Fake: Peru Suspends Contract for Purchase of Ukrainian Aircraft

Lenta.ru, RIA Novosti, Vzglyad, AviaPort, Regnum and others are disseminating fake stories claiming that Peru’s Interior Ministry has suspended its contract with Ukraine for the purchase of Antonov AN-17aircraft for its national police.

Fake: Brussels falsifies and rewrites European history

Maria Zakharova, the spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs during the briefing on 27th August 2020 in Moscow stated that the traditional statement of the European Commission on the…

Fake: NATO Troops in Ukraine Illegally – It’s an Occupation

NATO troops are in Ukraine in accordance with the country’s laws. The presence of all foreign troops at any given time in Ukraine is strictly regulated by legislation, the dates are determined well in advance, and all equipment is approved prior to the actual exercises.

Fake: EU Demands Control over Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Bodies

Russian and Ukrainian news sites featured stories this week claiming that Western creditors were displeased with Ukraine and wanted to control Kyiv’s anti-corruption initiatives.

Fake: According to Sergey Lavrov Russia is not a side in the armed conflict...

In the interview on 21st August 2020 for the newspaper “Trud” Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov stated that Russian-EU relations leave much to be desired because of the European Union, because…

Fake: Accident at the Rivne Nuclear Power Plant, Evacuations Underway

On September 23 various social media networks featured claims of radioactive fallout at the Rivne nuclear power plant in western Ukraine resulting in the evacuation of people in the town of Varash.

Manipulation: Ukrainian Military Bombed Snizhne

Russian and pro-Kremlin media Pro Donbas, Monitor.UA, Komsomolskaya Pravda, Donetskoye Agentstvo Novostey, Antifascist and others have marked the sixth anniversary of the bombing of Snizhne, a town in Donetsk…

Fake: Ukraine Throws Russian Language Teachers Behind Bars

Russian media reacted to the detention of teacher Tatyana Kuzmych in the Black Sea port of Kherson by declaring that Ukraine was beginning punitive actions aimed at eradicating the Russian language in the country.

Fake: Ukrainian Military Abandon Positions after Separatist Issued Ultimatum

In fact, Ukrainian military continue to remain at their positions. Ukrainian, Russian and pro-Kremlin media all disseminated stories claiming that Ukrainian armed forces had abandoned their fortified positions…

Fake: Ukraine to Be Bridgehead for US Nuclear Strike on Russia

Russian media reacted to the recent presence of US military aircraft in Ukrainian airspace by claiming that the flights were practice runs for an air attack in which Ukraine would serve as a bridgehead for an American nuclear strike against Russia.