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This week, Zoe Ripecky, a Fulbright Fellow in Kyiv, guest hosts StopFakeNews. Among this week’s fakes, the U.S.

Russian and separatist media falsely reported that the 72nd Brigade of the Ukrainian armed forces had left its deployment position and had prepared to march on Kyiv to rally against President Petro Poroshenko.

On November 3, the REGNUM news agency’s website posted an article entitled “Kerry’s Statement – the USA Recognized Their Defeat in Ukraine. It reports that U.S.

Ukrainian and Russian media have been falsely reporting about a new draft law that would require prison sentences for those who criticize Ukrainian government officials.

This week, Austin Charron guest hosts StopFake News. Russian and pro-Russian media falsely report that Ukrainian citizens will soon be trained to take part in Syria’s civil war.

Russian media falsely reported that the 2015 Ukrainian local elections saw a record number of violations. They cited the Committee of Voters of Ukraine, a non-governmental organization that had registered violations during the last Ukrainian elections, as their source.

On October 29, social networks posted a fake photo of what was presented as the Library of Ukrainian Literature in Moscow.

Russian and pro-Russian media have been falsely reporting that Ukrainian citizens will be trained to take part in Syria’s civil war. They have based this information solely on a forged document.

This week Euan MacDonald, a Kyiv Post editor, is the StopFake News guest anchor. The news website Russkaya Vesna falsely reported that Angela Merkel predicted there would be no future investment coming into Ukraine.

This week some Russian media incorrectly reported that after the signing of European Union Association Agreement, Ukraine would be obliged to return former Polish lands.