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Kremlin deflects after drone strike on Poland, offers silence and denial

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov refused to comment on the Russian drone strike that breached Polish airspace overnight on Sept. 10, according to Russian state-run news agency TASS.

10 September 2025, 05:16 PM

Kremlin all but confirms Putin was in Sochi during drone attack — video

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Sept. 9 overnight drone attack on Sochi did not affect Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s work schedule, effectively confirming he may have been in the area at the time, the independent outlet Agentstvo reported.

9 September 2025, 05:27 PM

Medvedev targets Finland with threats and Nazi rhetoric, echoing Kremlin’s Ukraine war propaganda — ISW analysis

Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev issued direct threats against Finland in a new op-ed, using language and narratives that closely mirror the false justifications the Kremlin used to launch its war against Ukraine, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said in its Sept. 8 report.

9 September 2025, 10:19 AM

Kremlin calls diplomacy ‘impossible,’ says Russia’s war on Ukraine will continue

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov declared that Russia will continue its so-called “special military operation” — the full-scale war against Ukraine. He made the statement in an interview with Russian propagandist Oleksandr Yunashev, who published the comments on his Telegram channel on Sept. 8.

8 September 2025, 04:22 PM

Putin spreads false claims on Ukraine war at SCO summit in China

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin used the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in China to push disinformation about the causes of Russia’s war against Ukraine.

1 September 2025, 12:54 PM

Lavrov openly rejects U.S. peace proposals in NBC interview — ISW analysis

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov used an English-language interview with NBC News to again reject U.S.-backed peace proposals for Ukraine, the Institute for the Study of War said in an Aug. 24 report analyzing his latest inflammatory remarks.

25 August 2025, 10:46 AM

Lavrov blames West for Putin’s refusal to meet Zelenskyy

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Western countries of causing Russian dictator Vladimir Putin to avoid meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Russian propaganda media reported on Aug. 24.

24 August 2025, 10:13 PM

Kremlin reuses anti-Ukraine tactics against U.S. leadership

The Kremlin is employing an information warfare strategy against U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration that mirrors the tactics it has previously used against Ukraine and its allies, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote on Aug. 6.

7 August 2025, 10:52 AM

Medinsky emerges as Kremlin’s top ideologist

Vladimir Medinsky, an aide to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, has significantly strengthened his influence amid Russia’s war against Ukraine, becoming the Kremlin’s de facto chief ideologist, Russian outlet iStories reported on July 22, citing sources.

23 July 2025, 12:09 AM

TIME dedicates cover story to Ukrainian children kidnapped by Russia

The U.S. magazine Time featured a cover story in its July 2025 issue on how representatives of Putin’s regime are abducting Ukrainian children from the temporarily occupied territories.

18 July 2025, 10:20 AM

Kremlin expands media footprint in Africa — Ukrainian intelligence

Russia is rapidly increasing its influence over Africa’s information space, using state-run media such as the TASS news agency and RT television to spread pro-Kremlin narratives, Ukraine’s HUR military intelligence reported on July 13.

13 July 2025, 03:29 PM

Lavrov repeats Kremlin demands, Rubio cites new Russian approach

During a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on July 10, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reiterated the Kremlin’s longstanding positions on Russia’s war against Ukraine, according to the Russian propaganda outlet RIA Novosti.

11 July 2025, 02:26 PM

Ukraine denies Russian claims about malfunction at South Ukraine Nuclear Plant

Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation has refuted Russia’s claims that a malfunction occurred at the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant in Mykolaiv Oblast.

7 July 2025, 08:55 PM

Russia claims precision strikes as Ukraine counts civilian damage

Russia’s Defense Ministry cynically claimed that its massive overnight attack on Ukraine on July 4 was a response to alleged “terrorist acts by the Kyiv regime.”

4 July 2025, 04:14 PM

Employees of Russia Today affiliate arrested in Azerbaijan

On July 1, Azerbaijani police detained seven individuals at the Baku office of the Russia Today-affiliated news agency Sputnik Azerbaijan as part of a criminal investigation, the APA news agency reported.

1 July 2025, 05:56 PM

Azerbaijani police raid office of Russian propaganda outlet Sputnik in Baku

Police in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku have raided the local office of the Russian propaganda outlet Sputnik Azerbaijan, the local outlet Vesti.Az reported on June 30.

30 June 2025, 06:02 PM

Yermak rejects Kremlin’s peace talk claims as manipulation

The Kremlin is once again feigning openness to dialogue, attempting to shift responsibility for prolonging the war it launched against Ukraine, Andriy Yermak, head of Ukraine’s Presidential Office, stated on June 30, commenting on remarks by Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov.

30 June 2025, 12:56 PM

Kremlin builds narrative for attacks beyond Ukraine — ISW

The aggressor state Russia is preparing for a future conflict with NATO and laying the groundwork to justify further aggression, the Institute for the Study of War’s (ISW) wrote on June 26.

26 June 2025, 10:07 AM

Putin threatens new war unless Ukraine accepts fake 2022 referendums

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has warned that Ukraine must accept the results of Moscow’s sham referendums held in occupied Ukrainian territories in 2022—or risk renewed armed conflict.

21 June 2025, 01:25 PM

Putin pushes false unity narrative to justify Ukraine invasion

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin made a series of false claims about Ukraine during his June 20 address at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, according to an analysis by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). The think tank says these statements reflect a deliberate Kremlin disinformation campaign.

21 June 2025, 10:55 AM

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