RT Claims Melitopol Residents Waiting for Russia. Ukrainian March Shows Otherwise.
The Russian propagandist channel RT featured a story taped on March 2 on the outskirts of the southern Ukrainian city of Melitopol. In the...
Fake: The Russian Military Took Mariupol in Less Than an Hour – Ukrainian Army...
The port city of Mariupol continues to hold the line, despite massive shelling by invading Russian troops. During the first week of the war,...
Fake: Kherson Surrenders
Kherson city authorities have not surrendered to the invading Russian army. Currently street battles with the invaders are continuing in the city.
Facebook and other...
Fake: Mariupol Residents Offered Safe Evacuation to Russia
The Mariupol City Council denies that the evacuation of the city’s population is being organized. Information about such “humanitarian corridors” may simply be preparation...
Fake: Ukrainian Missile Hits Kharkiv Government Building
Kharkiv’s Freedom Square was hit by a Russian Kalibr missile which destroyed a portion of the Kharkiv Regional administration building.
Several social media accounts are...
Fake: Ukrainian Military Using Phosphorous Bombs Against Russian Forces
Ukraine does not have any phosphorous bombs; they are banned by the Geneva Convention. NATO countries are not allowed to export such bombs. Russian...
Fake: Russian Missiles Hit Nuclear Waste Facility in Kyiv
A story about Russian missiles hitting a nuclear waste facility in Kyiv began circulating online after the State Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a report...
Fake: Dam Blocking Water to Crimea Blown Up
The photos used to illustrate this fake are not of the dam which actually cut off water supplies to Crimea. Tavriya Mayor Mykola Rizak...
Fake: Russia Does Not Threaten Ukraine’s Civilian Population
Russia is attacking civilian targets in Ukraine. Several residential buildings were damaged during the night and there are wounded.
The Kremlin propaganda machine is churning...
Photo Fake: Russia Takes Kharkiv
A photograph from 2014
Social media is abuzz with postings of a photo showing a man in camouflage raising the Russian flag over the entrance...