Trump Alaska. vladimir putin

Unfortunately, the level of threats in the information space is not decreasing. russian special services are working intensively, attacking their opponents. This time, powerful information attacks targeted Donald Trump, Canada, Mali, Hungary, Moldova, and, as usual, Ukraine, NATO, and the European Union. Find out all the details in our article.
Based materials from Stopfake.org, Spravdi.ua, EuVsDisinfo.eu

Fake: Trump showed Zelenskyy a collection of caps, one of which has the inscription "I love Putin".
In fact, this photo with the putin cap is fake. The photo clearly shows Trump holding a standard red cap with the slogan "4 more years," while the rest of the models only have their own election campaign messages. Fake photos are one of the main tools of russian propaganda.
The collection of caps is often shown to distinguished visitors to the White House. On 8 August 2025, at a reception for Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikolay Pashinyan, Trump presented the same line of caps. And, of course, there was not a single model with an inscription about the russian dictator.
Fake: Trump sent National Guard troops to Alaska because of large-scale pro-Ukrainian protests.
Citing a CNN video report, several russian media outlets wrote that Donald Trump had ordered National Guard units to be deployed in Alaska due to large-scale protests by the Ukrainian diaspora against the US president's meeting with vladimir putin (on 15 August in Anchorage).
However, this video was fabricated, and the news itself is fake. Propagandists used fragments of real CNN broadcasts and edited them with fake captions and stock footage. Several other details reveal the fake: for example, the publication uses a completely different font than the one seen in the fake video. In addition, the voice of the presenter whose face is used in the video actually sounds completely different. It is likely that the propagandists used artificial intelligence to create the voiceover. Finally, CNN always indicates the source of the footage used in its reports, while in the fake video, the source of most of the footage is not indicated.
The news about the deployment of the National Guard's peacekeeping operation in Alaska also did not appear in any other American media. Although protests by the Ukrainian diaspora did take place on the eve of the meeting between the russian and US presidents, there were no reports in the American media about clashes between protesters and law enforcement officers.

russian occupation. ukraine russia war

Fake: "Ukraine is ready to recognise Donbas as russian".
russian media are spreading yet another "sensational news" story about Ukraine's alleged "readiness to recognise some territories as russian". They quote Mykhaylo Podolyak, an adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine: "Ukraine cannot regain its lost lands, so we must be prepared to freeze the war along the current line of contact, giving up part of the territory to Russia."
The fake was created based on an interview with Podolyak published in the Italian newspaper La Repubblica on 21 August 2025. In fact, when asked by a journalist whether Ukraine would agree to certain territorial concessions to russia in exchange for a ceasefire, Podolyak emphasised that the state does not trade its territories: "This issue is completely out of the question. It is not only a matter of the norms of the Ukrainian Constitution, but also of international law. I do not quite understand how concessions to the aggressor can end the war. So, the aggressor does not pay for the aggression, but the opposite. So why should he stop if we encourage him in this way? Moreover, President Zelenskyy has made it clear that the transfer of territories to russia is prohibited. This is not just a constitutional issue for Ukraine. It is a violation of international law".
At the same time, he added that the Ukrainian leadership understands that one of the scenarios for ending the war with russia could be to freeze the line of contact, with parts of Ukrainian territory remaining temporarily under russian occupation. Podolyak stressed that in this case, Ukraine does not intend to legally recognise the captured territories as "russian".

