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...
Fake: OSCE Confirms Shelling of Donetsk by Ukrainian Army
The Russian television network Zvezda has falsely reported that the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine has confirmed the bombardment of Donetsk’s Kuibyshevskyi district...
Fake: Korban Admits Guilt in Odesa Fire
On November 7 and 8, Russian and separatist media falsely reported that Ukrainian politician Gennady Korban and his colleague Ihor Kolomoyskyi had claimed responsibility...
StopFakeNews #59 with Zoe Ripecky
This week, Zoe Ripecky, a Fulbright Fellow in Kyiv, guest hosts StopFakeNews. Among this week’s fakes, the U.S. Secretary of State admits “defeat” in...