Fake: Ukrainian Drone Damaged Portuguese F-16s at Estonian Air Base
No such incident occurred. Neither NATO nor Estonia reported any airspace violation on August 6, any drone shootdown, or any damage to aircraft. The...
Manipulation: Die Zeit Says Ukraine May Have Staged a False-Flag Operation at Leipzig Airport
The Die Zeit article being cited contains no claim that Ukraine is responsible for launching drones at Leipzig Airport. The piece notes that German...
Fake: Zelensky’s Daughter Attacked a Waiter at Upscale London Restaurant
The story was invented by the Foundation to Battle Injustice, a propaganda organization created by Yevgeny Prigozhin. The photograph of the injured waiter was...
AI-Fake: Ukraine Receives Bodies of 1,210 Fallen Soldiers
The image circulating online was generated using artificial intelligence. No such repatriation of bodies took place on August 6, as the Ministry of Internal...
Fake: Italian Mafia Is Buying Ukrainian Drones on the Black Market
In reality, Palermo prosecutor Maurizio de Lucia spoke about drones "of the type used in the war in Ukraine," not about aircraft supplied to...
Manipulation: The Scale of Europe’s Wildfires Was Caused by EU Sanctions Against Russia
Russian propaganda outlets are circulating claims that the scale of the wildfires in France and Spain was caused by EU sanctions against Russia. Europe,...
Fake: Stolen Lalique Pendant Found on Olena Zelenska
The BBC published no such report. In the original footage of Olena Zelenska's arrival at the Élysée Palace, she is wearing no pendant whatsoever...
Fake: Poland’s Intelligence Service Named Ukraine a ‘New Threat’ to Eastern Europe
Poland's Foreign Intelligence Agency published no such report or statement. The fake is built on an anonymous video bearing an unidentifiable logo, with footage...
Fake: France’s Army Would Last Just Seven Days Against Russia, Statista Says
Neither Statista nor the Institute for the Study of War published any such study. The infographic circulating online is a forgery built on Statista's...
Fake: Almost All of Europe Fought Alongside Nazi Germany Against the USSR
In reality, only six European governments fought alongside the Third Reich in the war against the USSR. The majority of the continent's countries were...