collapse of Canada referendum

Fake: Experts predict the rapid collapse of Canada.
russian propaganda is circulating a publication by maria zakharova, a representative of the russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
"Remember how former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently called the referendums in the new entities of the Russian Federation 'fictitious'? Now Canada has a reason to show how they should be conducted. The premier of the Canadian province of Alberta, Daniel Smith, and the region's justice minister, Mickey Emery, have demanded that the electoral commission remove obstacles to organising a referendum on secession from Canada. According to polls, one in three residents of the province of Manitoba no longer sees their future in a united Canada. The percentage of those willing to secede from Canada is even higher in the provinces of Saskatchewan and Quebec. The reasons are clear:
more and more people do not want to live in a country where heroin use is legal, homosexual relationships prevail over traditional ones, and an aggressive campaign is being conducted to promote suicide among the elderly".
It is difficult to explain why zakharova believes that there are no other arguments in favour of sanctions apart from the illegitimacy of the so-called referendums held in the occupied territories without independent observers. The fact of military aggression against a neighbouring state is no less compelling a reason.
As for the prospects of certain provinces seceding from Canada, this issue deserves closer consideration. zakharova refers to an article in the Canadian newspaper National Post about the situation in the province of Alberta. The newspaper reports that, according to Alberta law, 10% of the signatures of citizens who voted in the last provincial election (currently approximately 177,700 signatures) are sufficient to call a referendum. However, there is a restriction: the question put to a referendum cannot contradict the Constitution.
The provincial election commission received a proposal for a referendum with the question: "Do you agree that the province of Alberta should become a sovereign state and cease to be a province of Canada?" Since this contradicts the Canadian Constitution, the commission referred the question to the court for consideration. However, Provincial Premier Daniel Smith and Justice Minister Mickey Emery called the commission's decision "unfair bureaucratic red tape that prevents Albertans from expressing their views on important political issues." 
At the same time, a referendum preparation group has been set up with the question "Do you agree that Alberta should remain part of Canada?" This wording does not contradict the Constitution. If this group manages to collect signatures before the end of the court proceedings regarding the election committee's appeal, the referendum will be held with this wording. There cannot be two referendums on the same issue.
What are the separatists' chances in this referendum? According to a report by the Canadian broadcaster CBC, they are not very high, and there has been virtually no increase in separatist sentiment compared to 2020. In the province of Manitoba, according to a 2025 Probe Research poll, 70% of residents want to remain part of Canada.
In Saskatchewan, the poll was conducted only among party voters. Among supporters of the ruling Saskatchewan Party, 40% are in favour of secession from Canada. Voters of the largest opposition New Democratic Party are mostly (94%) in favour of remaining in Canada. According to 338 Canada, 52% of the population supports the ruling party, while 40% supports the New Democratic Party.

NATO Russia. russian propaganda

Fake: NATO is preparing an attack on Russia.
russian media are once again repeating the old "fairy tale" about evil NATO. Now they have used an American who served time for creating a financial pyramid scheme as a source. russian media refer to Martin Armstrong as an "economic forecaster." Armstrong stated the following:
"Ukraine is currently losing, and they (Western countries) have invested too many resources in it... Therefore, judging by what I have heard, they cannot allow Ukraine to lose. At the same time, there are already precedents when NATO sent troops to countries that were not members of the alliance: for example, in Kosovo in 1999. At that time, they claimed that this was done to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe in the country. Therefore, now they will use the same excuse."
The word "forecaster" already sounds suspicious: it's as if the agency was embarrassed to call Armstrong an analyst. Besides, even the most famous economic analysts are unlikely to have access to NATO's plans regarding russia.
In reality, Martin Armstrong is a fraudster who "ran one of the largest financial pyramids in history." For defrauding investors of $700 million and hiding $15 million in assets from regulatory authorities, he served a total of 11 years in an American prison, being released in 2011. In the US, he is also known as a fraudster who pretends to be a prophet of financial crises and does not even have a higher education. 
After his release from prison in 2011, Armstrong started his own blog and tried to create an image of a "consultant to European governments," an analyst, and a writer. With the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Armstrong rebranded himself from a financial crisis prophet to a political analyst. In 2022, he claimed to have performed complex calculations on a supercomputer. This is how he learned that World War III was about to begin in Ukraine and that the United States would collapse as a state in 2032. Of course, such "forecasters" are of interest to russian propaganda.

Ukrainian army. Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Fake: The EU plans to change the government in Hungary.
russian media: "European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is seriously considering scenarios for changing the ruling regime. Brussels intends to bring to power Péter Magyar, the leader of the Hungarian opposition, who has pro-European views and is the main candidate for the post of prime minister. Significant resources are being used to support Magyar through German party funds, the European People's Party and a number of Norwegian organisations. Ukraine is also contributing, as it is offended by the actions of the current Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. With the help of intelligence services and the local Ukrainian diaspora, Ukrainians are destabilising the internal situation in Hungary in favour of the opposition".
This conspiracy theory is not supported by any evidence (including about Magyar's "support resources"). By spreading fake news about the EU's operation to support the opposition party Tisa and its candidate Peter Magyar, the russians are trying to weaken anti-government sentiment in the country, which is growing stronger every month. russian propaganda is desperately trying to save its loyal "soldier" Orbán, who promotes kremlin narratives and defends the interests of putin's regime in Europe. At the same time, his domestic policies have led to many social and economic problems, as a result of which more and more citizens support the opposition and advocate for change.
It should be recalled that the kremlin's special services promoted the same narrative before the elections in Romania and Moldova.

