Former Polish presidential candidate Seb Ross posted a claim on social media alleging that “Americans killed a seven-year-old Russian girl in Luhansk”. As “evidence”, he attached a photograph of a girl.

This was reported by the Center for Strategic Communications.

In reality, the image used by Ross is a stock photo – it even retains the watermark of the photo bank. Therefore, his claim has no connection to real events.

Seb Ross is known for his pro-Russian views. He has previously stated that, if he became president of Poland, he would visit Moscow, and he has also questioned the need to criticize Russia. The politician has repeatedly spoken in favor of Poland leaving the European Union.

Ross published the fake about a “Russian girl killed by Americans” after reports that a seven-year-old girl, Amelia Grzesko, who held Polish citizenship, was killed as a result of a Russian shelling of Ternopil. It is likely that in this way he is trying to deflect responsibility from Russia for the deaths of children and create a false “mirror” narrative.

Russian propaganda media, Telegram channels, and bots on the social network X are spreading a video allegedly filmed in New York’s central square, Times Square. In the clip, one of the billboards displays an “advertisement” for the Polymarket platform, supposedly offering users a chance to bet on which country President Volodymyr Zelenskyy would allegedly flee to after Ukraine’s “capitulation”. This video is fake.

Ukrinform reports this.

There is no such bet on Polymarket’s official website as the one attributed to the platform by Russian propagandists. Polymarket does accept other types of wagers, including on possible peace agreements or a ceasefire, but the scenario shown in the video does not exist on the platform.

In addition, the fake video features the logo of the American media outlet USA Today, but there is no such video on the publication’s official website or social media accounts. The propaganda material also claims that the clip is being broadcast on a billboard located on a building belonging to the Regal cinema chain. In reality, this screen shows only trailers for new films and posters for movies currently playing at the theater.

The original source of the fake was Ukrainian collaborator Oleh Tsaryov, who is hiding in Russia. In many versions of the fabricated video, a watermark with his name is even visible.

Thus, the propagandists edited the clip using video-editing software and replaced the real advertisement on the billboard, creating yet another piece of disinformation.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and the German Embassy in the Philippines have firmly denied claims by Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova that Filipino citizens are allegedly being recruited to take part in the war against Russia on Ukraine’s side.

This was reported by the Center for Strategic Communications.

Zakharova claimed that an alleged recruitment scheme was operating in the Philippines through the U.S. company RMS International, which supposedly promised earnings of $5,000, training by U.S. instructors, and the issuance of Schengen visas at the German Embassy in Manila.

MFA spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi told the Center for Strategic Communications that these claims are groundless fabrications.

“These statements have no factual basis whatsoever and do not correspond to reality. Ukraine and the Philippines have strong, friendly, and dynamic bilateral relations based on mutual respect, trust, and commitment to international law. This was confirmed just yesterday during a telephone conversation between the Presidents of the two countries,” the MFA representative said.

The ministry emphasized that such statements are another element of Russia’s systematic disinformation campaign. Previously, the Kremlin spread similar fakes, including claims about alleged “recruitment” in South Korea. Now Russian propaganda is targeting countries in Southeast Asia.