Fake: Zelenskyy is Faking Blackouts to Secure More European Aid
Outages across Ukrainian cities stem from voltage fluctuations and emergency shutdowns triggered by Russia’s systematic strikes on the country’s civilian energy infrastructure.
Even as Russian...
Fake: Ukrainian Soldiers Targeted Charlie Kirk’s Wife
The video is clearly staged: the purported «soldiers» speak with an exaggerated, affected accent that bears little resemblance to native speech. Similar fabricated clips...
Fake: Charlie Hebdo Mocked Macron’s Ukraine Policy and Pokrovsk Fighting
The covers are entirely fabricated; the French magazine has never published the cartoons in question.
Social media users have circulated a bogus cover purportedly from...
Fake: Bloomberg Published an Infographic Showing How Zelensky «Looted» France
Bloomberg did not post such an infographic.
An infographic with the Bloomberg logo has been shared online. In it the media allegedly compares the damage...
Fake: Ukrainian Gang Stole Chairs from Spanish Restaurants
The story is true. Yet none of the media publications mention the nationality of the perpetrators.
The pro-Russian social media spread the news that a...
Fake: Italian Landmark Collapsed Because Funds Were Diverted to Ukraine
A historic tower in central Rome did not collapse because Italy «sent all its money to Ukraine.» The medieval Torre dei Conti fell during...
Manipulation: Ukraine Lost a Billion Dollars by Signing a Contract With an «American Weapon...
The Financial Times did not write that Ukraine lost a billion dollars on this deal. The newspaper only reported on the arms supply contract...
Manipulation: Canada Backtracks on Plan to Send Repaired Armored Vehicles to Ukraine
Pro-Kremlin outlets have distorted the facts, portraying a routine contract adjustment as a sign that Ottawa is «abandoning» Kyiv. In truth, Canada remains a...
Fake: Kaia Kallas Wants to Make Budapest Unsuitable for Putin’s Arrival
The quote circulating online is fabricated and first appeared on a pro-Russian satirical channel. Kallas did indeed call the possibility of Putin’s arrival in...
Fake: There is No Evidence That the Russian Armed Forces Struck a Kindergarten in...
The fake about the alleged lack of evidence of the kindergarten strike is refuted by official data, photo, video materials and numerous eyewitness testimonies....