Volodymyr Zelenskyy. russian fake. British Ambassador to moscow. russian propaganda

russia's information terror continues in parallel with its military terror in Ukraine and numerous hybrid operations in Europe. Evidently, the global community is not doing enough to force the kremlin to abandon its aggressive policies. In the past month, we have recorded new disinformation campaigns targeted against the US, the EU, Finland, Poland, Germany, France, Belgium, the UK, Estonia, Canada, and, of course, Ukraine.
Based materials from Stopfake.org, Spravdi.ua, EuVsDisinfo.eu

Fake: Zelenskyy does not want the war to end because his political career will end after that.
This statement was made by former British diplomat Ian Proud. His words are being circulated by russian propaganda media. In reality, this is Proud's personal opinion, which contradicts the public position of Ukraine and the actual steps taken by Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Proud himself provides no evidence that Zelenskyy is allegedly prolonging the war to retain power.
As early as September 5, Zelenskyy stated Ukraine's readiness to adhere to a regime of halting air strikes as part of a negotiation process mediated by the US: https://www.president.gov.ua/news/ukrayina-gotova-dotrimuvatisya-rezhimu-pripinennya-povitryan-106265
Across all international platforms and domestically, Zelenskyy consistently emphasizes that the war must be brought to an end by launching full-fledged diplomatic processes. The Ukrainian side has repeatedly initiated various negotiation formats. In response, russia either boycotts such initiatives or sets deliberately unacceptable conditions.
russian media also manipulate Proud's biography, referring to him as the "former British Ambassador to moscow." In fact, he was never an ambassador (https://www.prouddiplomat.com/about): in 2014–2019, he worked at the British Embassy in moscow, specifically as Head of Administration and Economic Counselor.
The assertion that elections in Ukraine were allegedly "canceled" is also manipulative. The Law of Ukraine "On the Legal Regime of Martial Law" explicitly prohibits holding presidential, parliamentary, and local elections during martial law: https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/389-19
Thus, propagandists substitute facts with their own assumptions—narratives engineered in the kremlin.
Fake: Ukraine was preparing a terrorist attack against the British Ambassador to moscow.
"An embassy security guard detained by russian special services was an agent of Ukrainian intelligence gathering intelligence for this purpose on instructions from Ukrainian blogger Dmytro Karpenko," russian media report. In reality, this is a version fabricated by the russian Federal Security Service (FSB), which is unconfirmed by any independent sources.
The FSB claimed to have detained a russian working for the entity providing security to the British Embassy and published a video of his "confession" and alleged messaging with blogger Karpenko. However, the detainee's identity was not disclosed, and the British side has not publicly confirmed the FSB's statements.
The russian intelligence agency also claims that the gathered information was intended for preparing an attack on the British Ambassador and other diplomats, with the blame allegedly planned to be pinned on moscow.
The russians present no independent verification of the existence of such a plan or Ukraine's involvement in it. This statement emerged amidst intensified russian propaganda about an allegedly "terrorist Ukraine" attempting to drag Western nations into the war. Such a plot allows the kremlin to simultaneously discredit Ukraine, intimidate the British public, and justify further confrontation with the West.
In this manner, russia is attempting to respond to the regular arrests of saboteurs in EU countries acting on orders from Kremlin special services. Here is a recent example:
A Cuban national from russia coordinated terrorist attacks in four EU countries under instructions from russian intelligence. Oemis Romagosa Durruti lives in russia, teaches salsa and bachata, and concurrently, according to investigators, recruited perpetrators via Telegram and Facebook for russian sabotage operations in Europe, Delfi writes: https://rus.delfi.lv/57862/v-mire/120134225/kubinec-iz-rossii-podozrevaetsya-v-organizacii-teraktov-v-litve-i-polshe-po-zadaniyu-gru
He primarily targeted natives of Latin America who could travel freely within the Schengen Zone. The operatives recruited by him attempted to set fire to equipment destined for Ukraine in Lithuania, carried out attacks in Poland and the Czech Republic, and were preparing another sabotage act in Romania.
Some of the perpetrators did not even realize that russia was behind these tasks. Currently, seven individuals involved in the case are in custody in Lithuania. Three others, including Romagosa Durruti, have been placed on international wanted lists.

