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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 […]

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 […]

By Nika Aleksejeva, for DFRLAb A global, cross-platform pro-Kremlin information influence campaign falsely claimed that the European Union (EU) is losing €65-135 million ($76-159 million) every day as a result of sanctions against Russia. The narrative circulated widely online and echoed within Estonia’s Russian-language information space. The campaign promoted eulosses[.]com, which portrayed itself as promoting the […]

The EU imposed sanctions on Russian organizations and officials implicated in the abduction of Ukrainian children and their forced “re-education.” Russian state media have amplified a fabricated claim that “decaying Europe” has sanctioned “children” and “their rescuers.” The propaganda campaign has escalated to open threats against EU member states: “The special military operation must end […]

By EUvsDisinfo KEY EVENTS LAST WEEK IN REVIEW Russia’s Victory Day saw a surge of disinformation, with the Kremlin weaponising history to justify its war. Pro-Moscow outlets falsely painted Ukraine as a ‘‘Nazi state’’ for rejecting Russia’s May 9 celebrations, ignoring Kyiv’s alignment with Europe’s May 8 remembrance. Meanwhile, threats of Ukraine’s ‘’total destruction’’ for […]

The quote attributed to Podolyak is a fabrication. It originated on a satirical Telegram channel that explicitly identifies itself as a publisher of “fakes,” and the image accompanying the posts was lifted from an earlier interview on an unrelated topic. Posts circulating on social media attribute to Mykhailo Podolyak, adviser to Ukraine’s Office of the […]

By Konstantinos Komaitis, for DFRLAb In early 2026, the European Commission was forced to confront a critical vulnerability in its secure communications: the human element. Following intelligence warnings that attackers were compromising Signal accounts through social engineering and impersonation, rather than by breaking the underlying encryption, the Commission took the unprecedented step of ordering senior officials to shut down […]

By EUvsDisinfo The Kremlin has long injected propaganda into the Russian educational system in order to boost the ‘patriotism’ of Russian youth. Putin’s future ‘child soldiers’ not only take part in regular flag raisings, anthem singings, and meetings with ‘heroes’ of the ‘special military operation’ (‘SVO’) in Ukraine. They also participate in drone assembly and other types […]

By EUvsDisinfo ‘We didn’t kidnap anyone’, Russia’s then-ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov, insisted in 2023. ‘We saved these children’. The ambassador was not simply denying the systematic deportation and forcible transfer of Ukrainian children by Russian occupation forces in Ukraine, a crime for which there is a growing body of evidence from international organisations, […]

The Russian Ministry of Defense did not spare central Kyiv out of humanitarian concern. From the opening days of the full-scale invasion, Russian forces have carried out systematic missile and drone strikes against residential areas, hospitals, and civilian infrastructure across Kyiv, including its central districts. The ministry’s own statement undercuts its humanitarian framing further: it […]