en
Back to database
DISINFO: Two dozen female snipers from Poland came to help the...
DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS
  • Outlet: dan-news.info (archived)*
  • Date of publication: July 05, 2017
  • Outlet language(s): Russian
  • Reported in: Issue 76
  • Countries / regions discussed: Poland, Ukraine
Tags:
Foreign mercenaries DPR War in Ukraine

DISINFO: Two dozen female snipers from Poland came to help the...

SUMMARY

Two dozen female snipers from Poland came to help the APU in Mariinka, Ukraine.

RESPONSE

No evidence given and no credible reports about this. False information was repeated by RT bit.ly/2u3g7nJ, . The Donetsk "People's Republic" spokesperson regularly spreads disinformation. The image used is clearly not from Ukraine, and it was used as early as 2011, depicting an American sniper on excercise.bit.ly/2ucUnpP,

Embed

Related disinfo cases

Disclaimer

Cases in the EUvsDisinfo database focus on messages in the international information space that are identified as providing a partial, distorted, or false depiction of reality and spread key pro-Kremlin messages. This does not necessarily imply, however, that a given outlet is linked to the Kremlin or editorially pro-Kremlin, or that it has intentionally sought to disinform. EUvsDisinfo publications do not represent an official EU position, as the information and opinions expressed are based on media reporting and analysis of the East Stratcom Task Force.

    Your opinion matters!

    Data Protection Information *

      Subscribe to the Disinfo Review

      Your weekly update on pro-Kremlin disinformation

      Data Protection Information *

      The Disinformation Review is sent through Mailchimp.com. See Mailchimp’s privacy policy and find out more on how EEAS protects your personal data.