Russia false claims

Chișinău rejects Moscow's lies justifying deadly border checkpoint strike

Moldova's Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected Russian claims that military cargo was moving through the Tudora–Starokozache checkpoint, Newsmaker reported on Sept. 9.

10 September, 01:10 PM

Putin cites nonexistent Stary Oskol River in Ukraine encirclement claim

Russian leader Vladimir Putin claimed June 28 that Ukrainian forces were “nearly encircled” near the “Stary Oskol River,” though Stary Oskol is a city in Russia’s Belgorod Oblast, more than 100 kilometers from the Ukrainian border.

29 June, 10:10 AM

Putin accuses West of testing Russia and repeats false claim about Ukraine's retreat

Vladimir Putin accused the West of testing Russia's resilience and repeated the false claim that Ukrainian forces are retreating across the front during a speech at the ruling United Russia party congress, according to Russian state media on June 28.

28 June, 09:14 PM

ISW rebuts Gerasimov’s claims as Russia’s spring offensive stalls in Ukraine

Russian General Staff chief Valery Gerasimov is overstating Moscow’s gains in Ukraine, the Institute for the Study of War said on April 21, arguing that his latest claims are not supported by open-source evidence or even by pro-Russian military bloggers.

22 April, 11:10 AM

Russian command traps its own infantry near Kupyansk — ATESH

Russia’s 122nd Motorized Rifle Regiment command has trapped its own soldiers near Kupyansk due to false reporting, creating what has been described as a “critical situation,” Atesh partisan movement reported on Jan. 29.

29 January, 01:15 PM

Ukraine debunks Russian propaganda of 'relentless' advances in Kharkiv Oblast

Claims by Russian propagandists about major successes by Russia’s forces in Vovchansk, Kharkiv Oblast, do not correspond to reality, Operational-Tactical Group Kharkiv reported on Nov. 10.

10 November 2025, 02:04 PM

Syrskyi rebuts Russia’s false encirclement claim

Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, has refuted Russian claims of Ukrainian troop encirclement in Pokrovsk and Kupyansk in his official statement posted on Telegram on Oct. 30 after visiting the frontlines in Donetsk Oblast.

30 October 2025, 02:54 PM

Russia outlines three ultimatums to Ukraine

Ukraine must eliminate the so-called “root causes of the conflict” in order to achieve peace, Mikhail Galuzin, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister, claimed in an interview with New Regions of Russia propaganda media, published on Sept. 4.

4 September 2025, 01:56 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

Russia false claims