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Detector Media collects and documents real-time chronicles of the Kremlin propaganda about the Russian invasion. Ukraine for decades has been suffering from Kremlin propaganda. 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 19 June, on the 1211th day of the full-scale war, our editorial office recorded:

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Fake
816
Manipulation
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Message
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Disclosure
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Fake 80% of the Kherson region residents want to get a Russian passport

Russian propaganda, including Vladimir Solovyov's telegram channel, spreads the fake that 80% of Kherson residents want a Russian passport. Firstly, this figure is taken from the ceiling: there is no independent sociology in the region, and no one has conducted any polls. Secondly, this figure was invented by collaborator Kirill Stremousov - he simply told the Russian media that he "thinks so." That was enough for the Russian media to spread the news with such headlines.

Message "Authorities of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions" "report" something or "appeal" to Russia for something

To fix in the minds of Russians who use state propaganda that Russia is "forever" present in the occupied territories of Ukraine, the Kremlin media spread a narrative about the "power of Kherson" or "power of Zaporizhzhia" regions. It is reported that the "authorities of the Kherson region" are asking Putin to deploy a Russian military base in the Kherson region. Then the "authorities of the Zaporizhzhia region" announce Kyiv's plans to "surrender Zaporizhzhia."

Disclosure Russian invaders are given manuals in which they are taught to answer the questions of Ukrainians in the occupied territories.

The word "war" is recommended not to be used and admit that they are Russians.

In the village of Dymerka (Kyiv region), liberated from Russian aggressors, the National Museum of Ukrainian History staff found manuals explaining how to answer questions from the local population. The NotaYenota project published two pages of these manuals, and their existence was confirmed to Detector Media by the museum staff. According to them, the document was found in the village council, which the Russians seized.

These “guidelines” recommend that occupiers not use the words "war" and "murder.” Answer all the questions so that "the residents believe that the Ukrainian authorities have left the local population without pensions, social benefits, protection, electricity, and water."

We must also avoid explicit recognition that the occupiers are Russians; we must answer that the invaders are "both Russians and Ukrainians, but most importantly - that they are Orthodox," as well as Ukrainians. The primary purpose of such answers is to make people doubt the Ukrainian government and shift the responsibility for the war to the government or the president.

These methods are another proof of the information war against Ukrainians and an example of military information and special psychological operations conducted by murderers in the Ukrainian occupied territories.

Fake Rockefeller suggested that the Slavs kill the Slavs and the Arabs the Arabs so that the countries would not compete with America

In addition to Soros, the Freemasons, and Bill Geist, conspiracy theorists and misinformers have another favorite character, the American banker David Rockefeller (and any Rockefeller in the Rockefeller family). And now, on social networks, in particular in the Georgian segment of Facebook, a fictional quote by David Rockefeller is being spread: "World processes must be organized in such a way that Arabs kill Arabs and Slavs kill Slavs. We must prevent third world countries from reaching the level of the United States because then America will be covered by the crisis " (quoted in an approximate and abbreviated version). This quote seems to explain that the war in Ukraine is a conspiracy of the "world government", and Russia is not an invader and aggressor, but a victim of Western manipulation. The posts also indicate precisely where Rockefeller allegedly said this - at a luncheon for UN ambassadors in 1994. But according to Myth detector, Rockefeller did not say these words or other words about the "organization of the world order" at the event.

It will be recalled that Rockefeller was indeed a supporter of the idea of ​​globalization and world economic unification. But this is not proof of his involvement in the "secret world government" - he publicly voiced his views as many other influential financiers, politicians, and businessmen for many years. He died in 2017, donating nearly a billion to charity during his lifetime.

Disclosure The French ex-military man lies when he talks about the "war crimes" of the Ukrainian military, which he allegedly witnessed

Fact-checkers from CheckNews, a subsidiary of the French newspaper Liberation, have exposed lies and manipulation by former military man Henry Boke, who has recently appeared on television in foreign media as a witness to "Ukrainian war crimes, including the Azov," who seem to have seen with their own eyes. In particular, he claimed to have seen members of Azov "systematically shoot at the feet of captured Russian soldiers and then execute Russian officers" - all of which, according to Boke, took place in Bucha. The publication checked his message - and found no evidence that he could even see anything of what he was telling a foreign audience. Yes, the fact-checkers received information that Boke was in Ukraine several times, but most of his trips were for one day - he entered and left on the same date, for example, April 4. All border crossings took place in the Lviv region. And even the only time he was in Ukraine for almost three days (less than 72 hours from April 17 to 19), he was in Lviv and witnessed the Russian shelling of the city on April 18, as evidenced by his photos. He could not physically reach Bucha once when he was in Ukraine. Also, there is no evidence that he communicated with the Ukrainian military - only photos of checkpoints in his photo.

Researchers also spoke to his former colleagues in the military unit he served, claiming he lied a lot. You can read more about Boke here.

Fake Ukrainian authorities have stopped salt production to sell weapons from warehouses in Bakhmut

Russian propagandists are spreading a fake story about "small arms depots" that were allegedly sold during the war, and it was because of this sale that Artemsil was shut down. Fake was analyzed in detail by StopFake.

The only thing that is true in the report of Russian propagandists is that warehouses in the mines where salt was mined in Bakhmut (former Artemivsk) existed. Weapons from the First and Second World Wars during the Soviet era and then, already during independence, kept some guns from the disbanded Ukrainian units.

But back in 2014, 95% of these weapons from warehouses were transported to Western Ukraine when there were fierce battles around Bakhmut. First of all, modern weapons were exported, but old ones were also moved - for example, Maxim machine guns and other historical weapons. For instance, Yuri Biryukov, an adviser to President Petro Poroshenko, wrote about this in 2015 and inspected warehouses. From a military point of view, warehouse values ​​don't matter. And one of the largest producers of salt in Europe - the company "Artemsil" can not work due to constant shelling. That is why salt has become so expensive in Ukraine, and there are interruptions in the supply of salt in Europe. "The company is not working, idle, according to the order, indefinitely. The shelling is constant; the administrative building is partially destroyed. There were direct hits in the mine, in the warehouse. The production process is impossible. We will not endanger people. Moreover, most of the residents of Soledar and employees of Artemsil have already been evacuated. Most of the employees of the administration, engineering, and technical workers are not on-site, " acting director of the enterprise Viktor Yurin told Radio Svoboda. That is why the "salt crisis artificially created by the Kyiv regime," which the propagandists write about. The sale of the "shooting failure to sell it to Africa" ​​is a fiction of former Verkhovna Rada deputy Ilya Kiva, who was the first to spread this lie.

Fake Viber anti-vaccination groups have returned to spreading Kremlin narratives

With the start of the war, Ukrainian anti-vaccination groups in Viber decreased Kremlin propaganda, but over time it returned. Texty.org.ua writes about this in their research.

Andrii Pylypenko, Lesia Bidochko, Oleksandr Siedin, Kostiantyn Zadyraka, and Oleksiy Pivtorak are collaborating on this chronicle. Ksenia Ilyuk is the author of the project.