Russian propagandists are actively spreading statements by Kremlin representatives such as Pieskov and Medvediev about the alleged intention of the United States to provide Ukraine with nuclear weapons. These statements note that such a step could be considered by the West as an attack on Russia, which justifies the use of a nuclear response. However, this is a fake.

The Center for Strategic Communications and Security drew attention to it. Its experts note that in fact this is another attempt by Russia to carry out nuclear blackmail aimed at destabilizing the West and weakening support for Ukraine. The reason for such statements was a publication in the New York Times, where an unnamed official only mentioned nuclear weapons in theory, calling such a scenario complex and unlikely.

The reality is that the United States, as a party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), cannot transfer them to other countries. Russia violates the NPT by supporting the nuclear programs of the DPRK and Iran, while simultaneously accusing the West of fictitious “escalation”. Therefore, these statements are a tool of propaganda and reflection of their aggressive policy.

A Polish pro-Russian Telegram channel has spread information that the Verkhovna Rada has “declared war” on the tombstones of fallen Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers, on which they are allegedly depicted together with Volodymyr Zelenskyi. Thus, relatives of fallen Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers, on whose tombstones a joyful Zelenskyi is allegedly depicted with a soldier “on a shield”, must remove the image of the Ukrainian president from the tombstone within 60 days. Otherwise, as the propagandists write, local authorities “will simply dismantle the tombstone”. In reporting this, the pro-Russian Telegram channel refers to a video in which information is provided in Ukrainian.

In fact, this is another fake of propagandists. There is no such resolution on the official portal of the Verkhovna Rada. Also, no reliable Ukrainian media published such information. In addition, in the subtitles to the video, the fakers made a mistake, writing the word “dismantles” with an extra letter “u”.

After all, it is not at all common practice in Ukraine to depict President Zelenskyi at the graves of fallen Ukrainian soldiers, although the video states that there are “at least 21,400 such cases”. The data provided is unfounded, and its source is not indicated.

The aim of the fake is to discredit President Zelenskyi and desecrate the culture of memory in Ukraine. We have repeatedly recorded similar fakes that speculate on the graves of fallen Ukrainian soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Thus, earlier we refuted the information that Ukrainians had destroyed the grave of a soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who died in Mariupol.

Pro-Russian sources have spread information that on November 17, 2024, while repelling a massive Russian missile attack on Ukraine, a Ukrainian servicewoman allegedly hit not a Russian missile, but a house. Thus, she left people homeless.

However, this is not true, as reported by the StopFake project. There is no evidence that the house was destroyed as a result of a shot fired by a Ukrainian servicewoman from an Igla MANPADS.

The propagandists are referring to the story of Nataliia Hrabarchuk, who actually destroyed a Russian cruise missile using an Igla MANPADS during its first combat launch on November 17. This was confirmed by the Ukrainian Air Force. They also noted that Hrabarchuk had been undergoing training courses at a training center for five months, mastered various types of portable anti-aircraft missile systems, and is now an anti-aircraft gunner in the anti-aircraft missile unit of the Galicia-Volyn Radio Technical Brigade of the Zakhid (West) Air Command.

The falsity of the information about the “destruction of the house” is also indicated by the fact that its original source has previously spread fakes. This source tries to mimic Ukrainian, but in fact regularly publishes disinformation narratives and fake stories.

Before serving in the army, Nataliia Hrabarchuk worked as a kindergarten teacher, and now she defends the Ukrainian skies together with other women. This is one of the reasons why this story went viral, and propagandists, in turn, began to speculate on it.

Earlier, we refuted the information that the cause of the tragedy in Sumy was allegedly “the work of Ukrainian air defense”.

A video has been widely distributed online, which allegedly shows the flight of a Russian Oreshnik ballistic missile during an attack on the city of Dnipro on November 21, 2024.

However, as the StopFake project writes, the video distributed by propagandists does indeed show the Soyuz-2.1a space rocket flying overhead. It was launched on November 21 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with the Progress MS-29 cargo ship.

