Fake: “During a military drill, a test-fired missile vanishes into thin air, and the...
This is the Javelin missile's "top-attack mode"; because of its high speed and the disappearance of its exhaust plume, it is harder to see...
Russian narratives about Baltic drone incursions miss Europe, land in Global South
By Nika Aleksejeva, Valentin Chatelet, and Lorenzo Ghidini, for DFRLAb
Russia-friendly narratives were laundered to Latin American and African audiences via Spanish, Portuguese, and French-language channels
Pro-Russia...
Fake: “Download China’s RedNote (Xiaohongshu) app and you can watch World Cup broadcasts for...
RedNote's broadcasting rights are limited to China and cannot be viewed outside the country; using a VPN to bypass the block may raise legal...
Victim-Blaming Kyiv, Pressuring Moldova, and Drone Disinformation
By EUvsDisinfo
IN SHORT:
• Russia tries to shift blame for its deadly strikes on Kyiv.• Transnistria is used as a tool to destabilise Moldova.• Ukraine...
The Dog That Didn’t Bark: What the Danish Election Reveals About Russian Influence Operations
By Valentyna Shapovalova and Yuliia Dukach, for EUvsDisinfo
According to Danish state authorities, there were no major foreign influence campaigns to speak of in the lead-up to...
Tough Love: Spies, Dating Apps and the Dark Side of Online Intimacy
By EUvsDisinfo
Dating apps promise connection, chemistry, and maybe even love. For Ukrainian and Russian intelligence services, they also offer something else: data, emotional vulnerability,...
Fake: Moderna quietly developed a hantavirus mRNA vaccine with a Korean university, then engineered...
This is an unfounded claim. The hantavirus mRNA vaccine is still in development and has not yet reached the market.
Fact-check reporter: Hui-Wen Tseng
Managing...
Fabricated EU economic loss counter used to undermine sanctions support in Estonia
By Nika Aleksejeva, for DFRLAb
A global, cross-platform pro-Kremlin information influence campaign falsely claimed that the European Union (EU) is losing €65-135 million ($76-159 million) every...
Victory Day Propaganda, Masking Fear With Intimidation, and Abduction Denial
By EUvsDisinfo
KEY EVENTS
FIMI narratives downplayed Russia’s unease over Ukrainian drone strikes
Victory Day served as a pretext to refresh ‘Nazi Ukraine’ claims
Pro-Kremlin outlets sought to...
Viral image claims “CCTV live broadcast shows Trump bowing while shaking hands with Xi...
No such footage appears in the CCTV broadcast; the image appears to have been doctored.
Fact-check reporter: Shao-An Chiu
Managing editor: Wei-Ting Chen
The original publication...









