Fake: Kyiv Uses Pentagon Help against Donbas Civilian Population
One of the Kremlin’s official mouthpieces RT featured an article earlier this month claiming that the Pentagon’s $250 million security assistance package for Ukraine amounted to “interference in the Donbas…
A Tax on Murder in Ukraine: StopFakeNews with Marko Suprun (No. 289)
Fake: Ukraine to revise the EU Association Agreement because of unequal terms. Ukraine’s “murder” tax. Crimean Tatars were deported in 1944 for treason and deserting the Red Army.
A new game plays with ideas about how disinformation works in East Africa
Disinformation — intentionally “fake news” — is a chronic problem everywhere in the world, but the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated information overload.
Fake: Ukraine Gives Nearly Half its Budget to Western Creditors
As a result of Ukraine’s political cooperation with the International Monetary Fund, this year Ukraine’s servicing of its public debt rose to 45% of the country’s total budget expenditures announced the pro-Kremlin publication Politnavigator.
Fake: Death at Checkpoint Caused by Ukrainian “Provocation”
The Russian pro-Kremlin publication NewsFront called the recent death of a 59 year old man at the Mar’inka checkpoint between Ukraine and Russian occupied eastern Donbas a “provocation orchestrated by Ukraine and the UN Mission”.
Color Revolution in the USA: StopFakeNews with Marko Suprun (No. 288)
Fake: Kyiv is blackmailing the West because of Crimea. Mykolayiv shipbuilding plant being cup for scrap metal.
Fake: Kyiv Hid Primary MH17 Data from Investigation
Last week several pro-Kremlin media outlets published stories claiming that Kyiv had intentionally hidden radar data in the case of the Malaysian MH17 airliner which was shot down over occupied eastern Ukraine in July 2014.
Fake: US to Bomb Siberia According to Ukrainian Plan
Ukraine has developed a plan to strike Siberia and the Arctic with the United States carrying out the bombing of these Russian territories, announced the pro-Kremlin Russian orthodox web publication Tsargrad.
Fake: Mykolayiv Shipbuilding Plant Cut for Scrap Metal
The Ocean shipbuilding plant based in Mykolayiv is being cut down for scrap metal announced the Russian site Antifascist this week, fake news that was quickly picked up and further disseminated by Facebook.
Coronavirus Discrimination in Ukraine: StopFakeNews with Marko Suprun (No. 287)
Fake: UN Security Council hosts honest dialogue with Russia about Crimea. Russia cares more about Crimean Tatars than Ukraine.