Saturday, February 21, 2026

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Fake: Italy Blocked Zelensky Video Appeal at Winter Games

The video attributed to Bellingcat is fabricated, and there is no evidence that Ukraine’s president ever planned to address the Olympic opening ceremony. The...

Manipulation: Germany Says Weapons Stocks Are Strained

Boris Pistorius said Germany is exhausting available options to sustain military support for Ukraine, including reassessing its own weapons stockpiles, while signaling that Berlin...

Fake: Ukrainian Athlete Vladislav Heraskevych’s Helmet Bears Terrorist Symbols and Portraits of Military Personnel

Heraskevych’s memorial helmet bears portraits of 22 Ukrainian athletes who died during the Russian-Ukrainian war. Russian media and Telegram channels began to spread information that...

Fake: Kyiv Forcibly Drafts Ethnic Hungarians — InfoBRICS

Ukraine does not carry out drafting measures among ethnic Hungarians or other national minorities. Reports of «ethnic cleansing in Ukraine» are narratives of Russian...

Fake: Kyiv Deliberately Caused a Blackout in Moldova

The emergency situation in Ukraine's power grid is a direct consequence of Russia's barbaric policy of destroying Ukraine's critical infrastructure. Ukraine is fully synchronized...

Fake: Spanish Police Hunt Five Ukrainians Over Railway Terrorist Attack – Euronews

The video is a fabrication designed to mimic the visual language of a mainstream news outlet. While Spain has experienced a series of railway...

Fake: European Youth Ready to Vote for EU Exit

Both the video and the data in it are fabricated. In fact, as of 2025, the level of trust of Europeans in the EU...

Fake: Global Media Linked Ukrainian Refugees to Mass Crimes in France

The circulation of multiple fabricated videos carrying the branding of French and international media outlets points to a coordinated information operation targeting Ukrainian refugees...

Manipulation: Finland Admits NATO Membership Was a Mistake

Russians are quoting a Finnish politician, who isn’t well-known and regularly appears on the Russian propaganda channel RT. In fact, only 11% of Finnish...

Fake: European Commission to Spend €7 Billion on Propaganda and Bot Farms

In fact, the funds under the AgoraEU program are intended to improve access to reliable information, combat fake news and foreign influence. The initiative...