Canadians pay tax. Supporting Ukraine. Ukraine war

Fake: Ukraine has lost the war, this is obvious to everyone, and its continuation will only lead to further destruction of the country and economic troubles in Europe.
This statement was made by former NATO General Harald Kujat. In reality, as of September 2026, combat operations continue, and the situation on the front line remains dynamic. According to the ISW assessment, the russian spring-summer offensive did not lead to a rapid collapse of Ukrainian defense: russian territorial gains remain slow and limited. Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces in 2026 are conducting counterattacks and have reclaimed several positions on the front line.

In particular, on September 28, the Ukrainian military announced the recovery of control over several settlements in northern Donetsk Oblast as part of Operation "Vivaldi." The 3rd Army Corps has already liberated 176 km². Thus, claims of an "obvious defeat of Ukraine" are not a fact. This is a political and military assessment by Kujat, which russian media presents as indisputable reality.

It is also essential to consider who is promoting this thesis and how russian propaganda uses it.

Since retiring, Kujat routinely makes public statements regarding the "failure of Western strategy," the futility of supporting Ukraine, and the need to negotiate with russia. Consequently, his position has consistently been loyal to the dictator putin. russian propaganda uses his status as a former high-ranking NATO official as a badge of authority for its lies.

Fake: Canadians pay separate tax deductions for the "support" and "reconstruction" of Ukraine.
russian propaganda is circulating an image of an alleged Canadian tax return with lines highlighted in yellow marker reading "Supporting Ukraine" and "Rebuilding Ukraine" for a total amount of $13,000. The image is presented as proof that Canadian taxpayers are obliged to pay a separate "Ukrainian tax." The trigger for this new wave of dissemination was the signing of the declaration on a 100-year partnership between Canada and Ukraine on September 10, 2026. russian government spokesperson maria zakharova also commented on this event: "Canadian citizens will eventually ask why their money goes to a war on the other side of the world instead of healthcare and roads."

StopFake verified the image using various digital verification tools. The ImageWhisperer service issued an "AI-Generated" verdict. The service found no camera metadata or pre-existing traces of the image online prior to its spread. Manipulation detection models (Sparse-ViT – 99%, IML-ViT – 95%) localized significant tampering precisely around lines 420 and 422, where the text about Ukraine was inserted. OpenAI's verification tool classified the image as created with OpenAI tools, indicating that detected artifacts confirm this.

The line numbering on the return also exposes the forgery. The image uses three-digit line numbering for the T1 tax return. Canada abandoned this numbering starting in tax year 2019, switching to five-digit line numbers. Lines 420 and 422 actually mean something entirely different. Under the old system, line 420 was Net Federal Tax, and line 422 was Social Benefits Repayment. In the current tax return, these same positions are marked as numbers 42000 and 42200. There are no lines related to Ukraine or any other foreign states in the Canadian tax return.

Other lines do not match either. "Canada employment amount" in the image is listed under line 312, whereas prior to 2019 this item was number 363 (currently 31260).

Canada's aid to Ukraine is funded from the general federal budget, like any other government expenditure. There is no separate tax or mandatory contribution for this. Private donations by Canadians to Ukrainian charitable organizations are entirely voluntary.

Regarding the 100-Year Partnership Agreement between Canada and Ukraine, it refers to a declaration of intent. The parties agreed to finalize the actual 100-Year Partnership Agreement by December 2026, marking the 35th anniversary of Canada's recognition of Ukraine's independence (Canada was the first Western nation to do so).

russian propaganda omits the fact that the partnership is beneficial to Canada itself. According to The Globe and Mail, the Canadian defense industry stands to gain from several agreements: long-term intergovernmental cooperation is planned for the joint production of uncrewed systems, counter-drone systems, and ammunition, combining Ukrainian combat experience with Canadian manufacturing capabilities.

