The Ukraine War Disinfo Working Group is glad to present the report on Kremlin propaganda around the Russia-Ukraine war in the region. Trends of the week: The only way to peace is negotiations with Russia. Yet, the West is still interested in the war to be continued, that’s why they…

On 17 October, Russian websites published an animated film whose main characters are a pig with Nazi tattoos and a Ukrainian flag, and a bear with a band in the colours of the Russian flag. The plot focuses on the propaganda portrayal of the European Union as a place morally…

Since 12 August, a video has been circulating on TikTok, Telegram and Twitter showing people running in war scenery on a film set. This material is shared as an alleged “proof” of a hoax prepared by the Ukrainian authorities. The video is often accompanied by additional comments informing that the footage shows…

The Ukraine War Disinfo Working Group is glad to present the report on Kremlin propaganda around the Russia-Ukraine war in the region. Trends of the week: “Energy crisis” and economic part of the agenda is losing the focus. Probably, the propaganda machine is too busy with sorting the developments of the…

On 21 March, on the Russian social media platform Zen Yandex, photos of people with painted faces and tied to a pole were published. The photos were accompanied by the following comment (our translation below): Zen Yandex Year 2022. Europe. Lviv Nazism in plain sight. Now it’s time…

On 4 October, 2022, a photo of Jeremy Bowen, a BBC reporter, lying on the ground during his coverage of the war in Ukraine, began circulating on social media. People re-sharing the photograph claimed that he only pretended to report on the situation during Russian shelling. This was allegedly confirmed…

The Ukraine War Disinfo Working Group is glad to present the report on Kremlin propaganda around the Russia-Ukraine war in the region. Trends of the week: “The US is responsible for the sabotage on the NS”. Russian-backed manipulators across the region came up with coordinated narrative about the attack on…

On 9 October, Raheem Kassam, former adviser to Nigel Farage, one of the co-authors of Brexit, posted on his Twitter profile a photo of Valerii Zaluzhnyi, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with a close-up of his bracelet. In the enlarged photo, he marked one of the…

On 10 May, Adrien Bocquet, a former soldier of the French army, who had returned from Ukraine a few days earlier, where he had provided humanitarian aid, gave an interview on Sud Radio. The video from the conversation, which is available on YouTube, has almost one million views. A part of this…

On 28 September 2022, the Sputnik Not satirical account published a post on Twitter, featuring a photo of Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International, and the following description: Amnesty chief Agnes Callamard urges Ukraine not to shoot at newly mobilized Russian troops, as killing untrained combatants would be very unfair.