Fake: Glory to Ukraine is a Nazi Greeting
Russian propagandist site RT (Formerly Russia Today) published a story claiming that the Ukrainian popular greeting – Glory to Ukraine! – is “a well-known slogan used by World War II Nazi collaborators”.
Fake: Ukraine a US Biological Testing Site
Scores of Russian media disseminated stories this week claiming that the US were conducting secret biological experiments in Ukraine resulting in some of the recent outbreaks of certain diseases in the country.
StopFake #146 with Matt Kriteman
The latest edition of StopFake News with Matt Kriteman. Among the disinformation debunked this week: Ukrainian independence is a sham!
Fake: Medical Genocide in Ukraine
Russian Defense Ministry’s television channel Zvezda published a story on its web site claiming that Ukraine is killing its citizens by depriving them of medical help.
Fake: There Is No Ukrainian Independence, No Achievements in 26 Years
Russian pro-Kremlin media generally roll out a larger than normal amount of fakes to mark Ukraine’s August 24 Independence Day holiday.
Fake: Ukrainian Veterans Not Allowed In Poland
Two months ago StopFake debunked a fake claim that Poland would not allow entry to Ukrainian veterans who fought against Russian forces in the Donbas.
StopFake #145 with Luc Chenier
The latest edition of StopFake News with Kyiv Post CEO Luc Chenier. Among the disinformation debunked is a story a fringe American web site claiming that the US supports right radicals and fascists in Ukraine…
US Condemns Right Radicals in Charlottesville but Supports them In Ukraine
Charlottesville’s recent white supremacist march has inspired a journalist at a marginal US web site to pen an article claiming that the US condemns right wing extremists at home, but supports them in Ukraine and Syria.
Fake: Ukraine’s Navy Ceases to Exist
Russian pro-Kremlin site Ukraina.ru ran a story this week claiming that Ukraine’s former naval commander had announced that the country’s fleet had ceased to exist.
Fake: Luhansk Facing Environmental Disaster Because Of Ukrainian Military Deforestation
The so-called Luhansk People’s Republic, one of the self-proclaimed separatist entities in eastern Ukraine is disseminating fakes claiming that Ukrainian military are illegally logging the area’s forests, thereby setting the region on a toward an environmental catastrophe.