According to the Government of Canada, since the start of the full-scale invasion, the country has allocated over 25.5 billion Canadian dollars in various forms of aid to Ukraine, including over 13 billion in direct financial support. A significant portion of this total consists of loans rather than grants. Specifically, 12.1 billion accounted for loans, most of which are repayable over 10 years. Additionally, Canada provided $5 billion through the G7 ERA mechanism, which utilizes revenues derived from frozen russian sovereign assets.

Kaczynski. Minister of Defense Poland. Polish border

Fake: Ukraine attempted to unify with Poland to drag it into the war.
The russian media outlet RIA Novosti published an article titled "Kaczynski Explained How Ukraine Tried to Drag Poland into Conflict." It was based on a speech by the former Polish president at the youth congress "Youth for Poland Tomorrow," where he noted that at the beginning of the confrontation with moscow, Kyiv expected actions from Warsaw that the latter could not agree to.
"...Later events unfolded completely differently, but it must be clearly stated here that the Ukrainians changed their mind. I think initially they had a somewhat bizarre idea—to drag us into this war, even based on creating a single state. This was precisely what Zelenskyy's speech in the Sejm pointed to," russian media quoted Kaczynski as saying.
Evidently, Kaczynski was referring to Zelenskyy's video address to a joint ceremonial session of the Polish Sejm and Senate on March 11, 2022, marking the 23rd anniversary of Poland's accession to NATO. The President of Ukraine spoke about the close bond between the Ukrainian and Polish peoples: https://www.president.gov.ua/news/vistup-prezidenta-ukrayini-volodimira-zelenskogo-v-sejmi-res-73497
In his speech, Zelenskyy spoke of friendship between the two nations and the support Poland provided to Ukraine, but there is not a single word about any state unification. Furthermore, he referred to unity as an accomplished fact rather than a future political project (meaning unity in the struggle against the aggressor, not the concept of a shared state).
Sejm Deputy Paweł Kowal from Civic Coalition (currently the ruling, then-opposition political force) spoke in 2022 about the possibility of creating a common political space and even suggested that Poles should accept a Ukrainian as president. However, this was Kowal's personal opinion and was never the official position of the party.
The current Polish Minister of National Defense, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, stated in 2022 that the time had come for a new Polish-Ukrainian alliance. However, all these concepts were voiced by Polish politicians and thinkers; there is no record of any similar initiatives originating from Ukraine. No Ukrainian politician—whether from the ruling party or the opposition—has ever advocated for the creation of a unified state. References are frequently made to the removal of borders between Ukraine and Poland, but these strictly refer to the prospects of Ukraine joining the EU.
Interestingly, Kaczynski himself advocated for establishing a NATO peacekeeping mission in Ukraine back in 2022. Yet now he claims that Ukraine attempted to drag Poland into the war.
Fake: An armed Ukrainian was detained in Poland planning an assassination attempt on the Minister of Defense.
russian propaganda is spreading reports that in Poland, "an armed Ukrainian was arrested while attempting to secretly sneak into an arms exhibition," and because it was opened by the Defense Minister, this "led police to suspect an assassination attempt."
This stems from a real event—the detention of a Ukrainian national during the International Defence Industry Exhibition in Kielce. However, russian decision-makers distorted all the details of the event to push disinformation narratives about "dangerous Ukrainians."
First of all, the detainee was not armed. As reported by the industry outlet Defence24 citing RMF FM, the man was only found with a magazine containing live ammunition, but he had no firearm. Police also inspected the vehicle in which he had arrived in Poland alongside two Ukrainian entrepreneurs—neither a pistol nor any other dangerous items were found. According to RMF FM, the item in question was seven .45 ACP rounds.
The claim that the man "attempted to secretly sneak" into the exhibition is also false. He arrived as a driver for two Ukrainian businessmen whose company was displaying products at MSPO, meaning he arrived as part of an official delegation. Targi Kielce security personnel discovered the items during a standard security screening of visitors at the entrance. The theory of an assassination attempt on the head of the Ministry of Defense is confirmed neither by the investigation nor by the chronology of events: https://sprawdzamto.pl/artykul/2026-09/zamach-kosiniak-kamysz-ukrainiec-kielce
Daniel Prokopowicz, spokesperson for the District Prosecutor's Office in Kielce, explained in a comment to Sprawdzam To: "The proceedings pertain solely to the issue of illegal possession of ammunition discovered by security staff." Thus, the charge is entirely unrelated to preparing an attack or taking action against a specific individual. The Border Guard Service has initiated administrative deportation procedures.
Fake: Poland is "creating barrier troops" on the border with Ukraine.
russians are spreading disinformation claiming that Polish border troops are allegedly creating "barrier troops" (blocking detachments) at checkpoints with Ukraine. Supposedly, reinforced checkpoints are necessary to "stop the flight from the front" by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Poland has indeed initiated work to reinforce border posts and infrastructure near the Polish-Ukrainian border. This is driven exclusively by russia's aggressive actions, which by September 2026 had carried out air strikes against the Polish-Ukrainian border region three times.
On the night of September 13, russian drones attacked a gas station near the Yahodyn border crossing and the locomotive of a passenger train in Volyn Oblast, just two kilometers from the Polish border. On September 17, russia again attacked the border district with drones. On September 28, a strike by a russian jet-powered drone on the Yahodyn checkpoint damaged the border facility building at the entrance to the terminal.
Amid escalating russian terror, Polish authorities resolved to strengthen border defenses. Consequently, in the area subjected to russian attacks, fortifications utilizing HESCO Bastion systems began to be installed. These consist of wire mesh containers lined with heavy-duty fabric and filled with sand or gravel, providing protection against blast waves.
Poland is also reorganizing border traffic to reduce the number of vehicles queued for customs clearance. Currently, Poland has fortified six border checkpoints across the Lublin and Podkarpackie Voivodeships. Additionally, new air defense assets have been deployed along the border with Ukraine, as noted by Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.
Meanwhile, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned of "challenging weeks and months ahead" due to russia's intensifying aggression against Ukraine. Tusk emphasized deep cooperation with the Ukrainian Defense Forces: "We can count on operational information and actions from the Ukrainians, who attempt not only to report when something flies toward Poland but also to neutralize the threat while it is still over Ukraine," stated the Prime Minister of Poland (https://www.rp.pl/polityka/art45208531-donald-tusk-przed-polakami-wymagajace-miesiace-mysliwce-podrywamy-kazdej-nocy).

