A screenshot allegedly from the Ukrainian TV channel Pryamyi is being circulated on Russian propagandist Telegram channels and social media. It shows a cropped photograph of participants at a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in China. The image displays only Vladimir Putin and representatives of China, accompanied by the caption: “A joint photo on the sidelines of the SCO summit in China. Isolation in all its glory”. Fact-checkers from StopFake have proven that this screenshot is fake.

Those spreading the fake accuse Ukraine of “propaganda” and claim that Ukrainian TV channels deliberately edit photographs to portray Russia’s isolation.

An analysis of the original video from the official YouTube channel of the Pryamyi TV station, conducted by StopFake experts, showed that in reality this segment of the broadcast on August 31, 2025, was about the murder of former Verkhovna Rada Speaker Andrii Parubii in Lviv on August 30. The time indicated in the screenshot (12:32) and the scrolling ticker match: “… ‘Benfica’ /// As a result of Russian attacks on Zaporizhzhia over the past day, one…”. On the left side of the screen, a fragment of an interview with Vitalii Portnykov and Andrii Parubii was being aired.

In fact, the broadcast featured commentary by Viktor Bobyrenko, head of the expert group at the Policy Analysis Bureau, regarding Parubii’s murder. As StopFake experts note, according to data from the Osavul service, this fake was first disseminated by the propagandist Telegram channel Ukraina.ru on September 1, 2025.

Such falsifications are created to undermine trust in Ukrainian media, promote the narrative of the “dishonesty of Ukrainian journalism”, and weaken the impact of real international discussions about Russia’s role on the global stage.

This is a classic example of manipulation in which a genuine news segment is edited together with fabricated elements to spread distorted information. Russian propaganda regularly uses such methods as part of the information war against Ukraine.