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This is false. The video circulating online merely imitates Le Point’s visual branding and is being used to push a longstanding Russian narrative about an alleged mass deployment of French nationals in the war against Russia. Russian propaganda outlets are circulating a video bearing the logo of French outlet Le Point that claims France’s Foreign […]

The images being circulated online were generated using artificial intelligence. Following the Russian strike on Kyiv in the early hours of June 15th, during which the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra was among the sites damaged, propaganda began sharing a conspiracy theory: even though photographing missile impacts in Ukraine is prohibited, the moment of the strike on the […]

Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) published photographs from the site where a drone struck the roof of the Dormition Cathedral. Based on analysis of the recovered fragments, the SBU determined that Russia struck the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra using a Geran-2 drone, the Russian variant of the Iranian Shahed kamikaze drone. Eyewitnesses confirmed it was a direct strike […]

It’s important to distinguish between a genuine military alliance and the picture-perfect imagery of authoritarian propaganda. By Mathieu Boulègue, for CEPA Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Beijing on May 19-20 during a highly publicized two-day summit. The pair announced some 40 new agreements, including a symbolic “declaration on the formation of […]

AFP published no such video. No credible international or Ukrainian outlet reported on such incidents either. The fake is part of a systematic Kremlin campaign to discredit Ukrainian refugees in allied countries. A video bearing the logo of Agence France-Presse (AFP) is being circulated in the pro-Russian segments of the internet, claiming that a group […]

The circulating chart was digitally manipulated. No credible source contains material corroborating the claims spread in Russian publications. Meanwhile, the most recent polling underscores that a majority of Ukrainians are unwilling to accept a mere “freeze” of hostilities without serious security guarantees from Western partners. Claims are spreading across social media that 70% of Ukrainians […]

Claims circulating on Russian propaganda outlets that a Ukrainian drone struck a spent nuclear fuel storage facility near Chornobyl are entirely without foundation. Ukrainian officials reported finding fragments of a Russian Geran-2 drone at the scene, a finding the Security Service of Ukraine supported with published photographs of the wreckage. Russian propaganda outlets have been […]

By Nika Aleksejeva, Valentin Chatelet, and Lorenzo Ghidini, for DFRLAb Russia-friendly narratives were laundered to Latin American and African audiences via Spanish, Portuguese, and French-language channels Pro-Russia sources generated a significant volume of international coverage about the Baltic drone incursions in late March and early May, seeding a new narrative that the Baltics had opened their […]

The USA Today news segment is fabricated, as is the quote attributed to RSF Director General Thibaut Bruttin. Numerous videos circulating online clearly show the moments of impact, and the Russian Defense Ministry itself confirmed the strike. A video with a USA Today logo is being spread across pro-Russian segment of the internet, claiming that […]

The video is a fabrication: the outlet published no such story, the narrator’s voice is AI-generated, and the fake is part of a coordinated Kremlin disinformation campaign ahead of Armenia’s parliamentary elections on June 7th. A video in Reels format, styled to resemble content from the outlet Middle East Eye, is being circulated on X […]

Volodymyr Zelensky did not give an interview to Spanish state television in which he admitted ignorance of where $200 billion in US and EU aid had gone. The circulating excerpt is drawn from a 2025 Associated Press interview in which Zelensky did not acknowledge any missing funds — he disputed the figure itself, clarifying that […]

By EUvsDisinfo IN SHORT: • Russia tries to shift blame for its deadly strikes on Kyiv.• Transnistria is used as a tool to destabilise Moldova.• Ukraine is being falsely accused of trying to drag the Baltic states into war with Russia. LAST WEEK IN REVIEW: Russia continued to combine military escalation with coordinated FIMI activity. […]

The image being circulated as a “satellite photograph” of the aftermath of an Oreshnik missile strike on an airfield in Bila Tserkva has been edited and does not correspond to real satellite data. StopFake established that its original source is the Telegram channel, whose owner openly admitted that he created the image artificially — as […]

By Valentyna Shapovalova and Yuliia Dukach, for EUvsDisinfo According to Danish state authorities, there were no major foreign influence campaigns to speak of in the lead-up to Denmark’s March 2026 parliamentary election. Local fact-checkers and journalists tracked pro-Russian narratives and fringe propaganda channels, but nothing resembling a broad, coordinated campaign with significant reach emerged. Monitoring and analysis […]

By EUvsDisinfo Dating apps promise connection, chemistry, and maybe even love. For Ukrainian and Russian intelligence services, they also offer something else: data, emotional vulnerability, and a private channel to manipulate targets. When Russia launched its full-scale illegal invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the front lines extended beyond the physical battlefield into the digital […]

Volodymyr Zelensky did not state that Ukraine is prepared to carry out a “pre-emptive strike on Belarus” or even to “attack Belarus first.” This quote distorts the meaning of his words: he was speaking about Ukraine’s right to respond preemptively to military threats and aggressive actions — not about attacking Belarusian territory. Russian Telegram channels […]

By Nikita Nalivko, for EUvsDisinfo The Kremlin’s intention to control its digital environment is not new. Even Russians’ most widely used messaging app, Telegram, was not spared from it. However, a failed 2018 effort to block the app exposed the limits of direct restriction. Despite regulatory pressure, the platform continued to operate, creating a ‘grey zone’ where […]

The story is based on the testimony of an “anonymous source” and first appeared on an account that describes itself as a parody account. Zelenska has made numerous public appearances since the claims about her alleged “flight” first emerged. Pro-Russian outlets are rapidly spreading a report claiming that Olena Zelenska has fled the country, allegedly […]

Ukraine’s actual debt obligations to China are significantly smaller — approximately $830 million as of June 2024. No diplomatic approach by Zelensky to Beijing requesting a deferral, as claimed by the propagandists, has been recorded either. Russian propaganda outlets and anonymous Telegram channels are claiming that China refused Ukraine a deferral on debt repayment amounting […]

Emmanuel Macron did not say that Arabic would become an official language of France, nor did he call for its mandatory study in French schools. Speaking in Egypt, the French president did describe Arabic as the second most widely spoken language in France — but the remark came in the context of Francophonie, multilingualism, and […]