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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.

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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.

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How Russia lies about the stolen Ukrainian children

How the Kremlin uses disinformation to justify the unlawful deportation of Ukrainian children, deny war crimes, and manipulate international audiences while obstructing accountability and the children’s return.

By Maksym Maksymov and Oleksandra Dvoretska
Guest content
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How Russia weaponizes the church in Ukraine

One weapon in the hybrid arsenal Russia has deployed against Ukraine is the issue of religion. Russia has exploited the Orthodox Church to carry out various destructive actions on the ground, including through Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) campaigns.

By Serhii Zhukov and Maksym Vikhrov
News and Analysis
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Targeting the grid, shaping the story: Russia’s dual assault on Ukraine

Ukraine has emerged from its harshest wartime winter with its energy system battered by relentless Russian strikes designed to freeze civilians into submission. At the same time, a sustained FIMI campaign sought to spin the blackouts into narratives of Ukrainian weakness, division and European fatigue – claims starkly disproven by sustained public and governmental support across the continent.

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News and Analysis
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Total Recall: Russian attempts to erase the Ukrainian language

 Language is the source code of identity, running the commands of thought and expression. The attack on Ukrainian language is aimed to erase the source code itself. Ukrainian, however, persists, booting again and again, refusing the simulation imposed from outside, carrying the full trace of the history and culture that preceded it.

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News and Analysis
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Total Recall: Russian attempts to erase the Ukrainian culture

 If history is the assembled repository of records from the past, culture is the process that brings it to life. The repository can be curated, files omitted, branches deleted — reshaping what appears authoritative. In Ukraine’s case, altered archives and displaced artefacts sought to impose a different version of the past. Yet culture does not depend on a single authorised build; it restores suppressed branches and continues to generate meaning even when the record is forcibly rewritten.

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Total Recall: How Russia tried to erase the Ukrainian identity

Imagine a world where your past is not yours – where every event, every hero, every town can be deleted and replaced with someone else’s script. For Ukraine, this has not been speculative fiction but but a political practice it continues to resist. Centuries of Ukrainian history have been rewritten by Russia, which corrupts the files, reformats archives, so that they conform to its imperial design.

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News and Analysis
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2025 in review: winning the narrative

In 2025, Russian disinformation centred on projecting strength amid growing constraints. Kremlin-aligned media exaggerated minor battlefield advances in Ukraine into decisive victories, using inflated success narratives to mask military and economic strain, shape perceptions ahead of negotiations, and compensate in the information space for weaknesses on the ground.

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News and Analysis
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From “journalism” to FIMI: EU sanctions Diana Panchenko

The European Union has imposed new sanctions targeting Russian hybrid operations, including coordinated disinformation and cyber activity. Among those listed is Diana Panchenko, a Ukrainian-born media figure identified by the EU as a pro-Kremlin propagandist who disguises political influence operations as independent journalism, amplifying anti-Ukrainian and anti-NATO narratives aligned with Russian state interests.

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News and Analysis
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5 insidious disinfo narratives spread by the Kremlin

Russian narratives come in many forms and are tailored to diverse audiences. One of their most common strategy is the spread of conspiracy theories that blame the West or Ukraine for the most absurd things imaginable. Here is a look at five of these absurdities and debunks of the claims behind them.

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Disinformation Review
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Russia’s peace rhetoric: a smokescreen for aggression

Putin’s refusal to accept any peace that does not ultimately lead to the subjugation of Ukraine is nothing new. For decades the Kremlin has paired hollow diplomatic language with foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) campaigns that present Moscow as a reasonable actor while it undermines sovereign neighbours.

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Cases in the EUvsDisinfo database focus on messages in the international information space that are identified as providing a partial, distorted, or false depiction of reality and spread key pro-Kremlin messages. This does not necessarily imply, however, that a given outlet is linked to the Kremlin or editorially pro-Kremlin, or that it has intentionally sought to disinform. EUvsDisinfo publications do not represent an official EU position, as the information and opinions expressed are based on media reporting and analysis of the East Stratcom Task Force.

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