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...
Viral video claims “Trump called Lai Ching-te an idiot during the Trump–Xi summit”?
Fabricated content — Trump made no such remarks.
Fact-checking reporter: Hsu Yun-kaiManaging editor: Chen Wei-ting
The original publication can be read here.
A video circulating online recently claims...
From Preschool to Adolescence: Expanding Ideological Control in Russian Schools
By EUvsDisinfo
The Kremlin has long injected propaganda into the Russian educational system in order to boost the ‘patriotism’ of Russian youth. Putin’s future ‘child...
Circulating online: “Trump said Taiwan wouldn’t face war if it had a suitable president,...
Trump's remarks taken out of context — the "right president" he referred to was himself.
Fact-checking reporter: Chiu Shao-anManaging editor: Chen Wei-ting
The original publication can...