The Russian hybrid forces have intensified the shelling of Ukrainian positions yesterday, in particular, targeting several civilian objects. The puppet “LPR” first tried to portray the attack on the kindergarten in Stanytsia Luhanska leaving two people injured as if it happened in the occupied territory and blamed the Armed Forces of Ukraine for “attacking children”. […] More
Check the key hybrid influences in Ukraine via our regular #HybridWeekly rubric: Youtube has blocked the accounts of Ukraine’s pro-Russian First Independent and UkrLive television channels for violating the platform’s rules. Of course, the pro-Kremlin forces came up with a conspiracy theory to explain this as a joint campaign of Washington and Kyiv to destroy […] More
After the UK’s Foreign Office disclosed information about Y. Murayev, former MP and notorious agent of Kremlin influence, as a key candidate in Putin’s plans for installing a pro-Russian government in Ukraine, activists took to the streets for sanctions against Murayev and the TV channel “Nash” that he owns. The channel as well as other […] More
In this active stage of Russia’s hybrid aggression, the Kremlin spares no efforts to undermine Ukraine not only by massing troops at its border but also by destabilizing the situation inside the country and sowing panic and chaos. In this regard, the wave of false bomb alerts continues to sweep through the country, and this […] More
The pro-Kremlin propaganda aided the rising tension at the Russia-Ukraine border by spreading disinformation about Ukraine “preparing provocations”, including “a series of terrorist attacks” in occupied Donbas. The move is aimed to justify Russia’s possible further offensive and demonize the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Ukraine has repeatedly stated that it has no intention for any […] More
The new reports of Russian military aircraft and heavy weaponry being transferred to the border with Ukraine appeared this week. The pro-Russian forces reacted by portraying such accounts as artificial panic mongering and explained the appearance of the news as the West “raising the stakes” for the negotiations in Geneva. From the experience of Ukraine’s […] More
As Russian propaganda and its disseminators in Ukraine do with any protests, the pro-Kremlin forces met the demonstrations in Kazakhstan with a wave of discrediting messages. They range from portraying the protests as run by the Western forces from Kyiv to even the Security Service and the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Even though at first […] More
This week, new sanctions were enforced against two more pro-Kremlin channels in Ukraine that were indirectly controlled by Putin’s allie Viktor Medvedchuk charged with high treason. One of the channels, Pershyi Nezalezhnyi (First Independent) was created solely to replace the mouthpieces of pro-Russian propaganda that were banned at the beginning of 2021. Another one, Ukrlive […] More
Pro-Kremlin forces exploit the opportunity to disseminate panic in Ukraine in the light of the energy crisis caused by the lack of natural gas and coal. Telegram channels go as far as to indirectly incite protests in Ukraine because of the tariffs that are soon to skyrocket. It should not be denied that Ukraine is […] More
Even after the US top officials numerously refuted the claim that Washington will push Ukraine to make concessions to Russia, the pro-Kremlin forces continued promoting this message. They tried to blame Ukraine for not adhering to the Minsk agreements and blocking the progress in the “peaceful resolution of the conflict”, and Ukraine’s western partners are […] More
The Biden-Putin call was preceded and followed by a major flow of disinformation centered around portraying Ukraine as a mere bargaining chip between the US and Russia. The reports of the Russian military build-up were positioned as the US preparing information field for the negotiations, and after the meeting, the pro-Kremlin forces tried to push […] More
The pro-Kremlin forces have intensified the promotion of the “Ukrainian aggression” narrative while the reports of Russia massing troops and weapons on the borders with Ukraine and in the occupied territories continue appearing. The disseminators of pro-Russian propaganda portray Ukraine as preparing an offensive in Donbas to create grounds for justifying Russia’s current military build-up […] More
