The Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security reports that Kherson residents are receiving calls allegedly on behalf of the International Organization for Migration. The attackers are asking to name the code received in an SMS message supposedly from an international organization, the local regional state administration noted.

According to experts, the International Organization for Migration does not make phone calls. These are scammers trying to withdraw funds from bank cards and steal personal data. At the same time, one should not answer such calls.

This thesis was spread in the social networks of the Ukrainian segment. The reports say that representatives of the LGBT community do not serve in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which means that draft law No. 9103 on civil partnerships for same-sex and opposite-sex couples is “not needed”.

The case was noticed by the specialists of the VoxCheck project, who found out that the thesis that representatives of the LGBT community do not serve in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and do not participate in hostilities is not true. In 2018, an association “Ukrainian LGBT military for equal rights” was created in Ukraine. The founder of this organization is the then volunteer of the Donbas battalion, and now a fighter of the 72nd separate mechanized brigade named after Black Cossacks Viktor Pylypenko, who made the first coming out as a veteran participant in hostilities.

In 2019, for the first time, LGBT military marched in a column at the Equality March in Kyiv. Also in March 2021, the association “Ukrainian LGBT Military for equal rights” announced the recruitment of LGBT people, military personnel, specialists, as well as people friendly to the LGBT community in the ranks of one of the motorized infantry units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

If the draft law on the institution of registered partnerships is adopted, the document will apply not only to homosexual, but also to heterosexual couples. However, a registered partnership is different from a marriage. For example, partners do not change their last names, cannot adopt children, and do not have to be romantically involved. As human rights activist Sviatoslav Sheremet explained, parental rights remain only with the biological father or mother, the right of custody of the child is granted to the other partner only for the duration of the partnership.

Such a disinformation campaign was recorded by specialists from the Center for Countering Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council. As they say, in the telegram channels broadcasting pro-Kremlin rhetoric, there are messages about “Ukrainian Nazis who hate other religions”, including Islam. The authors of the messages are trying to convince that “Ukraine is a godless/Satanist state”, in particular, by spreading fake stories about the burning of the Koran by the Armed Forces of Ukraine and so on.

As experts explain, the purpose of this disinformation campaign is to stir up sectarian strife and demonize Ukraine and Ukrainians in the eyes of Muslims. In addition, analysts say another goal of the disinformation campaign is to increase the level of mobilization among Muslim believers.

The second important factor was the start date of the great religious holiday of Muslims Ramadan. Before that, the propagandists received training manuals stating that with the help of fakes and disinformation campaigns, they should ignite an interreligious conflict between Ukrainians and Muslims, which should develop into a religious war. No wonder the fake about the burning of the Koran was recorded on March 15, the international day against Islamophobia.

Consequently, the Russians are trying to demonize the Ukrainians and present them as enemies of all peoples. Russian propaganda positions Ukraine as an aggressor, but hides its own actions. At the same time, propagandists reflect their actions in this way and say that it is Ukrainians who kill civilians, profess hatred for many peoples, and despise other cultures and religions.

“Cinema is the most important art”, said Bolshevik Lenin, praising the Soviet school of cinema (according to Russian propaganda). Volodymyr Putin also vowed to keep an eye on Russian cinema when he recently commissioned films about the war against Ukraine to be shown in Russian cinemas. More precisely, the films are called upon to “fight against the spread of neo-Nazi and neo-fascist ideology”. The order from Putin states that the Ministry of Defense will assist Russian documentary filmmakers in preparing cinematographic material about the participants in the so-called “special operation” (in reality, a full-scale war), who “showed courage, bravery and heroism”. However, are courage, bravery and heroism inherent in the Russian occupiers? Russian propaganda is trying to build a favorable image of “military heroes” by using cinematography.

“Bandera”, “supporters of the Nazis”, “goofs in bloomers” - such a Ukrainian is in Russian cinema, created by order of Moscow. Russian films methodically use stereotypes to speculate about Ukrainians and other non-Russian peoples. Thus, Russian propaganda distorts reality and imposes stereotypes on viewers who begin to believe in an alternative reality. In addition to demonizing Ukrainians, Moscow often resorts to “toxic nostalgia” and revolves around its stereotypes of a “good Soviet Union” and a “victorious Great Patriotic War” to nourish the narrative about the existence of a “one people”, mentally uniting Russians with Ukrainians.

In 2014, with the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian war, a film called “Russian Character” was released. The film was released on December 28, 2014, that is, less than a year after the occupation of Crimea. This is a story about how in 2013 a Russian naval officer comes on vacation to his grandfather in the Crimea and learns that he was killed by “Bandera”. Also, messages are constantly being promoted about “Crimea is ours”, “oppression of Russian-speaking people”, “the vile nature of Ukrainians who spoke Russian all their lives, and suddenly remembered that they are Ukrainians”, etc.

And Lenin's phrase about cinema, as they say, sounds like this in full: “While the people are illiterate, of all the arts, cinema and the circus are the most important for us”. The Russian authorities operate on the same principle.

This thesis was circulated in social networks, in particular on telegram channels broadcasting pro-Kremlin rhetoric. The reports say that the EU is losing in the confrontation with Russia. “The growth of inflation and unemployment, the dysfunctional banking system - this is the result of Brussels’ policy in the EU”. Like, the Russian economy “goes into the abyss”.

The experts of the EU vs Disinfo project worked on the case and found that the thesis about the terrible economic situation in Western countries is untrue. According to the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 2022 has been a bad year for the Russian economy. According to experts, in 2022 Russia's gross domestic product fell by at least 2.2% in the best-case scenario and by 3.9% in the worst-case scenario. The Russian economy will shrink in 2023 as well. GDP is expected to contract by 5.6% or 3.3% according to the organizations.

In addition, the Yale University study examined in detail the impact of sanctions on the Russian economy, concluding that sanctions are catastrophically destroying the Russian economy.

According to the latest figures from the European Commission, the EU economy is “resilient and ready to face the challenges, in particular those caused by Russia's war against Ukraine”.

Such information was disseminated in social networks, in particular, on telegram channels broadcasting pro-Kremlin rhetoric. The reports say that Russian military missiles “Kynzhal” (Dagger) hit the location of the NATO military, who secretly manage the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. At the same time, the authors refer to the foreign edition of The Intel Drop. It is not true.

Specialists of the VoxCheck project investigated the case, and explained that the NATO military does not participate in the war in Ukraine, and they do not lead the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Fact-checkers also said that the author of the article in The Intel Drop is one of the Russian propagandists. The Intel Drop features Kremlin narratives and fake news. For example, the publication writes that Ukrainians do not trust Valerii  Zaluzhnyi in terms of the number of downed missiles, and their moods on social networks give out despondency towards the President. Among the publications of The Intel Drop, one can also see other materials of propagandists, for example, reports about the so-called “foreign mercenaries”.

In January 2023, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg once again emphasized that NATO does not send its military to war, but NATO supports Ukraine with weapons.

Such information was disseminated in social networks, in particular, on telegram channels broadcasting pro-Kremlin rhetoric. Reports say that Elon Musk tweeted that Bakhmut was “almost surrounded and it’s good”. It is not true.

The fact-checkers of the VoxCheck project drew attention to the case, and determined that the comment “and it’s good” was about a different thread, and not about Bakhmut. As the fact-checkers explain, Elon Musk wrote the comment “It’s good” in response to one of the users, and this can be seen from the screenshots distributed by propagandists. Through searching, they found exactly this answer. It has nothing to do with Bakhmut, because Musk's comment is in the thread about mattresses that can regulate the temperature.