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Officials from the separatist Luhansk National Republic announced that Ukrainian military barred OSCE Special Monitoring Mission observers from entering the town of Druzhba in Luhansk province.

The latest edition of StopFake News with public policy and electoral consultant Michael Getto. Among this week’s fakes, more claims that southern Ukraine is a training ground for ISIS fighters, Spanish media…

The Russian publication Lenta.ru published a manipulative news story claiming that Ukraine has issued a new coin in which the Crimean peninsula is pictured as leaving Ukraine on train wheels.

On August 4 scores of Spanish publications circulated a story about Ukrainian footballer Roman Zozulya claiming he arrived in Seville wearing a t-shirt with the logo of the Right Sector party, a radical right Ukrainian party.

Russian television program Vesti and its corresponding web site reported this week that international observers have verified that Ukraine is ignoring the Minsk agreement.

The latest edition of StopFake News with political consultant Brian Mefford. Among this week’s fakes, sanctions, Belgium and the Finnish farmer, claims Ukraine is soliciting funds to help finance Eurovision 2017 and more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYzdjrsNsc4&feature=youtu.be

A group of French parliamentarians recently visited the Crimean peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014. The visit was not official and did not have the authorization of the French parliament.

At the end of July several Russian sites ran stories devoted to one of their favorite disinformation topics, that Ukraine is a training ground for Islamic State fighters.

Earlier this week, Russia’s newspaper of record Izvestia announced that the Belgian parliament was poised to consider a resolution aimed at lifting sanctions against Russia.

Russian website Ukraina.ru ran a story about Ukraine’s preparation for the 2017 Eurovision song contest in which it implied that Kyiv is soliciting funds for the event and going around the world with an extended hand.