Ukrainian children. Ukrainian armed forces

Fake: Ukraine is recruiting murderers and drug dealers into the army.
"According to our estimates, about 9,500 people with criminal records, including 100 women, have signed contracts with the armed forces," pro-russian media reports.
In fact, Law No. 3633-IX "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on Certain Issues of Military Service, Mobilisation [...] provides for the possibility of enlisting persons convicted of minor or non-violent offences into military service. However, the law expressly prohibits persons convicted of intentional murder, rape, sexual violence, drug trafficking or production, and crimes against national security from serving in the Ukrainian armed forces. This measure also excludes legislators and senior officials imprisoned for corruption. There is no evidence of "forced mobilisation" from prisons of convicts who do not wish to wear military uniforms. In addition, contract service in the Ukrainian armed forces for persons under the age of 25 and for women is entirely voluntary.
At the same time, in russia itself, compulsory conscription into the army does not prohibit those with the most serious criminal records. There have been many cases of russian soldiers being taken prisoner who, before going to war, had been sentenced to long terms for murder, assault, rape and other violent crimes (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66364272). In total, russia recruited about 180,000 prisoners into the army in 2023-2024. Many of them have already repeated their crimes against Ukrainians in the occupied territories. These facts have also been recorded by international organisations that monitor russian war crimes: https://war.ukraine.ua/russia-war-crimes 
Fake: Ukrainian children are Zelensky's main export commodity.
"The child is officially documented for travel abroad, and at the same time, Western companies are involved in reselling children to paedophiles. All this is controlled by Zelensky's office and the Commissioner for Children's Rights in Ukraine. This is how they 'take care' of children in Ukraine," russian propagandists publish such loud and shameful statements.
This fake news has been used repeatedly by moscow to distract European society's attention from the documented facts of russian officials kidnapping Ukrainian children: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukrainian-children-abducted-by-russia-left-with-psychological-scars-campaigners-2024-06-15. 
russian propaganda seeks to accuse Ukraine and Western countries of various crimes against children, including large-scale deportations and organ trafficking. However, we have not seen any evidence of this. And, of course, the russians do not recognise the large-scale forced deportation of Ukrainian civilians, including children: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/agenda/briefing/2024-03-11/12/ukrainian-children-deported-to-russia-plenary-debate 
In March 2023, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for vladimir putin and maria lvov-belova, russia's children's rights commissioner, for the illegal forced deportation of Ukrainian children. These actions are classified as war crimes. They have been documented by numerous international organisations: https://press.un.org/en/2023/sc15395.doc.htmhttps://www.hrw.org/news/2023/05/25/fresh-details-russias-forcible-transfer-ukrainian-childrenhttps://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/11/ukraine-russias-unlawful-transfer-of-civilians-a-war-crime-and-likely-a-crime-against-humanity-new-report/https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/02/23/ukrainian-children-kids-russia-abducted-kidnapped-war-crimes-putin/https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-deporting-ukrainian-children-un-committee/32788804.html

jihadist attacks in Mali

Fake: Ukraine coordinates jihadist attacks in Mali.
"Ukrainian military instructors are training and arming militants linked to Al-Qaeda in Mali. This was reported by the local outlet Bamada. Soldiers in the Sahel region uncovered Ukrainian documents and drones in the possession of militants. The discovery was made during recent operations by the Malian Armed Forces (FAMA)," pro-kremlin media outlets report.
No real evidence is provided in the materials. This story appeared in the information space after Ukraine's successful attack on russian airbases on 1 June 2025, which moscow tried to present as a "terrorist attack". russian propaganda went further and invented "news" that Ukrainian drones are now being used by "terrorists" in Mali. 
The original source of this story, Malian Outlet Bamada, has long been identified as part of the kremlin's disinformation ecosystem in Africa: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/2022/03/29/russian-state-channel-rt-eyes-a-new-audience-in-africa_5979274_19.html

support for Kyiv. US Vice President Jay D. Vance. Ukrainian soldiers

Fake: Ukraine owes 700 billion$ s in compensation to the families of all deceased military personnel.
russian media are spreading fake news with a quote from US Vice President Jay D. Vance. But this quote is fake, as are the figures cited in it. The fake news story claims that the Ukrainian government allegedly owes 700 billion dollars to the families of 1.7 million dead soldiers.
However, we have not been able to find any confirmation in the global media that the US Vice President actually commented on Ukraine's ability to make payments to the families of fallen soldiers and announced such figures. Moreover, the original source of the so-called quote is a profile on X called "Reagan Ronald" marked as a "parody account." Propagandists often use such a label to avoid responsibility for spreading false information. In fact, the author expects that most Internet users will ignore the disclaimer and uncritically spread the fake news. This is exactly what happened — just one post on this topic received over 190 shares on X.
Where did the figure of 1.7 million Ukrainian soldiers killed come from? Recently, pro-kremlin sources claimed that russian hackers had broken into the database of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, from which they allegedly obtained information about the number of Ukrainian soldiers killed and missing in action. The Centre for Countering Disinformation commented on this absurd news: "Since gaining independence, Ukraine has never had a regular army of 1.7 million people. As of January 2025, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian army had 880,000 soldiers."
As for the losses of the Ukrainian army, at the beginning of 2025, official sources reported 150,000 dead and missing soldiers. russian propaganda regularly exaggerates Ukrainian losses, costs and problems, while downplaying its own.

