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The E!News portal never published such a story, and the widely circulated news is fake, debunked by both the media and the celebrities who visited Ukraine. Social media users, along with Russian media, are spreading claims that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) allegedly funded visits by Hollywood stars to Ukraine during the war. […]

The «news» story circulating online is fabricated to discredit USAID. Bloomberg has not published such stories on its website or social networks. General Brown Jr. has also not made such statements. Social media users are sharing a 40-second video with the Bloomberg logo, which claims that between 2020 and 2022, the United States Agency for […]

By EUvsDisinfo Putin is angling for another high-profile sit-down with Trump, but this time, the location and stakes are different. Behind the diplomatic bravado, we see a familiar playbook of strategic flattery, poorly veiled ultimatums, and lies after lies. The Kremlin is practically giddy with anticipation about a possible summit between Vladimir Putin and Donald […]

The social media company’s widespread overhaul of its content moderation policies will have a real-world negative impact, embolden authoritarian regimes, and put its own users at risk By Mark Scott, for DFRLab On January 7, 2025, Meta announced a wholesale change to how the company polices harmful, illegal and divisive content on Facebook and Instagram. The […]

A real estate company that sold the villa in October denied any connection between the buyer and Ukraine and refuted claims that a bunker was being built on the property Russian sources have spread a story claiming that Volodymyr Zelensky, through a shell company Aldorante LTD, has purchased a luxurious villa on the French island […]

By EUvsDisinfo Every year, shortly before midnight on 31 December, Vladimir Putin tells Russians that better times lie ahead, everything is going to be all right and Russia has only grown stronger in the last few years. In reality, his full-scale invasion of Ukraine approaches its third anniversary and the Russian economy is in serious trouble. Rather than the […]

The Los Angeles Fire Department made a small donation of unusable equipment back in March 2022. It contained helmets, gloves, boots, medicines — not the powerful machinery needed to fight a fire of this scale. American entrepreneur John LeFevre published an angry post on the social network X (Twitter), in which he implied that the […]

By Serhii Kuzan, for UkraineAlert With Donald Trump set to return to the White House in the coming weeks, speculation is mounting that Ukraine and Russia may soon begin serious peace negotiations. However, there is very little sign that Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to abandon his goal of subjugating Ukraine. Instead, the peace […]

The date on the screenshot circulating online is the result of a common technical glitch in Google search results when retrieving posts from Reddit. In reality, the photo was published on the site on December 26, 2024. Several pro-Russian sources claimed that the news about the Ukrainian military capturing the first North Korean soldier was […]

The main part of President Zelensky’s speech took place against the backdrop of the Mother Ukraine monument, which was illuminated in the colors of the Ukrainian flag. The monument was lit in the colors of flags of other countries when the President spoke about Ukraine’s allies during the war, including the United States. Russian media […]

By Joshua Stein, for UkraineAlert Russian President Vladimir Putin has been accused of antisemitism after claiming that “ethnic Jews” are seeking to “tear apart” the Russian Orthodox Church. The Russian leader’s controversial statements, which came during his annual end-of-year press conference in Moscow on December 19, were the latest in a series of similar outbursts since the […]

By EUvsDisinfo As Poland prepares to take on the presidency of the EU Council on 1 January 2025, it continues to face intense disinformation attacks from top-level Russian officials and pro-Kremlin outlets. Much of the Russian disinformation spread by the Polish edition of Pravda throughout 2024 can be summarised by three narratives. Firstly, Poland is […]

The Russian-Ukrainian war continues, and the Kremlin’s demand for propaganda efforts remains consistently high. The main mistake may be underestimating the power of propaganda and its significant impact on the moods within Ukraine, in Europe, and the world at large. Certain propaganda trends emerged as early as 2022-2023, and some have become noticeable today. Constantly […]