Category Russian propaganda

Photofake: Defense Ministry “Secret Document” Reveals Real Ukrainian Armed Forces Losses

Ukraine's Defense Ministry denies the Russian media claims about a "secret document". The fact that the "document" is a forgery is confirmed by a number of gross errors both in the text and the document design.

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Manipulation: Needy Poles Refused Free Food Because of Ukrainian Refugees

Without additional context, a video being shared online of Poles in a soup kitchen misleads viewers. The events took place in a World Central Kitchen canteen, which provides targeted temporary assistance to people affected by the war in Ukraine. Additionally, a certain number of places in this canteen are reserved for Poles in need of support. Just as before, low-income Poles can receive help at municipal homeless assistance centers.

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Fake: Kyiv Cancels Heating Season Because Of Russia Sanctions

Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klychko said nothing about canceling the heating season in Kyiv. Klychko said there is enough gas to keep the capital's population warm during winter, but because of Russia's war against Ukraine, Kyiv is preparing for possible terrorist attacks on the capital's heating stations.

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Fake: Arms Supplies to Ukraine Are a Black Hole, Americans Say

Russian media have taken one reader comment to a magazine article about military aid to Ukraine and presented it as the opinion of all Americans. Recent opinion polls continue to show high levels of support for Ukraine as well as support for the supply of weapons to Ukraine.

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Manipulation: Ukrainians Will Be Punished for Receiving Russian Humanitarian Aid in Occupied Territories

Ukrainian legislation does not impose liability for receiving Russian humanitarian aid in the occupied territories. On the contrary, the new draft laws are intended to add humanitarian aid to the list of activities not considered collaboration, as long as it does not involve aiding and abetting the Russian occupants.

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Fake: Zelensky Orders Schools And Universities to Work Offline from September 1

Offline education process will take place only if there are protective facilities in schools and universities. In addition, the final decision on the format of education is made by regional civil-military administrations together with the students' parents. If parents disagree with offline study, they may choose an online mode, an individual schedule, or transfer their child to home study.

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Manipulation: European Countries Reneging on Military Promises to Ukraine

A recent Politico article has given rise to Russian propagandist manipulation about European promises to Ukraine. The article makes no mention about discarded European promises and focuses on two problems: the current depletion of weapons stocks in those countries that have been actively helping Ukraine since the beginning of the war, and the delay in the transfer of weapons from Germany and France to Ukraine. Because of this, six European countries did not make new weapons commitments in July, however, they did not renounce their previous ones. A pause in military transfers is not a point of no return, it is just that, a pause, to be renewed in the future.

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Fake: Ukraine’s National Bank Admits Gold and Foreign Exchange Reserves Transferred to Poland

The Deputy Chairman of Ukraine's National Bank never said that Ukraine transferred its gold and foreign exchange reserves to Poland. According to the Ukrainian National Bank, the reserves remain where they have always been, as different financial instruments in several international banks.

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Fake: Britain Decides When to Get Rid of Ukrainian Refugees

Russian propagandist media are making false claims about British attitudes to Ukrainian refugees based on a poll conducted by the British Office of National Statistics. The Homes for Ukraine program conducted a survey to assess how long current sponsors wanted the hosting arrangement with Ukrainian refugees to last. 24% of respondents said they were ready to help with housing for more than six months, but not for longer than a year. 23% said they were ready to help for longer than a year. There was no mention of any expulsion of Ukrainians from Britain in the survey.

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Fake: Ukraine’s Melitopol University Asks to Be Recognized as Russian

Melitopol, the second largest city of the Zaporizhzhia region has four higher education institutions, two universities and two institutes. None of them have asked to be recognized as Russian. Russian occupying forces have seized university infrastructure and property in both Melitopol and the port city of Berdiansk and are trying to position these seized properties as "Melitopol University".

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