Finland is preparing. Finnish Defence Forces

Fake: Finland announced plans for an armed conflict with russia.
russian media: "Finland is preparing for a direct armed conflict with Russia. Helsinki may attempt to deploy saboteurs to Murmansk and Arkhangelsk. The conflict could begin with Helsinki's attempt to deploy its sabotage groups inside Russia. NATO countries on the Eastern Flank of the Alliance are actively exploiting the confrontation with Russia, as it drives investment: funding military infrastructure, securing business contracts, and creating jobs."

This is an unsubstantiated accusation against Finland, a NATO member, in an attempt to discredit a perpetual russian target.

Finland harbors no hostile intentions toward russia. Its security measures are a direct response to russia's unprovoked, full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The overwhelming majority of Finns recognized membership in the defensive alliance as necessary. NATO is a defensive alliance. Finland's accession was a sovereign decision aimed at bolstering its security, not at destabilizing russia.

Despite the kremlin's accusations, Finland poses no military threat to russia. Its military strategy is purely defensive and focused on deterrence rather than aggression. This is codified on the official website of the Finnish Defence Forces. Claims that Finland is deploying sabotage groups inside russia are a continuation of long-standing Soviet-era narratives depicting Finland as a hostile actor. Similar tactics were employed in 1939 to justify the USSR's invasion of Finland during the Winter War. There is no evidence that Finland is deploying sabotage units onto russian territory.

