrainians as a “fight against oligarchs”. russian propaganda is actively spreading the statement of the gauleiter vladimir saldo, who boasts that “the property of Ukrainian oligarchs has passed into the ownership of russia” and will now, supposedly, “serve the…
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…
