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Detector Media collects and documents real-time chronicles of the Kremlin disinformation about the Russian invasion. Ukraine for decades has been suffering from Kremlin disinformation. Here we document all narratives, messages, and tactics, which Russia is using from February 17th, 2022. Reminder: the increasing of shelling and fighting by militants happened on the 17th of February 2022 on the territory of Ukraine. Russian propaganda blames Ukraine for these actions.

On 18 May, on the 814th day of the full-scale war, our editorial office recorded:

2151
Fake
693
Manipulation
649
Message
441
Disclosure
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Fake El jueves, Spanish magazine, published a cover with Greta Thunberg scolding Volodymyr Zelenskyi

Anonymous telegram channels broadcasting pro-Kremlin rhetoric are distributing the cover of the allegedly Spanish satirical magazine El jueves, which depicts Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi and eco-activist Greta Thunberg. Thunberg scolds Zelenskyi because of the large number of losses during the counteroffensive. It's fake.

The case drew the attention of experts from the Center for Counteracting Disinformation. On the official pages of El jueves in social networks, it is impossible to find an issue with such a cover. The cover of the latest issue of the magazine, published on June 28 under No. 2.389 - 03, depicts Russian President Putin and the leader of the Wagner group  Pryhozhyn.

By ridiculing the President of Ukraine, Russian propaganda is trying to show that he is despised in the West. Also, Russian propagandists seek to sow panic among Ukrainians because of the counteroffensive, which is allegedly laughed at in Europe. Earlier, Detector Media denied the fake that El jueves magazine published a cover on which the Ukrainian military refused to counteroffensive.

Fake In Ukraine, they created biological weapons under the leadership of the United States, ex-lieutenant Scott Bennett said

In the Georgian segment of Facebook, a fragment of an interview with American ex-lieutenant Scott Bennett, which he gave to Iranian media Press TV, is being distributed. Bennett said that under the leadership of the United States, biological weapons were allegedly produced on the territory of Ukraine. This process began in 2005 with the creation of the 501C3 organization, which then transformed into Metabiota, funded by a company led by Hunter Biden. Scott Bennett also said that the Obama and Biden administrations collected the DNA of the Slavic population in order to create biological weapons against them. It's fake.

The case was investigated by specialists from the Myth Detector project. The statements of ex-lieutenant Scott Bennett repeat Kremlin fakes and manipulations of a biological laboratory in Ukraine. His words that the DNA of the Slavic peoples was collected to create biological weapons against them are unsubstantiated. Also, evidence that the Metabiota company is involved in the creation of biological weapons has not been proven. Professor Oliver Jones, Head of Biosciences and Food Technology at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, responded to the statement and explained that people are too genetically similar, so it is technically impossible to create bioagents that selectively destroy only the Slavic gene. In 2005, Ukraine and America signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of biosecurity. It is an Agreement Concerning Cooperation in the Area of Prevention of Proliferation of Technology, Pathogens and Expertise That Could Be Used in the Development of Biological Weapons between the Ministry of Health of Ukraine and the Department of Defense of the United States of America.

Russian propaganda systematically spreads fakes and manipulations on the development of biological weapons in Ukraine. This is part of the narrative that “the West controls Ukraine”. There have never been American biological laboratories in Ukraine. Earlier, Detector Media denied the fake that the United States is conducting military biological research in Ukraine with the bird flu virus.

Manipulation In Ukraine, a military uniform was created for pregnant women to send them to the front

Anonymous telegram channels broadcasting pro-Kremlin rhetoric spread information that pregnant women are allegedly mobilized in Ukraine and that a special uniform has been sewn for them. And the proof is a screenshot from the UNIAN website, where they are talking about a new uniform for female military personnel. This is manipulation.

According to the specialists of the VoxCheck project, the mobilization of women in Ukraine is exclusively voluntary. And volunteers began to create uniforms for military personnel, including pregnant women, at the request of the women themselves in the army. UNIAN  published news about the creation of a uniform for women, it was presented on the air of the United News marathon.

Thus, Russian propaganda is trying to discredit the authorities and intimidate Ukrainian society. Like, the Russians are winning on the battlefield, there are not enough people in the Ukrainian army, so they began to mobilize pregnant women. Earlier, Detector Media denied the manipulation that due to “huge losses” in the regions of Ukraine, a general mobilization allegedly began.

Fake Through the streets of London, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg walked naked

Anonymous telegram channels broadcasting pro-Kremlin rhetoric circulate a photo of a naked man on the streets of London and pass him off as NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. It's fake.

The fact-checkers of the VoxCheck project drew attention to the case. The Daily Mail did indeed publish a photo of a naked man in London and indicated that it was taken on June 27. However, there is no mention anywhere that this is Jens Stoltenberg. In the photo itself, it is also noticeable that it is not him. Moreover, on June 27, the NATO Secretary General was at a conference in The Hague.

Thus, Russian propagandists are trying to ridicule the NATO Secretary General and discredit him. Earlier, Detector Media denied the fake that Biden has three arms.

Fake Zelenskyi addressed the French amid protests and said that peace will return with Ukraine

Anonymous telegram channels broadcasting pro-Kremlin rhetoric and on the Russian segment of Twitter spread information that Zelenskyi allegedly turned to the French amid protests in France. He allegedly said that for many years Ukraine tried to join NATO, and now he is looking at the burning Marseille and wants to ask: “How do you feel without Ukraine? Are you doing well? Forget about pride, accept our help and peace will return to the streets of your cities”. It's fake.

The fact-checker of the Stop Fake project drew attention to the case. This quote is fictional. There is no reference to the source in the text, and there is no such appeal on the official pages of the President of Ukraine. The last time Volodymyr Zelenskyi spoke with Emmanuel Macron was in early June, and the protests in France began on June 28.

Thus, Russian propagandists are trying to discredit Volodymyr Zelenskyi and worsen relations with Western partners. Earlier, Detector Media denied the fake that, according to a Polish article, 95% of Ukrainian refugees will not return home.

Orest Slyvenko, Artur Koldomasov, Vitalii Mykhailiv, Oleksandra Kotenko, Oleksandr Siedin, Kostiantyn Zadyraka, and Oleksiy Pivtorak are collaborating on this chronicle. Lesia Bidochko serves as the project coordinator, while Ksenia Ilyuk is the author of the project.