As for russia itself, the kremlin has committed numerous acts of aggression against neighboring states over the past 25 years, including the illegal annexation of Crimea and conflicts in Chechnya, Moldova, and Georgia.

Ukrainian commander Madyar. NAVTEX navigation. Armed Forces of Ukraine

Fake: Ukrainian commander "Madyar" mocked the death of Turkish sailor Savaş Çakar, who died following an attack on the vessel "Reyhan Sari."
In reality, Commander Robert Brovdi (call sign "Madyar") never posted such a comment on social media. This was confirmed by Ukraine's Ambassador to Türkiye, Nariman Dzhelyalov, in a statement to Türkiye Today: https://www.turkiyetoday.com/world/kyiv-rejects-viral-comment-attributed-to-magyar-over-turkish-sailors-death-3226283  
According to the diplomat, no member of Brovdi's team posted any such message on his behalf. The Ukrainian commander's name was fraudulently used to generate a fake post. The Embassy of Ukraine also expressed condolences to the family of the deceased, Savaş Çakar, emphasizing that every civilian death is a tragedy regardless of nationality.  
Ukraine issues advance NAVTEX navigation warnings to alert civilian ships regarding hazardous maritime zones in the Black Sea. The objective of this fake is to provoke outrage among the Turkish public, discredit the Ukrainian military, and drive a wedge between Ukraine and Türkiye.  
Fake: The Armed Forces of Ukraine received orders to kill foreign military personnel who cannot be evacuated from the battlefield.
This claim is being circulated by russian propaganda outlets citing unnamed "security officials." In reality, there is zero evidence that any such order exists. Propagandists fail to present official documents, name the commander who supposedly issued it, or offer any supporting proof.  
As "evidence," stories are attached mentioning the alleged deaths of specific foreign volunteers fighting for Ukraine, including a British citizen near Kostiantynivka and a Brazilian national in the Kharkiv region. However, reports of foreign combatants dying in action in no way substantiate claims of command orders to execute wounded personnel. This is a classic substitution of proof with wild assumptions: russian propaganda exploits individual combat casualties among foreigners to push an unbacked story alleging Nazi practices in the Ukrainian army and "brutal treatment" of foreign volunteers. In reality, such practices are widely documented within russian military formations.  

russian strike Poland. Zaporizhzhia NPP. IAEA Director General

Manipulation: The IAEA Director General "urged Ukraine to immediately halt attacks on the Zaporizhzhia NPP."
Social media accounts and russian websites are circulating claims that IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi supposedly "called on the Armed Forces of Ukraine to immediately cease attacks on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant." russian media reported: "Grossi called a Ukrainian drone strike on a bus stop in Enerhodar 'the worst thing that has happened in this city.'"  
In reality, this information is manipulative. The IAEA Director General did not directly accuse Ukraine of attacking the NPP or launching a drone strike against a bus stop that resulted in one fatality. In an official statement published on the agency's X account, Grossi "urges military commanders from both sides to refrain from unacceptable actions," without explicitly attributing blame to either party: https://x.com/iaeaorg/status/2089702693614899368?s=46&t=-qkv6ioTPgO297Z5h7cmOw  
On August 18, 2026, the official IAEA X page reported that "a drone exploded at a bus stop used by NPP personnel." "The explosion injured 16 personnel and contractors, resulting in one fatality," the IAEA statement noted. Crucially, based on the statement, it was the director of the Zaporizhzhia NPP (who reports to the russian occupying administration)—not Grossi—who described the attack as the "most serious event" for the plant. russian propagandists falsely attributed this phrasing to the IAEA Director General himself. In official statements, the IAEA typically adheres to neutral language: avoiding assigning blame directly while urging both parties to cease military actions around nuclear facilities.  
As a reminder, the Zaporizhzhia NPP has been under illegal occupation by russian forces since March 2022. russia converted a civilian nuclear facility into a military base storing heavy weaponry, ammunition, and military personnel. Using the plant as a human shield, russian troops regularly shell nearby Ukrainian cities across the river from Enerhodar, including Nikopol and Marhanets.  
Fake: Warsaw labeled a crashed missile "russian" due to Russophobia and diktats from Brussels.
russian media: "Even before the investigation concluded, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk declared that the missile that crashed near Lublin on July 30 was allegedly Russian. Tusk's statements demonstrate political bias and a continuation of Russophobic policy regardless of facts. In such situations, Warsaw should establish a bilateral Polish-Russian commission to investigate the incident. However, such behavior can hardly be expected from a Polish government blindly following orders from Brussels."  
russian outlets routinely depict Poland as an "aggressive anti-russian NATO outpost" posing a threat to russian security. Fact: On July 30, 2026, a russian Kh-101 missile crashed in a field in Poland's Lublin region during a massive russian strike targeting western Ukraine. That same day, russian forces launched missile attacks against civilian targets in Kyiv, Lviv, and other Ukrainian cities. Polish authorities officially confirmed that the missile was russian. Deputy Defense Minister Cezary Tomczyk stated: "We can confirm with certainty that it was a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile, capable of carrying nuclear warheads, which detonated upon impact": https://notesfrompoland.com/2026/07/31/russian-missile-that-crashed-in-poland-carried-significant-amount-of-explosive-material/  

