Fake: Bulgaria’s Parliament Recognizes Crimea as Part of Russia
On February 13, Russian mass media (rusnovosti.ru, mignews.ru, and lenta.ru) reported that Bulgaria had recognized Crimea and Sevastopol as parts of Russia.
In fact, this...
Fake: David Bowie to Give Concert in Donetsk in Support of Novorossia
On February 15, the Ukrainian internet site Alisa once again raised the possibility that David Bowie was considering giving a concert in Donetsk. Last...
Fake: Obama Signs Law on the Privatization of the Ukrainian Energy Sector
Germany’s “Deutsche Wirtschafts Nachrichten” published an article about a law (HR5859) that has been signed by U.S. President Barack Obama, claiming that the law...
Weekly newscast from StopFake team. Number 47 (dubbed)
StopFakeNews #47
The shelling of Kramatorsk, Putin’s pencil, and Yarosh’s two rogue battalions.
In this issue: It is falsely claimed that Dmytro Yarosh announces his battalions...
Yarosh Did Not Announce that His Battalions Continued Attacking after the Ceasefire Had Been...
Russian mass media – including RIA Novosti, Lifenews, and RT – stated that “ Yarosh and two of his battalions were advancing on Debaltseve.”...
No Evidence Found to Support that Soldiers Killed in Donbas Are Buried in Rostov-on-Don...
On January 28, the Ukrainian site Glavred published an article entitled, “Russians Bury Soldiers Killed on Donbas as ‘Surgical Waste’ in Rostov-on-Don.”
The journalists refer...
LifeNews’ Fake: The Ukrainian Defense Ministry Acknowledges Failure of Mobilization
On February 2, 2015, Russia’s LifeNews television channel broke the news that Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak had confirmed the failure of the country’s...
Fake: Captured Military Man Tries to Erase “Banderivets” Tattoo
On February 2, the Russian TV channel Zvezda informed viewers that a captured Ukrainian soldier was caught attempting to scratch a tattoo off with...
RT Mistakenly Includes Finland as a Member of NATO
On February, 6 the RT website published an article with the headline “Putin Meets Merkel, Hollande behind Closed Doors in Moscow.”
The article claims that...
Tymchuk Denies so-called DPR Media Claim that He Is Protecting His Son from Conscription
The Russian site dnrtv.ru has alleged that a son of Ukrainian Parliament member and coordinator of the Informational Resistance group, Dmytro Tymchuk, protected his...