Another proof that the video shows a space rocket, not a ballistic one, is the “space jellyfish” - a characteristic trace in the sky. This atmospheric phenomenon is explained by the reflection of light from the rocket's exhaust gases, partially dispersed in the atmosphere in the period before dawn or after sunset. Observation is possible when the Sun is not yet or no longer illuminating the Earth's surface, but its rays fall on the inversion trail from the rocket at a high altitude.

So, the propagandists used this video to maximize the deterrence effect of the Oreshnik ballistic missile launch. Earlier, we analyzed the Russian message that Zelenskyi should supposedly “thank Putin and God” for avoiding a ballistic missile strike.

Propaganda Telegram channels have spread information that on November 21, 2024, former MP Mustafa Nayem was allegedly arrested in the Afghan province of Nangarhar for “attempting to illegally cross the border”. The authors of the corresponding messages claimed that he could be imprisoned, extradited to Russia, or even executed. The propagandists also assumed that the purpose of Mustafa Nayem's visit to Afghanistan was either intelligence activities or drug trafficking.

In fact, this information is not true. This is written in the StopFake project. The original source of the “news” about the detention of Mustafa Nayem was the pro-Russian Telegram channel “Sheikh Tamir”, the leading propagandist Maksym Shykhaliev. The author of the channel did not provide a single reliable source of this information, referring to abstract “sources in the Taliban”. Moreover, he subsequently deleted the corresponding publication.

StopFake journalists managed to contact Mustafa Nayem in a messenger. The former MP denied the news, calling it “nonsense” and explaining that he had not left anywhere and was currently in Kyiv.

It is noteworthy that this disinformation appeared on pro-Russian resources on the day of the eleventh anniversary of the beginning of the Revolution of Dignity - it was Mustafa Nayem's message on the X social network that became one of the catalysts for the beginning of the protests. In their publications, propagandists called Mustafa Nayem the “godfather” and “initiator” of Euromaidan. Of course, Russian propaganda is trying to discredit the Revolution of Dignity and the individuals associated with it with similar fakes.

Earlier we analyzed the Russian manipulation that vegetable prices in Ukraine rose due to the Revolution of Dignity.

The social network X spread information that the people's deputy Danylo Hetmantsev said: “We are currently studying the experience of other countries in the field of taxation for pet owners. It doesn't matter if it is a dog, cat, parrot, gopher or any other pet, it must have mandatory insurance and a fixed tax on the owner”.

In fact, this quote is fake, as the VoxCheck project writes. There is no such information in the Ukrainian media or in the social networks of MP Hetmantsev. Hetmantsev's quote exists only in one image, which was distributed several times by users on the network, but there is no such text separately from the image. These words, which are attributed to the MP, were published on the network back in August 2024, but then there were much fewer such messages, VoxCheck adds.

Also, when creating this quote, the fakers made several mistakes. In particular, in the word "taxation", instead of the second letter “a” they wrote “o”. Also, it is likely that the text was first written in Russian, and then translated into Ukrainian. This is evidenced by the fact that the word “possessor” is more formal, it is often used in a figurative sense - for example, the owner of life. A person who has property or animals is correctly called an “owner”, and not a “possessor”. So it would be correct to say "the owner of pets".

We do not have mandatory registration of pets and especially taxation in this area. The procedure for insuring pets at the state level has not been implemented either. Animal owners can do this in private companies.

Earlier, we analyzed the Russian message that “Ukrainians are Nazis because they choose big dogs”.

Russian propaganda sources are distributing a fake advertising flyer allegedly from the funeral and ritual service Traur. The youth of Kyiv offer to “lie in a real coffin” for 60 minutes, in particular, to “overcome the fear of death”. In addition, the fakers noted the availability of a 50% discount for “young people of draft age”.

“The clients are indicated absolutely specifically - these are those who will have to go to the front line in time. And with a high probability, they will return from there not in a fake coffin, but in a real one”, the Kremlin publication writes.