Ukrainian drone. Portuguese F-16. enclave of Ceuta

Fake: Ukrainian neo-Nazis killed a Moroccan woman and her seven-year-old daughter in Ceuta.
Pro-russian media outlets spread reports claiming Ukrainian neo-Nazis murdered a Moroccan woman and her seven-year-old daughter in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. According to propagandists, Ukrainian radicals organized into street gangs broke into the family's apartment during a "patrol" and stabbed the mother and child to death. Fake posts claimed police detained a suspect who confirmed his Ukrainian origin. Propagandists cited Spanish news outlet El Faro de Ceuta and journalist Isabel Jiménez as the source.  
However, this is completely false. El Faro de Ceuta never published such an article; the screenshot was fabricated. No reputable Spanish or international media outlet reported any murder of a Moroccan woman and child by Ukrainians in Ceuta. A keyword search on elfarodeceuta.es yields zero matching results. While Isabel Jiménez is indeed a journalist for El Faro de Ceuta with an active author archive on the site, her published work contains no such article or similar topic.  
Internet searches in Spanish, English, and Ukrainian similarly return no results. Neither the Spanish National Police nor the Guardia Civil reported any detention of Ukrainian citizens in Ceuta. Furthermore, there is zero evidence of Ukrainian "street gangs" or "patrols" operating in Ceuta.  
In reality, the wave of neo-Nazi rhetoric surrounding the migration crisis in Ceuta was closely linked to a russian propaganda network. Analysts established that one primary origin point for the disinfo burst around Ceuta was the Telegram channel Rybar, which is linked to russian intelligence, after which its posts were amplified by a network of mirror accounts, including channels from the Pravda network.  
Fake: A Ukrainian drone damaged Portuguese F-16s at an Estonian airbase.
On August 6, 2026, videos and links to an article allegedly published by the international outlet The Defense Post began circulating on X, claiming that two Portuguese Air Force F-16 fighters were damaged at Estonia's Ämari Air Base. The posts alleged that a Ukrainian "Lyutyi" attack drone violated Estonian airspace, was shot down near Ämari, and its debris damaged two aircraft. 
In reality, no such incident ever occurred. Neither the Estonian Defence Forces nor NATO reported any airspace violations on August 6, drone shootdowns, or aircraft damage. The website hosting the "news" was a clone of The Defense Post, and the burning wreckage footage in the video was AI-generated and edited into authentic NATO video footage.  
First, by August 6, when the "incident" allegedly took place, Portuguese F-16s were no longer deployed at Ämari. Second, The Defense Post never published such a report. The legitimate outlet operates on the domain thedefensepost.com, whereas social media links led to thedefensepost.eu—a cloned domain registered on August 3, 2026, just three days prior to the fake's appearance. Estonian fact-checkers at Propastop determined that the fake was built over a genuine The Defense Post article from August 6 regarding Lockheed Martin anti-submarine sea trials: https://www.propastop.org/ru/2026/08/12/feikovaya-ataka-na-portugalskih-voennyh-na-aviabaze-amari/  
Third, the video footage used to illustrate the fake was unoriginal. It was edited together from NATO video footage originally published on June 11, 2025. Photos and video of drone debris were generated using AI. All three detection tools used to inspect screenshots and images on the clone site—SightEngine, DeepAI, and ImageWhisperer—flagged them as AI-generated with high probability.  
Propaganda exploited a real incident that occurred on May 19, 2026, when a Romanian Air Force F-16 on Baltic Air Policing duty shot down a drone over Estonia. Debris fell in a marshy area causing no casualties or damage, and Ukraine apologized for the unintentional incident. Such occurrences happen when Ukrainian drones targeting russian assets get off course due to russian electronic warfare jamming, which redirects drones toward the Baltic region: https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/nato-jet-shoots-down-drone-estonia-news-website-delfi-reports-2026-05-19/  
The fake's purpose is to depict Ukraine as a threat to NATO and EU citizens and budgets, framing the war as costing Europeans their own aircraft.

