Fake: Ukrainian Military Using Phosphorous Bombs Against Russian Forces
Ukraine does not have any phosphorous bombs; they are banned by the Geneva Convention. NATO countries are not allowed to export such bombs. Russian...
Fake: Russian Missiles Hit Nuclear Waste Facility in Kyiv
A story about Russian missiles hitting a nuclear waste facility in Kyiv began circulating online after the State Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a report...
Fake: Dam Blocking Water to Crimea Blown Up
The photos used to illustrate this fake are not of the dam which actually cut off water supplies to Crimea. Tavriya Mayor Mykola Rizak...
Fake: Russia Does Not Threaten Ukraine’s Civilian Population
Russia is attacking civilian targets in Ukraine. Several residential buildings were damaged during the night and there are wounded.
The Kremlin propaganda machine is churning...
Photo Fake: Russia Takes Kharkiv
A photograph from 2014
Social media is abuzz with postings of a photo showing a man in camouflage raising the Russian flag over the entrance...
Fake: Ukrainian Military Massively Deserting
Citing the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) as their source, several Kremlin controlled media claimed today that Ukrainian soldiers were deserting en-masse.
“Scores of Ukrainian...
Fake: Ukrainian Joint Forces Base in Donbas Destroyed
On the morning of February 24 scores of pro-Kremlin publications announced that the Ukrainian Joint Armed Forces Donbas base was completely destroyed. The source...
Fake: Russians Land in Odesa, Mariupol, Kharkiv
The Ukrainian Military’s General Staff contradicts Russian reports that Russian troops have landed in Odesa, Mariupol and Kharkiv. Local residents also do not confirm...
Fake: Ukrainian Armed Forces Not Putting Up Fight in Face of Russian Invasion
Against the backdrop of a full scale Russian invasion, Russian media continue spreading disinformation, this time claiming that Ukrainian military is simply not putting...
Fake: OSCE Confirms Ukraine’s Military Violating International Humanitarian Laws
In the OSCE’s Daily Monitoring Mission reports there is absolutely no mention of Ukrainian servicemen violating any humanitarian laws.
On February 22 Russian propagandist media...