As reported by StopFake, the owner of the funeral and ritual service Traur denied the information about providing such services and about making an advertising flyer. This is another Russian fake aimed at demoralizing the population of Ukraine during a full-scale war. Moreover, the propagandists were most likely inspired by the recent news from Japan, where a funeral home really does provide the service of “lying in a coffin” to think about life and death.

Russian sources are distributing a news release from the German Welt TV channel, which showed a video of soldiers from the 12th Azov Brigade storming Russian combat positions. The fake news claims that Azov used footage from the Call of Duty video game, and the video is supposedly from the Pokrovsk direction. They also accused German media of failing to comply with journalistic standards.

But the information about using video game footage is false. VoxCheck reports that there is no computer graphics in the video, the fighting is real. On July 15, 2024, the unit's official YouTube channel published a first-person video consisting of three parts: advancing through positions, clearing and consolidating after the assault. In addition, the assault took place in the Serebrianskyi forestry of the Luhansk region, and not in the Pokrovsk direction.

Russian propagandists impose the opinion that the Azov fighters support ideas that the modern world sharply rejects: anti-Semitism, Nazism, and other types of xenophobia. The Azov fighters are shown as those who devalue people based on their origins. In Moscow’s vision, Azov is ready to kill for “Ukrainian blood”. This is not the first time that the Kremlin has presented Ukrainians in this way — as aggressive, ultra-nationalistic, and valuing only “Ukrainian blood”. For example, Russian propaganda has already spread fakes about Ukrainian fighters’ wives complaining that their men transfuse them with “Muscovite blood”; or that Ukrainians prohibit foreign citizens from donating blood.

Despite the fact that in Ukraine (as in any other country) there is a share of people who are supporters of far-right ideas, it is the Kremlin that deliberately exaggerates their weight in Ukrainian society. In addition, it attributes to them a common ideology with Nazi Germany and the attitude towards sympathizers of Russia as a lower caste. At the same time, in the last parliamentary elections of 2019, for example, nationalists did not enter the Verkhovna Rada, not to mention far-right movements.

A fake memo for women on how to “avoid conscription” for military service is being spread on social media. It was allegedly published by the human rights organization La Strada, which deals, in particular, with the prevention of gender-based violence. Among the proposed options are “get pregnant urgently or adopt a child”, “provoke rape and delay the trial”, “break limbs to undergo long-term rehabilitation”, etc.

However, this is a fake, La Strada did not create such material, as it reports on its Facebook page. Despite the meaningless “advice” on how to avoid conscription, there is no forced “mobilization of women” as such in Ukraine. The current law has obliged female doctors and pharmacists to register for military service from October 1, 2023.

However, this still has nothing to do with the repeated narrative of agitprop on the topic of “women’s mobilization”. Since such a law does not mean mobilization or the establishment of restrictions on traveling abroad.

Russian Telegram channels and social media users are spreading information that Ukrainian military personnel are allegedly being removed from databases so that the families of the deceased do not receive payments. As “evidence”, a video is shown in which a woman, introducing herself as the wife of the deceased, claims that her husband is not on the lists. However, she does not name names, military units or other details. StopFake writes about this.

The photo that the woman is holding in her hands shows Andrii Kainara, a defender of Azovstal who was held captive and later returned to service. The organization that deals with his brigade confirmed his death in battle in September 2023, noting that Kainara did not have a wife, only a sister. The video is recognized as a fake aimed at discrediting Ukraine and its military.

The purpose of spreading this disinformation is to undermine the trust of Ukrainian citizens in state institutions, in particular, in the Armed Forces and government agencies. The propaganda seeks to create the impression that the state allegedly does not fulfill its obligations to the families of the fallen soldiers, which can sow despondency and demoralization among the population. This fake is also aimed at discrediting the Ukrainian army before the international community, demonstrating its alleged incompetence or indifference to its own soldiers and their families.

