September 15, 2022
Without You
Successful Ukrainian counteroffensive exposes cracks in Russian infosphere, but colonial attitudes and toxic hate speech still prevail inspiring more atrocities.
Ukraine
The Kremlin’s information manipulation and disinformation attacks on Ukraine began long before the start of the full-scale invasion on 24 February 2022. The Russian state-controlled ecosystem of foreign information manipulation and interference, including disinformation, was manufacturing myths and false pretexts for invading Ukraine for years, dating back to at least 2014.. In fact, disinformation cases targeting Ukraine make up over 40% of all cases collected in our database.
Ukraine has not only withstood the brutality of Russia’s onslaught, but is also standing up for the fundamental values of freedom, sovereignty and the right to self-determination, showing the world the true meaning of courage. In addition, Ukraine has braved unprecedented pro-Kremlin disinformation campaigns and information manipulation to support Russia’s criminal war. As the international community continues to support Ukraine’s struggle for freedom and sovereignty, it must also spare no effort to dismantle the false reality about the war that Russia has built on lies and deceit.
Many months have passed since Putin unleashed his “three-day war” against Ukraine, perhaps expecting a quick victory or believing his own lies and propaganda. Unfortunately, the war continues – both on the battlefield and in the information space. EUvsDisinfo prepared an overview of the Kremlin’s lies during the first 100 days of the war and continues to monitor and analyse pro-Kremlin disinformation in articles and our weekly Disinfo Review. For example, here we expose twelve myths about Russia’s war.
- Pro-Kremlin disinfo about bioweapons and biolabs
- Crimea's illegal annexation - Key pro-Kremlin disinfo narratives
- When words kill - Hate speech in the Kremlin speak
- Disinformation about Bucha
- What Putin says - What he really means
- Fake referendums organised by Russia
- Timeline - Russian aggression and disinformation in Ukraine
181 articles
September 01, 2022
This Is Fine
Monuments, as with everything else connected to history, have long been a treasured topic for pro-Kremlin propagandists. While Kremlin ‘masterminds’ want to rewrite history and prepare for a glorious future, the past seems to be catching up with them.
August 26, 2022
Key Narratives in Pro-Kremlin Disinformation Part 5: ‘The Hahaganda’
The goal of hahaganda is to undermine the credibility and trustworthiness of a given target. At times, hahaganda takes a truly morbid form by trying to turn an attempted political assassination into a laughing stock.
August 18, 2022
Playing with Nuclear Fire
Pro-Kremlin disinformation zealots set their sights on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, using the threat of a nuclear disaster to advance Russia’s political and military goals in Ukraine
August 13, 2022
Key Narratives in Pro-Kremlin Disinformation Part 3: ‘Lost Sovereignty’
The disinformation narrative of ‘lost sovereignty’ is ultimately a narrative of disempowerment. It aims to erode trust in the democratic institutions and corrupt the very foundations of democracy.
August 11, 2022
The Gory Z War against the Godless
When not busy committing atrocities in the areas of Ukraine temporarily under their reign of terror, Russian Z-war combatants seek the ideological blessing of their political masters. Enter 'Gaytan'.
July 21, 2022
Kremlin’s Tightrope Walk between Fear and Bravado
Pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets continue to claim that Ukraine does not exist as a state. Yet, at the same time they also portray Ukraine as an existential threat to Russia.
July 14, 2022
Projecting their own twisted actions onto others
Pro-Kremlin outlets have turned up the heat on Poland again. Namely, several outlets claimed that Poland is about to annex parts of Western Ukraine.
July 07, 2022
Kremlin’s Never-ending Thirst for Death and Devastation
Pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets continue to call immense human suffering liberation and the ruins temporarily fallen into Russian hands tokens of glorious victory.
July 01, 2022
What to expect from Russia on the information war front?
The Kremlin tried to fill the information space with lies and information garbage in the early days of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. And it worked at first. However, Ukrainian governmental and non-governmental centres of communication quickly got their act together on informing the public and resisting Russian…
