Fake: Former U.S. Secretary Slams Ukraine’s “Coup d’etat”
Various websites and social networks have falsely reported that former U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul Henry O'Neill had recently spoken out against the “coup d’etat"...
Fake: Germany to Send Bombers to Syria
Russian media is claiming that Germany will be sending its bombers to Syria to support France.
Gazeta.ru reports: “Germany will send Tornado bombers to Syria...
Sputnik Distorts Remarks to U.S. Senate Committee
On November 18, the English-language edition of Sputnik incorrectly reported that a committee of the U.S. Senate had been informed that the U.S. was...
Fake: Ukrainian Soldiers in Syria
Russian media and the former Internal Affairs Minister of Ukraine, Vitaliy Zakharchenko, have resurrected a debunked story about Ukrainian soldiers being sent to Syria.
The...
Fake: Poroshenko Orders Total Blokade against Crimea
On November 22, Ukraina.ru falsely reported that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko had decided to “completely block up the Crimea” by putting a stop to...
Fake: Graves of ATO Soldiers Bulldozed
Ukrainian and Russian media recently posted a false report that a bulldozer had destroyed the graves of thirty-three Ukrainian soldiers who had died during...
Fake: Yatsenyuk Turns down Debt Restructuring Proposal
Ukrainian, Russian, and European media misleadingly reported that Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk had turned down a recent Russian proposal to restructure $3 billion...
Fake: Ukrainian Men Forbidden to Leave the Country
On November 19, Ukrainian and Russian media falsely reported that Ukraine men under the age of forty-five would be forbidden from leaving Ukraine as...
Photo Fake: Ukrainian Tanks Gathering in ATO Area
On November 14, the Russian website Vesti.ru reported that the Ukrainian armed forces had moved the line demarcating their anti-terrorist operations (ATO) closer to...
StopFakeNews #60 with Charles Bonds
This week, Charles Bonds, a doctoral candidate at Indiana University, guest hosts StopFake news. Among this week's fakes, Russian media reports of an upcoming...