Fake: Kyiv to Cull Stray Dogs for Eurovision Song Contest
At the end of January the Eurovision Song Contest’s official German language site published a story claiming that Kyiv authorities were planning a massive culling of stray dogs in the Ukrainian capital before the May 2017 song contest.
Fake: Turkey Building New Caliphate in South Ukraine
Russia’s notorious Life news has called the planned Turkish construction of housing for Crimean Tatars displaced by Russia’s annexation of Crimea a New Caliphate project.
Ukrainian Football for a Strong United Ukraine
Ukrainian football fans have been very active in Ukrainian politics since the Maydan revolution and they have taken a strong stand against Russia’s incursion into eastern Ukraine and its annexation of Crimea.
Fake: Poroshenko Calls for Ending Russia Sanctions
This week Russian media declared that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko was calling for western sanctions imposed against Russia to be lifted.
StopFakeNews #118 with Cynthia Sularz
The latest edition of StopFake News with Cynthia Sularz. This week’s fakes include renewed accusations of neo-Nazism against Ukrainian footballer Roman Zozulya, claims that Russian separatists regained control…
Spanish Media Again Accuse Ukrainian Footballer of Nazism
Spanish media are once again rife with stories accusing Ukrainian footballer Roman Zozulya of Nazism. StopFake already debunked similar accusations six months ago, when Spanish media claimed that the Ukraine’s…
Fake: Kyiv Government Admits City Smog Caused by Low Grade Coal
The Ukrainian newspaper Vesti published a story this week claiming that the recent smog enveloping Ukraine’s capital Kyiv was by caused by the city’s power plants using low grade coal.
Fake: Separatists Regain Control of Avdiivka
Russian Defense Ministry television channel Zvezda declared this week that the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic had retaken Avdiivka, a town in Donetsk oblast close to Russian separatist occupied territory.
StopFakeNews #117 with Nina Jankowicz
The latest edition of StopFake News with Nina Jankowicz. This week’s fakes include Ukraine‘s New Holiday – Day of the Avenger, Kyiv’s new language law will completely ban Russian, Ukrainian naval ships freeze…
Fake: UN Gives Russia Right to Seize Ukraine in 2014
This week Russian media site Polit Online published a story claiming that the United Nations, responding to a request by former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych from 2014 calling for Russian troops to enter Ukraine, gave Russia permission to capture Ukraine.