Fake: Ukrainian Army Deploys Polish Soldiers to Donbas

NATO-equipped Polish mercenaries deployed to Donbas – this headline was emblazoned across several separatist web sites last week, (Regnum, Novorossia, Luganskyi Informacionnyi Centr, News Front).

Mass Shooting in Crimea: Russia Blames Ukraine

The October 17 shooting at a college in Kerch in Crimea claimed 21 lives according to Russian authorities, 50 students were wounded.

Manipulation: Tiny Turkish Orthodox Church Demands Legal Action against Constantinople Patriarch for Ukraine’s Autocephaly

The decision by Orthodox Patriarch Barthalomew to grant the Ukrainian Orthodox Church independence has raised the ire of the Russian Orthodox Church and the country’s politicians who have been actively seeking allies in their cause against such a move.

Fake: Ukraine’s Military Preparing Sabotage in Crimea

Ukraine’s military are planning acts of sabotage in Russian-annexed Crimea declared Russian media on October 11.

StopFake #205 with Marko Suprun

Fake: National Security chief urges Ukraine to prepare for war with Russia. President Poroshenko orders open fire in Donbas. Southeastern city of Dnipro strongly pro-Russian.

Manipulation: President Poroshenko Deprived of Verona Honorary Citizen Status because of Stolen Paintings

Verona’s legislators stripped Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko of his Honorary Citizen status because of his “selfish intentions”.

Manipulation: Poroshenko Orders Open Fire in Donbas

Ukraine’s Commander in Chief President Petro Poroshenko allegedly ordered an offensive in Russian occupied Donbas in order to save lives.

Fake: Dnipro on the Verge of Russian World

Referring to the documentary film The Battle for Dnipro by Estonian journalist Krister Paris, pro-Kremlin online publication Ukraina.ru declared that the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro (formerly…

StopFake #204 with Marko Suprun

Fake: Children killed by Ukrainian mines in Donbas. IMF policies deprive Ukrainians of their land. Norwegian diplomats recognize Crimea as Russian.

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 war with Russia.