Russian propaganda Telegram channels are distributing a video story allegedly created by the German WELT, which says that in the city of Dresden (Germany), the police allegedly found more than 400 gold dental crowns in the house of a morgue attendant, a Ukrainian refugee Mykyta Tereshchuk. He allegedly took them out of the mouths of corpses in the Dresden morgue. In turn, the Ukrainian ambassador to Germany, Oleksii  Makieiev, allegedly publicly apologized for his compatriot and promised to send him to the front.

In fact, this information is not true. WELT did not create or distribute such a video story,  it cannot be found either on their official website or on their social media pages. In addition, the style of WELT videos differs from the style of the story distributed by propagandists. One can verify this by watching any video of this format on the WELT Instagram page. Also, WELT creates all such videos in German, not English, as in the fake version.

The “news” about the alleged discovery of “more than 400 gold dental crowns” on a Ukrainian refugee in Germany was not disseminated by any other reliable Western or Ukrainian media.

In the end, there is no information on the forgiveness of the Ukrainian ambassador to Germany, Oleksii Makieiev, and his promises to “send to the front” a Ukrainian refugee, because this supposedly “outrageous case” is a primitive fake.

With this disinformation, propagandists are trying to discredit Ukrainian refugees in the eyes of citizens of those countries that have accepted Ukrainians. Thus, with this specific case, Russian propaganda wants to show the “true nature” of Ukrainians, resorting to the typical tactics of Russian propaganda of “thoughts of the enemy”.

Earlier, we analyzed a Russian fake about a refugee from Ukraine shooting at a church icon in Zurich.

A “Ukrainian” pro-Russian Telegram channel is spreading information that 77% of Ukrainian citizens are supposedly ready to give up the Ukrainian territories occupied by Russia. The propagandists claim that they are citing data from a real, not a “bought and fabricated” sociological survey.

At the same time, they do not indicate which sociological company or organization conducted this survey and in what period. Presumably, this data was simply fabricated, the VoxCheck project writes. In addition, the “insider” data of the pro-Russian Telegram channel cannot be considered a reliable source of information. Even before the full-scale invasion, the SBU proved that the “Legitimnyi” Telegram channel, which is the primary source of dissemination of this data, is engaged in destabilizing the socio-political situation and sowing panic in Ukraine.

The Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) has been conducting regular surveys since May 2022 on the willingness of Ukrainians to make territorial concessions in order to achieve peace as soon as possible. According to the results of a recent poll conducted from September 20 to October 3, 2024, the majority of Ukrainians are against territorial concessions by Russia. 58% of respondents said that Ukraine should not give up any of its territories, even if this would prolong the war and threaten the preservation of its independence. The institute's sociologists note that the share of those ready to make territorial concessions has not changed since May 2024 — it is 32%. In turn, the share of those who are against concessions has increased from 55% to 58% from May to October of this year.

According to another KIIS poll conducted during the same period, 63% of Ukrainians are ready to endure the war as long as it takes.

A little earlier, we analyzed a similar propaganda message, claiming that the absolute majority of Ukrainians are supposedly ready to capitulate.

Russian propaganda Telegram channels claim that the cover of the German satirical magazine Titanic for November 2024 allegedly depicts a US Air Force plane that Ukrainians are clinging to. And the caption on the cover is supposedly: “The US withdrawal from Ukraine will remind us of something”. As proof, Russian propagandists add a corresponding photo.

However, in fact, this is a fake cover of the Titanic issue for November, as reported by the VoxCheck project. The original cover for this month is posted on the official website of the magazine - it looks different and does not concern Ukraine.

Also, at the top right on the fake cover there is the inscription “Internet-Aufgabe”. Probably, the authors of the fake article wanted to use the word “ausgabe” (issue) instead of “aufgabe” (task).

Titanic is a German satirical magazine that comes out monthly and features mostly politically themed covers.

During the full-scale war, we have documented at least five fake Titanic magazine covers created by propagandists. A detailed analysis of each fabricated cover can be found here.

Propagandists are spreading a photo of a woman in Ukrainian national dress on social networks, claiming that she is supposedly the grandmother of Russian TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak. The publications state that the woman was born in the village of Drozdni between Lutsk and Kovel, adding her life story. However, this is not true.

