Fake: Ukraine’s New Law Bans Kuchma and Kravchuk
On May 19, the Russian news service Russia Today falsely claimed that a new law banning the symbols and promotion of Communism and Nazism in Ukraine also included prohibitions against quoting certain officials.
Fake: Bessarabia Proclaims Autonomy
On May 16, Russian and Ukrainian media falsely reported that the second congress of the Bessarabia People’s Council had taken place in Odesa and that the congress had called for the autonomy of Bessarabia.
Fake: Millions of Russian Citizens in Ukraine to Be Interned
On May 12, Sputniknews falsely reported that a bill has come into effect in Ukraine that could send “millions of Russian citizens” in the country to special internment camps. “If the bill is approved, millions…
Video Fake: The Execution of Militia Man and His Pregnant Wife
On May 21, the News Front site published a video fake entitled “The Execution of a Militia Man and His Pregnant Wife, Presumably by the Donbas Battalion.” https://youtu.be/uBKmcQLGYGk The News Front site…
Jewish Monitoring Group Expert Debunks Russia 24 Claim about Neo-Nazis and Anti-Semitism in Ukraine
On May 18, the Russia 24 network dedicated a news program to focus exclusively on alleged anti-Semitism in Ukraine. “Vesti at 23:00” aired a report and discussion entitled “The new exodus of Jews from Ukraine…
Fake: Ukraine Demands Compensation from Mongolia for 13th Century Invasion
On May 18, Russia’s REN-TV falsely reported that Ukrainian parliament had adopted a resolution regarding the alleged “genocide against the Ukrainian nation in the 13th century by the criminal regime of the Mongol Empire.
Fake: Ukrainian Soldiers Fed Meat from 1968
On, May 15, Vyacheslav Poezdnik, a blogger and journalist from Dnipropetrovsk, posted a video that shows a Ukrainian soldier cutting up frozen meat with a chainsaw.
Fake: Ukrainian Media Reports on Starvation in Russia
On May 18, Russia’s television channel Zvezda published a bogus report entitled, “Ukrainian Mass Media Informed about Starvation in Russia: People Feed on Waste Fish Products.
Fake: Dnipro Fans Vandalize Olympic Stadium in Kyiv
On May 15, the Russian television channel REN TV falsely reported that fans of FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk crashed a stadium gate and vandalized a Kyiv football stadium on May 14.
Fake: Thousands of European Bikers Join the Night Wolves in Berlin
Russian newspapers and television falsely reported that, on May 9, thousands of bikers from different countries had joined a rally in support of the Russian biker gang the Night Wolves in Berlin.