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Ukraine did not try to develop nuclear weapons before the Russian invasion

Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 16/03/2022 Articles from several websites feature claims that Ukraine was trying to develop nuclear weapons, attributed to an anonymous representative of “one of Russia’s competent departments”. All available data clearly indicate that this did not happen. On March 6, 2022, the website Sputnik Serbia published an article entitled: […]

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Zelensky did not take a picture holding a jersey bearing a swastika

Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 10/03/2022 Twitter users shared a photo of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky allegedly holding a swastika jersey. This is a photomontage. A photo of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky holding the jersey of the Ukrainian national football team is being shared on the social network Twitter. On the back of […]

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There is no Russia’s “counter-offensive” in Ukraine

Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 05/03/2022 Some media in their articles describe the Russian invasion of Ukraine as a “counter-offensive”. Media from all over the world, including our region, are intensively reporting on the war in Ukraine. Some media try to report on the events responsibly, accurately and ethically. On the other hand, […]

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The attack on Ukraine has nothing to do with “American biolabs”

Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 10/03/2022 False claims about “American biolabs” in Ukraine have been spreading for years. In the midst of the war in this country, followers of QAnon and other conspiracy theories claim that these labs are the real target of the Russian attack. A screenshot of a tweet was published […]

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Twitter trolls from Serbia presented as “Ukrainian propagandists”

Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 09/03/2022 Twitter trolls who portrayed actors from Serbia as soldiers in the Ukrainian army were presented in some media as “Ukrainian propagandists”, although it is evident that this is not true based on their accounts. On March 2, the website Kurir published an article entitled: SPOOKY! BJELOGRLIC AS […]

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The photo of the injured woman was not taken in 2018

Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 04/03/2022 After numerous world media published a photo of a woman injured in the Russian airstrike on the Ukrainian city of Chuguev, an incorrect claim began to spread on social networks claiming that the photo dates from 2018 and shows a woman injured in a gas explosion. Several […]

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No, Russia and China have not “abolished the OHR”

Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 16/02/2022 Columns by political scientist Nenad Kecmanovic on the legitimacy of the OHR, the Bonn powers and High Representative Christian Schmidt often contain disinformation. In recent months, one of the frequent topics in the BiH public has been the legality of the new High Representative in BiH, Christian […]

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It is not true that Macron is not in favor of sanctions against Russia

Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 28/02/2022 Russian state media Sputnik published a claim on its Serbian-language website that “France is in favor of dialogue”, while other EU leaders are “in favor of sanctions” against Russia due to the invasion of Ukraine. This is disinformation. An article published on the website Sputnik on February […]

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Orbán did not ask Hungary to leave the European Union

Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 25/02/2022 Some media outlets in Bosnia and Herzegovina have published articles in which the headlines incorrectly claim that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is asking the country to leave the EU. The article published on February 13, 2022, was equipped with the following headline: ORBAN ASKES HUNGARY TO […]

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LIVE BLOG: DISINFORMATION ABOUT THE WAR IN UKRAINE

On a daily basis, fact-checking newsrooms joined in the SeeCheck network of fact-checking websites from Southeast Europe (Raskrinkavanje.ba, Raskrinkavanje.me, Raskrikavanje.rs, Razkrinkavanje.si, Faktograf.hr and Fakenews.rs) monitor and verify information that appears in the media, on social networks, and through officials’ statements. After the escalation of the Ukrainian-Russian conflict and the beginning of the war in Ukraine, […]