Fake: Russian Defense Ministry: Ukraine Lost 234 Planes and 137 Helicopters since War Began
Russia’s Defense Ministry claims to have shot down more planes and helicopters than Ukraine ever had. According to official data, all branches of Ukraine’s...
Fake: Russian Forces Destroy Georgian Legion
Georgian National Legion commander Mamuka Mamulashvili and his fighters refute Russian claims that the legion was destroyed by Russian forces. Legion members say this...
Fake: German Tabloid Bild Reports Russian Military Captured German PzH 2000 Howitzer
The German tabloid newspaper Bild has not reported that Russian forces captured a German PzH 2000 Howitzer, transferred to Ukraine as part of German...
Why soldiers commit war crimes – and what we can do about it
By Mia Martin Hobbs, for The Conversation
In 2020, the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force released the Afghanistan Inquiry into Australian Defence Force Special Forces atrocities...
Putin’s propaganda is rooted in Russian history – and that’s why it works
By Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager, Evgeniya Pyatovskaya, for The Conversation
Russia’s war against Ukraine is pressing into its fifth month – despite several rounds of failed peace...
How the Frenchman Adrien Bocquet Whitewashed Russian War Crimes in Bucha
One of the programs on France’s Sud Radio on May 10, 2022 was dedicated to Ukraine. The guest of the studio, Adrien Bocquet, over...
Fake: Lithuania Dismantles Railway to Kaliningrad
The primary source of the claim that Lithuania dismantled the Kaliningrad railway is the Panorama satirical, fictional news site. The publication does alert its...
Bulgarian secret services: Russia pays public figures to spread propaganda
By EURACTIV
The Bulgarian secret services have data showing that Russia pays about €2000 (BGN 4,000) per month to public figures, journalists, and politicians to...
Putin’s poisonous anti-Western ideology relies heavily on projection
By Allan Mustard, for UkraineAlert
For the past century at least, the Kremlin leadership has failed to understand the West. Though it has at times...
Kseniya Kirillova: A Prolonged War in Ukraine Is Advantageous to Russia
By Kseniya Kirillova, for Jamestown Foundation
On June 18, Lithuania blocked the transit by rail of sanctioned goods between Kaliningrad Oblast and the rest of...