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Photo-recycling: Russia did not capture two AZOV soldiers

Original article (in Montenegrin) was published on 19/04/2022 The war in Ukraine entered its eighth week, and what has marked its course so far, among other things, is the vast number of fake news and disinformation that have been placed both in the media and on various social networks. The disputed Ukrainian battalion – Azov […]

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Violence against Roma pushed into the pro-Russian narrative

Original article (in Montenegrin) was published on 28/04/2022 While the war in Ukraine continues to flare up, at the same time, war propaganda is flaring up in the pro-Russian media and on social networks, which want to justify the fight against the alleged “Ukrainian Nazis”. One of these Facebook posts shared a photo of Roma […]

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Russian propaganda of the website Srbija Danas (Serbia Today): Dead bodies are moving

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 05/04/2022 Over the weekend, dramatic footage surfaced from the Ukrainian town of Bucha near Kyiv, testifying to the massacre of civilians. The footage shows dozens of bodies lying by the road or in the middle of the road as a convoy of Ukrainian military vehicles passes by. Ukrainian […]

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Serbian websites use a fake video to claim that a NATO commander was arrested in Ukraine

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 14/04/2022 A video in which the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) detains a man whose face is blurred was presented these days in the pro-regime media as the alleged arrest of NATO commander Roger Cloutier in Ukraine. The website of the national television Happy unquestionably claims that the […]

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People gathered in the shape of the number 55 do not symbolize the “swastika” celebrating Hitler’s birthday

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 21/04/2022 To portray Ukraine as a pro-Nazi state and justify Russia’s attack, photos are shared on social networks that allegedly “prove” Nazism. The last in a series is a photograph of people forming the number 55, which is interpreted as depicting a swastika in Ukraine that “marks the […]

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Dzevad Galijasevic repeats pro-Russian disinformation and old conspiracy theories

Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 11/04/2022 In the text for the website IN4S, Dzevad Galijasevic made incorrect allegations about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, calling it “a special military operation”. Shortly after the announcement, the text was shared by the public media RTRS and Srna. On April 5, 2022, the website IN4S published […]

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The photo in the Financial Times was taken in Ukraine, not Syria

Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 09/04/2022 The photo used in the Financial Times article on Ukrainian refugees was incorrectly presented on social networks and in an article on one website as a photo from Syria. On March 26, 2022, the website Sputnik published an article entitled: Another fake news from “reputable” Western media […]

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Documents found by Russian soldiers do not prove that Kyiv planned an offensive on Ukraine

Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 08/04/2022 Dozens of media presented the claims of Russian institutions as facts, thus suggesting that the soldiers of this country found evidence that Kyiv planned an offensive on Donbas in March 2022. In recent weeks, dozens of websites in the region had reported that Russia’s defense ministry had […]

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“A conspiracy” video as a means of Russian propaganda about the war in Ukraine

Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 05/04/2022 A viral video on Facebook manipulatively presents claims about the “Nazis” in Ukraine and the role of the American CIA. The video was taken from the Infowars website, known for spreading various conspiracy theories. On March 5, 2022, the Facebook page of the Russian state media Sputnik […]

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The viral video does not show “a concentration camp” in Ukraine

Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 01/04/2022 Videos are being shared on social networks that allegedly show the concentration camp where the Ukrainian battalion Aidar “tortured and killed civilians”. However, the footage does not show any camp but the military base where this battalion stayed and trained. On March 11, 2022, a Facebook page, […]