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...
Chechen’s Comments Manipulated to Prove Murder of Donbas Civilians
By taking a comment entirely out of context, separatist and Russian media reported on July 24 that pro-Kyiv Chechens fighting in eastern Ukraine allegedly...
Fake: Saakashvili’s Adviser Has Israeli Citizenship
Separatist sites have distorted comments made by Mariya Gaidar, the newly appointed Deputy Governor of Odesa Oblast, about her application for Israeli citizenship. The...
Fake: American Missiles Found in Luhansk
On July 22, Russian and separatist media falsely reported that American surface-to-air missiles had been found in a Luhansk airport storehouse. News agencies cited...
Fake: OSCE Claims Donetsk Shelled by Ukrainian Army
On July 21, Russian and Ukrainian media wrongly reported that the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission had concluded that Donetsk’s center had been shelled on...
Fake: Donetsk Doctors Refuse to Treat Wounded Ukrainian Soldier
On July 6, the Ukrainian STB television channel falsely reported on the medical mistreatment of Ukrainian soldier Roman Kapatsiy, who had been recently released...
Fake: Members of the Right Sector Were Attacked by Helicopter Fire in Zakarpattia Oblast
On July 18 some Ukrainian mass media, mainly from Zakarpattia Oblast, wrote: “Zakarpattia Oblast turns into the area of combat operations. Today, at about...
Fake: Memorial Plaque Destroyed in Kyiv
Ukrainian and Russian media falsely reported that a memorial plaque commemorating Oles Buzyna, a political writer and journalist who was murdered in Kyiv in...