TSN Falsely Claims that OSCE Confirms Use of Phosphorus Bombs in Donbas
On August 9, the Television Service of News (TSN), part of Ukraine’s television channel 1+1, falsely reported that the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) of...
Fake Photo Used to Depict Almaty Scuffle
On August 8-9, Ukrainian media used a fake photograph to illustrate a story about a scuffle that allegedly took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
A Facebook...
Fake: Maria Gaidar Accuses Saakashvili of Rape
Russian media falsely reported that Odessa Deputy Governor Maria Gaidar had accused Governor Mikheil Saakashvili of rape. The Optimist site, which gave BBC as...
Fake: Bukovinian Romanians Demand Autonomy
In late July, Russian and Ukrainian media falsely reported that the self-described Assembly of Bukovina Romanians in Chernivtsi had demanded autonomy and a special...
Zvezda Falsifies Video of Horlivka Shelling
On August 1, Russian state television channel Zvezda posted a fake video on their website depicting the shelling of Horlivka by Ukraine’s National Guard,...
Fake: NASA Recognizes Crimea as Part of Russia
On July 25, NASA Leaks published a video on YouTube entitled “NASA_It must be the most beautiful sky in the world.” The bizarre 26-second...
Fake: Ukrainian Prime Minister Hospitalized after Nervous Breakdown
On July 29-30, Russian media falsely reported that Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk had been taken to a Kyiv hospital after suffering a nervous...
Fake: Poroshenko Announces that Ukrainian Policy Should Align with Russia
On July 23, the Russian site Optimist falsely reported that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko had told the Israeli television network Arutz 10 that Ukrainian...
Fake: GRU Forces Exchanged for Ukrainian Security Officers
On July 27, gazeta.ru falsely reported that two Russian fighters from the GRU (the Russian military intelligence special forces), Alexander Alexandrov and Evgeny Erofeyev,...
Fake: Poroshenko on the Unity of Russia and Ukraine
In June 2015, several Russian and pro-Russian media falsely reported that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told Ukrainian Radio First Channel: “No doubts that the...