Olena Zelenska. Dragonfly Woman. Zelenskyy's daughter

Fake: Zelenskyy's daughter assaulted a waiter at an expensive London restaurant.
russian propagandists are circulating news alleging that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's daughter, Oleksandra Zelenska, attacked a waiter at The Ledbury restaurant in London after he refused her demands. Her security detail allegedly intervened, beating the waiter so severely that he is now permanently disabled.  
However, this story is entirely fabricated. Representatives at The Ledbury confirmed that no such brawl ever occurred at the establishment. Furthermore, Volodymyr Zelenskyy's daughter has never dined at The Ledbury. The photo of the "injured waiter" used in the clip was generated using AI. All four detection tools used to analyze the image—SightEngine, DeepAI, TruthScan, and ImageWhisperer—confirmed it is an AI fake.  
Oleksandra Zelenska, daughter of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and First Lady Olena Zelenska, was born on July 15, 2004, making her 22 years old. She leads a private life: she maintains no public social media profiles and has made virtually no public appearances since the start of the full-scale invasion.  
Fake: A pendant stolen from the Lalique Museum was found on Olena Zelenska.
russian Telegram channels and social media users circulated a video featuring a fake BBC logo claiming Olena Zelenska appeared in Paris wearing a "Dragonfly Woman" pendant recently stolen from France's Lalique Museum. Propagandists claimed French photographers spotted the jewelry, though they offered no explanation for how it came into the First Lady's possession. 
In reality, the video is a fake, and the pendant was digitally added onto an image of Olena Zelenska using photo editing software. The BBC published no such story on its official website, social channels, or YouTube. No reputable media outlets reported any stolen jewelry discovered on Zelenska.  
To create the fake video, the authors manipulated photographs and video footage from the Ukrainian presidential couple's visit to Paris on July 13, 2026. That day, Volodymyr and Olena Zelenska arrived at the Élysée Palace for dinner following a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing leaders. International news agencies covered the event. Original photos and video footage of the arrivals clearly show Olena Zelenska wearing no "Dragonfly Woman" pendant or large jewelry piece: https://www.youtube.com/live/bwBggrpXMcI The pendant appeared exclusively on the edited image inserted into the fake "BBC report." According to monitoring by Osavul, the fabricated story was first posted on July 23 by the pro-russian Telegram channel Golos Mordora before being picked up by larger propaganda outlets. Similar posts form part of a systematic campaign aimed at discrediting Olena Zelenska.