This is what StopFake writes about. The project's specialists found out that the photo actually shows the grandmother of Ukrainian journalist Anton Naumliuk of the “Graty” (Bars) publication, who spoke in detail about her biography. The photo was first distributed in 2017 for the family archive.

Information about the Sobchak family is available in open sources. Her paternal grandmother, Nadiia Andriivna, was Polish and lived in Tashkent. On the maternal side, Valentyna Volodymyrivna Narusova, originally from Leningrad, lived in Briansk. Although her family's Ukrainian roots are sometimes mentioned, no confirmation of a connection with the woman in the photo has been found.

Russian media is spreading disinformation that the Ukrainian military leadership is allegedly restricting access to reliable information for the Ukrainian president in order to remove him from office. This statement is based on the words of the so-called British expert Alexander Mercouris. However, it is untrue.

This is reported by the Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security. Mercouris is the editor-in-chief of the pro-Russian English-language website The Duran, which regularly disseminates Kremlin narratives. He is presented on Russian channels as a “Greek political scientist” or a “British expert”, although he is known for his scandalous reputation. Mercuris previously worked at the Royal Court of Justice of the United Kingdom, but was disqualified from practicing law for creating fake letters and fabricating false stories.

Such statements are aimed at discrediting the Ukrainian leadership, creating tension, and undermining trust in the Ukrainian president. They are part of a broader information war waged by Russia.

Russian sources are spreading information that, as part of a collaboration between Coca-Cola and the International Committee of the Red Cross, dozens of mobile morgues in the standard Coca-Cola red and white colors and the coloring of the “favorite Ukrainian embroidered shirt, so that it would be pleasant to lie there” were delivered to the city of Sumy. As proof of this, the propagandists add a photo showing mobile containers with what appears to be the English inscription “Mobile Morgue”.

However, this is another fake of Russian propaganda, the Center for Countering Disinformation reports. The mobile containers that the propagandists write about are mobile boiler houses that the Ukrainian Red Cross, in cooperation with the Coca-Cola company, delivers to local communities to support the population of Ukraine. Thus, in 45 mobile boiler houses that were provided to local communities last year, another 60 will be delivered during the 2024 heating season.

In addition, there is no sign “Mobile Morgue” on the boiler houses – it was superimposed on the photo by propagandists, replacing the original sign “Mobile boiler house”.

Earlier, we recorded a fake from the Russians that mobile crematoriums were being created in Ukrainian TRO brigades.

On the evening of November 17, 2024, Russians launched a missile attack on a nine-story building in Sumy. At 08:47 on the morning of November 18, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine reported that as of that time, 89 people were known to have been injured (including 11 children) and 11 people were killed (including 2 children) as a result of the attack. In turn, Russian propagandists write that the cause of the tragedy was not a Russian missile, but allegedly the unsuccessful work of the Ukrainian air defense.

However, this information is not true. This was reported by the Center for Counteracting Disinformation, citing the Sumy Region Prosecutor's Office. According to them, on November 17, using methods of warfare prohibited by international law, the Russians launched a missile strike on a densely populated residential area in Sumy. This, and not the work of the Ukrainian air defense, was the cause of the tragedy.

With this fake, Russian propagandists are trying to justify yet another war crime by the Russian army – the murder of civilians.

November 18-19 in Sumy have been declared days of mourning for those killed as a result of Russia's strike on the city. This was reported by the acting mayor of Sumy, Artem Kobzar.

Russian sources are spreading information that the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Michael O'Flaherty allegedly criticized the “language patrols” in Ukraine. As “proof” of this, propagandists publish a video in which O'Flaherty allegedly says that such patrols violate the rights of national minorities in Ukraine. 

However, the video distributed by the propagandists is fabricated - it was created using deepfake technology based on artificial intelligence. This is reported in the Stopfake project. At the 46th second of the distributed video, one can see how the man's “double chin” appears for a second and then immediately disappears. Also, the man in the video hardly blinks, and his speech does not match his facial expressions. In addition to this, the real Michael O'Flaherty has more active facial expressions when he speaks. One  can see this by watching any speech of the commissioner.

