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The statement about the proposal of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resettle the population of Gaza to Ukraine and Syria is a fake. Social media users are spreading a statement, made at the White House by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He allegedly proposed to resettle one and a half million Gaza residents to […]

This claim is false and has been officially denied by company representatives. Social media users have circulated yet another story claiming that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has made a suspicious purchase that exceeds his declared income. This time, the claim suggests that Zelenskyy has bought a controlling stake in Northam Platinum Ltd, South Africa’s largest […]

On 4 April 2025, Russian forces launched a ballistic missile attack on a residential area in Kryvyi Rih. The missile, equipped with a cluster warhead, landed near a children’s playground, causing heavy civilian casualties. Twenty people were killed, nine of them children. Video footage from the restaurant, which was also damaged in the strike, clearly […]

This claim, made by propagandists citing African media, is false – mainly because Defence Minister Rustem Umerov did not visit Niger in November 2023. Moreover, by the end of 2024, the French company Orano had lost control of uranium mining in Niger, and the country’s main uranium buyers are now Russia and China. Russian media […]

By EUvsDisinfo Russia’s disinformation campaigns are not a loose collection of random lies; they are the product of a carefully engineered system. This system is best visualised as an iceberg: a structure where the loudest pro-Kremlin voices are merely the visible tip, supported by a vast and often hidden system below. For every government official […]

The country’s extreme right is prospering ahead of re-run presidential elections despite extensive evidence of continuing Russian subversion. By Alison Mutler, for CEPA Calin Georgescu wasn’t a household name when he unexpectedly won the first round of Romania’s presidential elections in November. But at the peak of his campaign, he was massively famous on social media, and trending […]

By EUvsDisinfo The 3rd EEAS report provides unique insights into how modern manipulation works. We are launching a series of articles to enhance our collective awareness and understanding. On 19 March, HRVP Kaja Kallas presented the 3rd EEAS Report on Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) Threats. This latest report focuses on how to expose FIMI operations, building upon the 1st report (how to […]

The claim that BBC News labelled a photo of Ukraine’s Ambassador to the UK, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, as the “next president of Ukraine” is unfounded and constitutes disinformation. The screenshot, purportedly taken from a BBC News broadcast, has been faked. Social media users have circulated posts claiming that BBC News ran Zaluzhnyi’s photo with the caption […]

The claim circulating on Russian platforms that a Ukrainian soldier allegedly confessed to killing a child near Sudzha is either fake or at least unverified. The message was posted on a Facebook account that, according to available data, previously belonged to Ukrainian soldier Artur Yakovitskyi. His family has reported him missing – according to open […]

The propagandists fabricated a screenshot of a Ukrainian news article with a quote purporting to be from Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to the head of the Ukrainian presidential administration, saying that EU countries ‘owe’ Ukraine for security. In reality, Podolyak said that each country independently determines the amount of military assistance Ukraine can expect. Social […]

By EUvsDisinfo For years, one of the biggest obsessions of pro-Kremlin disinformation peddlers has been convincing their audiences that any and all protests happening in Russia’s neighbourhood, let alone in Russia itself, are the result of nefarious Western interference. So, using terms like ‘colour revolution’ has become a major pro-Kremlin disinformation trope. Every time a protest […]

Neither Euronews nor any other trustworthy source has reported such an incident. Pro-Russian sources have been running headlines like “France covers up for Ukrainian corruption” and claiming that the French Foreign Ministry refused to share information with US intelligence about Ukrainian citizens who had supposedly bought 12 luxury mansions in France since 2022. The total […]

By EUvsDisinfo Producing and airing so-called ‘repentance videos’ – in which political detainees supposedly confess, regret, or denounce their former activities or views – has been a regular practice by the Belarusian regime since 2020. They are part of a campaign to supress, denigrate, and humiliate domestic opponents and spread fear. The videos seek to […]

By Mercedes Sapuppo, for UkraineAlert United States President Donald Trump has moved to shut down a series of prominent US-funded international media outlets including Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty as he continues efforts to cut government spending and reshape US foreign policy. In a March 15 statement, the White House said the decision “will ensure that taxpayers are no longer […]