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Russia suffers manpower losses as Ukraine pushes forward in Dnipropetrovsk sector

Russian forces in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast are taking heavy losses as Ukrainian troops carried out successful assaults and cleared several settlements, the DeepState monitoring project and Andriy Kovalenko, head of Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation, reported on Oct. 3.

4 October 2025, 10:05 AM

Putin’s fresh threats from Valdai forum: ISW debunks Russian dictator’s absurd claims and war exaggerations

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin used the Valdai Discussion Club as a platform to issue new threats against Europe and the United States, aimed at deterring Western responses to Russian aggression and weakening support for Ukraine, according to an Oct. 2 report by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

3 October 2025, 10:10 AM

Russia launches cosmetics brand named after soldiers killed in Ukraine

Russia has come up with a new way to “honor” soldiers killed in its war against Ukraine — by turning them into a cosmetics brand.

2 October 2025, 01:24 PM

Orban remains in thrall of Russian propaganda—Ukrainian FM Sybiha

Hungarian PM Viktor Orban’s attitude towards Ukraine remains informed by Moscow’s propaganda narratives, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Sept. 29.

29 September 2025, 10:24 PM

Russian propaganda rants about ‘Ukrainian satanism’

In a report by state propaganda outlet RIA Novosti, Moscow claimed that Ukrainian troops practice occult rituals at “satanist altars.”

26 September 2025, 02:12 AM

Ukraine's video shreds Russia’s Kupyansk ‘control’ claim

A video from the center of Kupyansk posted by the 10th Army Corps of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Telegram on Sep. 19 refutes Russian claims of “control” over parts of this frontline city in Kharkiv Oblast.

19 September 2025, 01:27 PM

Moscow blames Ukraine for Poland drone strike in propaganda push

Russian propaganda is attempting to shift responsibility for the drones that violated Poland’s airspace onto Ukraine, the Center for Countering Disinformation reported on Sept. 10.

10 September 2025, 01:10 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

Kremlin blames Europe for prolonging Russia’s war in Ukraine

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov claimed that “frenzied European militarism” is the main obstacle to a ceasefire in Ukraine, accusing the West of standing in the way of ending Russia’s full-scale war.

8 September 2025, 10:50 AM

NV investigation: Russia exploits relatives of Ukrainian POWs

NV has obtained documents from Ukrainian counterintelligence detailing how Russia is exploiting the families of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) and fallen soldiers to spread propaganda and destabilize Ukraine.

8 September 2025, 10:30 AM

Russia drops fake banknote leaflets over Chernihiv urging locals to aid attacks

Russian forces dropped propaganda leaflets disguised as 100-hryvnia banknotes over Chernihiv on Sept. 6, urging residents to help direct fire on Ukrainian defense positions, the Chernihiv Regional Police reported.

6 September 2025, 04:43 PM

Fugitive Yanukovych resurfaces in video pushing Kremlin lies on NATO and EU

Russian propaganda outlets on Sept. 1 published a video statement by fugitive ex-president Viktor Yanukovych in which he repeated Kremlin talking points about Ukraine’s bid to join NATO and the European Union.

1 September 2025, 06:33 PM

Pro-Russian propagandist Vyshinsky dies in Moscow

Kirill Vyshinsky, a collaborator and propagandist, died in Moscow on Aug. 23, according to Russian media.

23 August 2025, 11:51 AM

YouTube deletes major pro-Russian propaganda channel

YouTube has removed the channel of pro-Russian propagandist Diana Panchenko, Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) announced on Aug. 13.

14 August 2025, 02:06 AM

‘Manipulating public emotion’: Budanov warns Russia is waging a deliberate information war to destroy Ukraine from within

Russia is carrying out a targeted information war against Ukraine in an effort to manipulate public sentiment and undermine national unity from within — but those efforts will fail, Ukraine’s military intelligence chief said on the national television on Aug. 6.

6 August 2025, 10:22 AM

Kremlin aims to blame Ukraine for stalled prisoner swaps — Center for Countering Disinformation

Russia is preparing to launch a series of disinformation efforts aimed at creating the false impression that Ukraine is “unwilling” to bring its citizens home from Russian captivity, Center for Countering Disinformation wrote on Aug. 3.

4 August 2025, 02:16 PM

Ukraine’s NABU denies targeting PM, Presidential Office

Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) denied several anonymous and pro-Russian Telegram channel claims of preparing charges against Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko and Presidential Office officials, calling the information false on July 31.

31 July 2025, 10:10 PM

Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry outraged by Putin ally Matviyenko’s trip to Switzerland

Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned the Kremlin delegation visit to Switzerland, led by Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, as “disgraceful” in its post on X on July 28.

29 July 2025, 07:28 AM

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