StopFake journalists also analyzed the propagandists’ videos using Attestiv, a tool for identifying fake videos created by artificial intelligence. The analysis showed that the video was “highly likely” to be fake.

This is not the first time that Russian propaganda has spread disinformation about “language patrols” in Ukraine, responding to the initiative of the mayor of Ivano-Frankivsk to create such patrols in the city to popularize the Ukrainian language. At the same time, the “language inspectors” do not have any special powers; this is a volunteer initiative.

Earlier, we recorded disinformation that the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv opened recruitment for a team of “language inspectors”.

Pro-Russian Telegram channels are distributing a video report allegedly created by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). The report claims that after Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election, Ukrainian soldiers began surrendering eight times more often than before. In turn, Euronews editor-in-chief Klaus Strunz allegedly called this a “completely natural” development. They say that now it has become clear to everyone that Ukraine is doomed, so the military is thinking about how to save their own lives.

However, this video is fabricated, writes the StopFake project. ISW did not publish such a video or similar statistics on its website or on its social media pages. There are no similar reports in any reliable Western media, including Euronews. The editor-in-chief of this broadcaster, Strunz, did express support for Trump on his social media pages, but did not comment on the potential consequences for Ukraine after the newly elected US president takes office, nor on reports of mass surrender of Ukrainian troops. After all, this “news” is false.

Therefore, there is no independent and verified data on how many Ukrainian soldiers actually surrender, since such statistics are only available from the Russian side, which does not inspire confidence.

With this fake, propagandists are trying to assert that with Trump coming to power in the United States, Ukraine will not receive any critical financial and military support from this state and, in general, a “complete catastrophe” awaits Ukrainians.

Earlier, the Russians had already distributed a fabricated video on behalf of ISW. Thus, earlier we recorded a fake video about how two out of ten Ukrainians died during meetings with representatives of the Territorial recruitment and social support centers.

Russian propagandists are spreading information that the heart of a 31-year-old German mercenary who served in the Ukrainian Armed Forces and was killed by Russians is allegedly being sold on the darknet. The price of such an organ is 70 thousand dollars. The propagandists add that the organ is in good condition and is sold exclusively to Germans. A screenshot of the ad from the darknet is added as “proof”.

In fact, this information is not true - the photo with the ad was faked. This is reported by the VoxCheck project. ​​The photo is not of a heart, but of the powerful drug opium.  Earlier some sites published the original ad for its sale in an article about illegal things posted on the darknet.

In this fake, the Russians combined two narratives at once - about “black transplantologists” and so-called mercenaries. Thus, they wanted to claim that foreign soldiers in Ukraine are treated as “cannon fodder”, and then “sold” for organs. The goal is to undermine foreigners' trust in Ukraine and reduce their support.

Pro-Russian resources are spreading information that the newly elected US President Donald Trump has allegedly been added to the Myrotvorets database. As “proof”, the propagandists are adding a corresponding screenshot.

However, this is a fake photo, the VoxCheck project writes. A search on the Myrotvorets website showed that Trump is not in the database of the same name. Also, the fake screenshot shows a different design from the original. For example, the real emblem of the official website is depicted as the continents of the world, and not just a map of Ukraine. The original website's “header” is also a darker shade of blue, as well as sidebars with a counter of the days of the Russian-Ukrainian war and information about other community projects.

The official Myrotvorets website reported that this is not the first time that Russians have created fake screenshots of the site, in particular about Trump, and passed them off as real. For example, we previously recorded disinformation that Polish President Andrzej Duda was added to the Myrotvorets database.

The Peacemaker Center is an independent non-governmental organization created by a group of scientists, journalists and specialists in the study of signs of crimes against the national security of Ukraine, peace, human security and international law and order.

Russian telegram channels are spreading information that Russian military personnel crossed the border with the Chernihiv region and installed a Russian flag on the bridge over the Sudist River near the village of Hremiach.

