Fake: Ukrainian Currency’s Collapse “Greatly Exaggerated”
Russian media have interpreted the recent currency fluctuation in Ukraine as a complete collapse of the national currency, the hryvnia. The recent nationalization of...
Fake Videos Illustrate Renewed Fighting in Russian Separatist Occupied Eastern Ukraine
Scores of Ukrainian and Russian media published a video this week of what purports to be a battle between Ukrainian military and Russian separatists...
StopFakeNews #113 with Romeo Kokriatski
The latest edition of StopFake News with Romeo Kokriatski. Among the disinformation debunked this week: unhappy with Ukraine, Washington looks to replace President Poroshenko,...
Fake: “Slut” Café Opens in Lviv
Russian and Ukrainian media were up in arms last week about a new café that allegedly opened in Lviv with the scandalous name “First...
Fake: Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry Accuses EU of Betrayal
Russian media this week declared that Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry accused the European Union of betrayal. Russia’s official news agency RIA Novosti, Vesti and Ukraina.ru...
Fake: Ukrainian Army Tank Crushes Car with Passenger
Last November scores of Russian media reported that a Ukrainian army tank crushed a civilian car with three passengers in southeastern Ukraine. The source...
StopFakeNews #112 with Brian Bonner
The latest edition of StopFake News with Kyiv Post chief editor Brian Bonner. Among the disinformation debunked this week are claims about Eurovision 2017...
Fake: US Unhappy with Ukraine, Looking for Poroshenko Replacement
Scores of Russian and Ukrainian media disseminated a story alleging that Washington is dissatisfied with the Ukrainian government and is looking to replace President...
Fake: Eurovision to Be Moved to Moscow
Russia’s television station Dozhd has joined the chorus of Russian media speculating about the possibility of the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest being held in...
TASS Manipulates German Foreign Minister’s Position on Ukraine-Russia war in Eastern Ukraine
Last week Russia’s official news agency TASS equated Ukraine and Russia as mutually ignoring the conditions of the Minsk ceasefire agreement in Russian separatist...