Kremlin spreads fakes about “atrocities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine” in Kursk region
Russian propaganda is once again spreading disinformation about the alleged killing of civilians by the Ukrainian military in the village of Ruske Porichne in the Kursk region.
▫️ As in previous cases, propagandists provide no evidence of such crimes. Their accusations rely solely on the “confession” of a Ukrainian prisoner of war, who may have been tortured or threatened with execution.
This false narrative is part of Russia’s ongoing disinformation campaign about “Ukrainian Armed Forces atrocities in the Kursk region.” In this way, ru-propaganda is trying to create a “Russian Bucha” out of the Ruske Porichne, aiming to drown out reports of actual war crimes committed by the Russian army.
Unlike these Russian propaganda fakes, Russian war crimes have been documented by international organizations. For instance, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine has recorded 79 executions of Ukrainian prisoners of war by Russian forces since August 2024.
