Monday, August 18, 2025

Nemtsov report ​offers darkest portrait yet of Russia’s war against Ukraine

Russian opposition activists have released a report started by the late Boris Nemtsov detailing Russia's military aggression in Ukraine. It provides perhaps the darkest picture...

Kremlin Press Office Edits Merkel’s Statement about the Annexation of Crimea and War on...

On May 10, Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel held a joint press conference in Moscow. During the event, the Kremlin’s...

Fake: Ukraine Cancels Victory Day, Plans to Dismantle Vatutin Monument

On May 9, Russia 24 and Russia 1 broadcast a 26-minutes film “The Last Battle. Film 2. Special Coverage by Anna Afanasieva.” It contains...

Fake: Ukrainian Military Beat Andrey Makarevich at Kharkiv Concert

Russian and other media have falsely reported that Ukrainian soldiers recently beat Russian singer Andrey Makarevich. According to the reports, the incident allegedly took...

Fake: U.S. Ambassador in Kyiv Considers St. George’s Ribbon a Russian Army Insignia

The television channel Russia 24, during its “Vesti” program, incorrectly reported on May 8 that Geoffrey Pyatt, the U.S. Ambassador in Kyiv, allegedly declared...

Fake: World War II Veteran Beaten in Kyiv

Several media related to the separatist movement in east Ukraine falsely reported that, on May 6, nationalists had severely beaten a certain Zinaida Serheyevna,...

Pro-Russian Videos Get Fake Views With Help From Malware

Some pro-Russian videos appear to have gone viral, and not in a good sense. Motherboard reports that a group of unknown hackers has been...

Fake: Lviv Urges Recognition of the Crimea and Donbas as Territories of Russia

Russian media falsely reported that deputies of the Lviv regional council demanded that Ukraine’s leadership recognize the Crimea and Donbas as territories of Russia....

Aric Toler, Bellingcat: The question should be “why has it taken so long to...

What is wrong with a new Russian 'leaked' report concerning Malaysia Airlines Boeing crash? StopFake.org talked to Aric Toler, contributor at bellingcat.com. Aric, you mentioned...

Fake: Veterans Exchange Medals for Food in Chernigiv

Several Russian sites, Antifascist and Pravda.ru in particular, falsely claimed that volunteers in Chernigiv collected medals of Ukrainian World War II veterans in exchange...