However, this information is not true. This was reported to the Center for Counteracting Disinformation by the representative of the State Tax Service of Ukraine Andrii Demchenko:

“There was no breach of the border. The Russian tricolor was installed on the destroyed bridge near the border, but the saboteurs did not enter the territory of populated areas. The area is under the control of Ukrainian forces and additional units are providing anti-sabotage defense”.

Also, the head of the Center for Counteracting Disinformation, the officer of the Defense Forces Andrii Kovalenko wrote on his telegram channel that there is no threat of Russian invasion of Chernihiv region, there is only a limited threat of sabotage and reconnaissance groups. He also added that “the story about Hremiach is false and is exclusively an information operation of the enemy”.

Earlier, we refuted the information that Polish politicians “flaunted” the Russian flag in the Vatican.

Russian sources are spreading information that NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte allegedly threatened newly elected US President Donald Trump to expel Americans from the North Atlantic Alliance. According to the propagandists, Rutte said that he would take such a step if Trump “handed over” Ukraine to Russia.

However, this is a fake, writes the StopFake project. In the context of Trump's victory, Rutte has spoken out only a few times. First, on November 6, he congratulated Trump on his victory and wrote that “his leadership will again be key to keeping the Alliance strong”. The next day, the NATO Secretary General commented on Trump's victory and its consequences for Ukraine before the start of the European Political Community summit in Budapest. According to him, Trump has done and will do a lot for the Alliance.

The above statements by Rutte contrast with the information presented by the propagandists. It should also be noted that the fake quote by Rutte was published only in the pro-Russian segment of the Internet. Not a single authoritative publication wrote about the threats of the NATO Secretary General against Trump.

Earlier, we refuted the information that a street in Kyiv was named in honor of the new NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.

The Russians are distributing a video report on behalf of the American publication The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), which states that the newly elected US Vice President J.D. Vance allegedly twice - on November 6 and 7 - refused to speak to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andrii Yermak on the phone.

However, this video is fabricated. This is reported in the StopFake project. First of all, the WSJ did not publish such a video either on its website or on social networks (X, Facebook, YouTube). In addition, the video has obvious errors indicating its falsity. For example, J.D. Vance is called Vice President, although today the politician has not yet taken office and has the status of Vice President-elect of the United States. The current Vice President of the United States is Kamala Harris.

The video also quotes “political scientist” Dina Titus as saying that “the vice president has more important tasks now than to listen to Zelenskyi's Victory Plan once again”. While Titus could indeed comment on current political events, she is not a “political scientist” but a member of the US House of Representatives from Nevada. In the end, StopFake journalists were unable to find any confirmation that Titus actually made such a statement.

Let us recall that on November 8, 2024, it became known about a telephone conversation between the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi and the newly elected President of the United States Donald Trump.

Earlier, we analyzed the Russian fake news that Yermak called Macron a hypocritical politician for wanting to cut aid to Ukraine.

On Telegram, Russian propagandists are spreading that the Banknote and Mint of the National Bank of Ukraine in Kyiv was allegedly damaged as a result of a Russian drone strike on November 12, 2024. They provided precise coordinates that match Google Maps data, which was supposed to add credibility to these claims. However, this information is not true.

StopFake reports this. The project's experts found out that the images used were indeed taken from old news: most of these photos are related to the June 3 fire at a warehouse in the Desnianskyi district of Kyiv on Zakrevskyi Street, and not to the attack on the NBU facility. Official sources also do not confirm this information: as of November 12, none of the messages from the Kyiv City Military Administration (KMV), Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klychko or the State Emergency Service of Ukraine contained information about damage to the Banknote and Mint. In addition, this facility is located on another street, which once again refutes the claims of its defeat. Another image that they are trying to link to the attack was actually taken on April 28, 2022, during the shelling of the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kyiv.

This disinformation is yet another attempt by pro-Kremlin media to sow panic and create the impression that Ukraine’s financial infrastructure is under constant threat.