Fake from Russian Foreign Minister: Yarosh Becomes Poroshenko Adviser
The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, falsely stated on Dmitry Kiselyov’s program, “Vesti Nedeli,” that Right Sector leader Dmytro Yarosh had become an adviser to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
Fake: Five Indian Airplanes Falsely Reported Missing in Ukraine
Russian mass media falsely report that five Indian airplanes have gone missing during an upgrade in Ukraine. The airplanes, An-32s, were to be upgraded by the Ukrainian state-owned Antonov plant under a 2009 service contract.
Staged April Fool’s Day Prank: Protesters Throw Manure at U.S. Embassy in Kyiv
On April 3, the Lifenews website published the headline: “Protesters Throw Manure at U.S. Embassy in Kyiv. The story goes on to report that about two and a half thousand Ukrainians surrounded the U.S.
Fake: American Tanks Found in Donbas
The website for Zvezda, the television channel of the Russian Defense Ministry, incorrectly reported a news item entitled “American Military Machinery Fires at the Outskirts of Mariupol.
Fake: Drunken Poroshenko Gives Soccer Ball to Legless Soldier
Several Russian media news sources, including Moskovskij Komsomolets and the Russian Defense Ministry’s channel Zvezda, mistakenly reported that the President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, allegedly “lost…
Fake: Maidan Activist Looking for Work in Russia
Since March 27, some Russian and Ukrainian media have falsely reported that Maidan activist Olga Znachkova is now looking for work in Russia.
Russian Mass Media Distort Comments by Kyiv Patriarch
On March 25, the Russian state television channel Russia-1, in its news program Vesti, falsely reported that the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church “had called for killing residents of Donbas.
Fake: Obama Bans Balalaikas in the U.S. till 2020
Beginning on March 22, a number of Russian media falsely reported that U.S. President Barack Obama prolonged a decree that bans balalaikas in the United States until 2020.
“Mass Riots” In Odessa Turn Out To Be Staged
Several Russian media misleadingly published reports on March 21 about "Odessa against repression" protesters that blocked a street in Odessa and turned over a car.
Fake: Journalist Nataliya Gumenyuk Suggests Depriving Ukrainians of Voting Rights
On March 14, the Russian channel Lifenews published false information about Ukrainian journalist Nataliya Gumenyuk.