Fake: National Security Chief Urges Ukraine to Prepare for War with Russia

Russian Defense Ministry television channel Zvezda published a news story claiming that Ukraine’s National Security Council Secretary Oleksander Turchynov urged Ukrainians to prepare for...

Fake: Soldiers and Children Dying in Donbas because of Ukrainian Mines

On October 1, 2018 the deputy commander of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) operational command Eduard Basurin announced that as a result of...

Fake: Norwegian Diplomats Recognize Crimea as Russian

A diplomatic delegation from Norway arrived with an official visit to Crimea declared scores of Russian headlines on October 3. RIA Novosti, Channel Five,...

StopFake #203 with Marko Suprun

Fake: Kyiv gives up Crimea. Hungarian Foreign Minister threatens Ukraine with NATO troops. Ukraine responsible for dangerous emissions in Crimea. Ukrainian President’s wife finds...

Fake: Kyiv Lacks Money to Pay Pensions in Occupied Territories

Kyiv can’t pay pensions to people in the Luhansk and Donetsk occupied territories because of lack of funds, declared Russian and separatist media this...

Fake: IMF Policies Deprive Ukrainians of their Land

“The people will be left without land” is one of Moscow’s favorite scare narratives about International Monetary Fund policies in Ukraine. This week saw...

Fake: Hungarian Foreign Minister Threatens Ukraine with NATO Troops

This week several Ukrainian and Russian sites disseminated fakes claiming that the Hungarian foreign minister threatened Ukraine with NATO troops. In reality Hungary’s Foreign...

Fake: Ukrainian President’s Wife Finds True Ukrainian Identity Only in the US

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s wife Marina allegedly said that true Ukrainian identity is found in the United States. This claim was disseminated by the...

Fake: Protective Levee on Ukrainian Territory Damaged

Scores of Russian media reported this week that a levee on Ukrainian territory separating lake Sivash from an acid waste accumulator facility belonging to...

StopFake #202 with Marko Suprun

Fake: Kyiv ignores Minsk agreement meeting. Russian language banned in Lviv.Ukraine’s Procurator General swayed by protests. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5On-cww-g1Y&feature=youtu.be