Russian TV Lies: Exchanged Russian Officers Did Not Ask for Clemency
Russia’s television network Channel Five broadcast a story in their May 29 weekly program about the exchange of Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko for two Russian officers captured in eastern Ukraine.
Fake: German Town of Quakenbrück To Recognize Crimea as Part of Russia
Russian media has devoted a great deal of attention to a German town called Quakenbrück in the northwestern Lower Saxony region.
StopFakeNews #84 with Brian Mefford
The latest edition of StopFake News with Brian Mefford. This week’s fakes include Russian claims that Ukrainian military pilot Nadiya Savchenko recently released from Russian detention vowed to “kill…
Fake: Ukrainian Amassing Military Hardware near Crimea
On May 27, citing an unnamed source Russian media reported that Ukraine was amassing troops on the demarcation line with Crimea.
Fake: Savchenko Writes Ukrainian Mein Kampf
Russian military channel Zvezda broadcast a news item claiming that recently released Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko has written a Ukrainian „Mein Kampf“.
Fake: Savchenko vows to “kill Russians”
Russian media are disseminating stories claiming that Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, who returned home after nearly two years of imprisonment in Russia, vowed to “continue killing Russians”.
Fake: Ukraine Turning into Europe’s Nuclear Dump
Russia’s official government publication Rossiyskaya Gazeta reports that Ukraine can potentially become a “nuclear dump” because of increased international financing for the construction of a spent nuclear fuel storage facility in the country.
Fake: Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Disbanding Maidan Investigative Group
Russian media reported that Ukraine’s newly appointed Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko is disbanding the special branch investigating events on the Maidan.
Fake: Dark Skinned Girl Wearing Ukrainian Embroidery Shunned
On May 19 Ukrainian television presenter Karolina Ashion declared on her Facebook page that a young Ukrainian girl was not allowed to participated in an embroidery show because of the color of her skin.
StopFakeNews #83 with Irena Chalupa
The latest edition of StopFake News with Irena Chalupa. This week’s fakes include Russian media claims the west is losing the information war, Russian sour grapes in the aftermath of Ukraine’s Eurovision song…