A video is being actively circulated on social media that allegedly “exposes” the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine for using computer graphics, footage from old World War II films, and recordings of U.S. Tomahawk launches instead of real footage of the Ukrainian FP-5 “Flamingo” cruise missile.

Analysts from the VoxCheck project drew attention to this.

In reality, this is deliberate disinformation. Neither the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine nor the missile’s developer, Fire Point, has ever published any such video presentation.

The fake was created by propagandists themselves: they took a real video by The Wall Street Journal about the characteristics of the “Flamingo”, changed the color scheme from orange to blue, added footage from other sources, and generated the narrator’s voice using artificial intelligence.

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According to the authors of the VoxCheck report, the audio in the fake video shows clear signs of AI generation: a monotonous, robotic voice, numerous grammatical mistakes, and phrases atypical for a native Ukrainian speaker (“velyko dalnosti” instead of “velykoi dalnosti”, “novoho pokolynna” instead of “novoho pokolinnia”, etc.). Analysis using the Hive Moderation service confirmed a high probability that the voice was synthesized.

Thus, instead of “exposing a fake”, the propagandists themselves created a fake in order to discredit Ukrainian weapons developments.

For three years now, Russian propaganda has been repeating the message: “Ukraine is poor, incapable, everything has been stolen”. When evidence to the contrary appears – new missiles, drones, electronic warfare systems – It destroys this narrative. That is why they have to shout “fake!” and produce so-called “exposés”, so their own audience does not start asking uncomfortable questions. While Ukrainian missiles (“Neptune”, RK-360MC, and now “Flamingo”) are in fact sinking Russian ships and striking Crimea and oil refineries, it is psychologically easier for Russians to convince themselves and their audience that “none of this really exists”, that it is all just “cartoons”.

Russian propaganda continues a campaign of unfounded accusations against Ukraine over the alleged use of chemical weapons. Analysts from the Center for Countering Disinformation have drawn attention to this.

This time, Kyrylo Lysogorskyi, a representative of the Russian delegation to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), claimed that the Armed Forces of Ukraine allegedly drop toxic substances from drones and “attack the civilian population of Russia”.

This is yet another fake with no evidence whatsoever. The OPCW and other international bodies have never recorded any cases of Ukraine using chemical weapons. Russia has been repeating these accusations for years, but each time it fails to provide samples, independent examinations, or even coordinates of the allegedly “affected” settlements.

On the contrary, it is Russian forces that systematically violate the Chemical Weapons Convention. Since the start of the full-scale invasion, hundreds of cases have been documented in which drones dropped grenades containing chloropicrin, tear gas, and other choking agents on positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. These facts have been confirmed by the OPCW, are being investigated as war crimes, and have become grounds for new sanctions against Russia.

When Russians drop chloropicrin, CS gas, K-51 grenades, and similar munitions on Ukrainian positions, they need a justification: “We weren’t the first – Ukraine started it”. This reduces the likelihood of a tough international response and new sanctions. The domestic audience hears: “Ukrainian Nazis are poisoning peaceful Russians with chemicals!” This fuels hatred and a willingness to fight “until everyone is destroyed”.