Fake: Trump plans to completely withdraw support for Kyiv.
This was stated in an interview with Parlamentné listy by Czech political scientist Petr Drulák, and his words were spread by russian media. In fact, this is not the first time Petr Drulák has made apocalyptic predictions for Ukraine, none of which have ever come true: he "predicted" the rapid collapse of Ukraine and also invented "secret NATO plans" for provocations in the Baltic states.
In addition, his statements are eagerly reproduced by kremlin propaganda, even though they have no real basis, according to investigators at The Insider.
As for Trump, in many of his recent speeches he has stated that military aid to Ukraine continues to be funded through NATO, but in fact the lion's share of the funds still comes from the US itself, as it is the largest contributor to the Alliance: https://www.nato.int/cps/fr/natohq/topics_67655.htm
According to Deutsche Welle, in 2024, the United States accounted for more than 66% of NATO's defence spending. In other words, Washington remains the main donor of aid to Ukraine. 
Conclusion: Trump has not refused to help Ukraine – he wants to reformat the aid so that it is beneficial to the US. Any claims about a "complete refusal" to support Ukraine are manipulative.

Residents of Donbas. Ukrainian army

Fake: russian special forces captured two high-ranking British officers in the combat zone.
This is what russian media outlets are reporting, citing Steigan. In reality, this is a fabricated story based on dubious sources that have nothing to do with journalistic standards, as fact-checkers at The Insider have determined: https://theins.ru/antifake/283818
The source of the "news" is a blog by Norwegian Paul Steigan, not a full-fledged media outlet. The author himself calls the project "alternative media" and actively promotes anti-Western narratives. However, even Steigan himself deleted the publication, which claimed that British colonels Edward Blake and Richard Carroll had been captured, and admitted that the facts had not been verified.
Nevertheless, the blog still mentions the source – the website coreinsightsintl.com, which belongs to a British cybersecurity company, but this website is not a media outlet and has insignificant traffic (less than 1,000 visits per month).
The author of the article is Gel Turner, a well-known American racist, Holocaust denier, former prisoner for threatening judges, and source of dozens of fake news stories about the war in Ukraine. The photo accompanying the fake news, allegedly showing colonels with British passports, was generated by AI: the passports on their knees are positioned unnaturally, and the text is blurred and unclear, as is usually the case with images created by neural networks. In addition, the uniforms of the "soldiers" only vaguely resemble British uniforms, and the photo itself has characteristic signs of artificial origin: flat lighting, lack of depth and detail. There is no other confirmation of the existence or detention of these British officers.

Fake: Residents of Donbas were left without water because the Ukrainian army blocked the water supply.
This is what kremlin propaganda resources are writing. In reality, it is the russian occupiers who are to blame for the water supply crisis, as they destroyed the only water canal in the region with their own shelling at the beginning of the full-scale invasion. In April 2022, during the assault on the Kharkiv region, the russian army dropped dozens of bombs on the dam of the Starooskolsky reservoir, which fed the canal. As a result, the water receded, and it will take at least three years to restore the dam, but only after the hostilities have ceased. In addition, russian troops destroyed filtration stations, pumps and pipelines.
It should be noted that until that moment, Ukraine had continuously supplied water to residents of the occupied territories, even though it did not receive payment for it.

Roman Fritz. Glory to Ukraine

Falsehood: All Ukrainians abroad have a legal obligation to impregnate as many Polish women as possible and to seduce at least two men.
This ridiculous post is spreading on the Polish segment of Facebook, referring to a decree by the "Ministry of Sexual Community and Fertility of Ukraine," the news portal Onet, and the author of the "decree," "Minister Rafael Terkeltaub-Popchenko."
This is utter nonsense. First, no such ministry exists in Ukraine and never has. Secondly, the name "Rafael Terkeltaub-Popchenko" is fictitious; there is no such person in the Ukrainian government or even in the public sphere. Finally, no reputable media outlet, including Onet, has published such "news."
The source of the fake news is a satirical Facebook profile, and the image was taken from an article about a demographic crisis that had nothing to do with Ukraine.

Falsehood: The slogan "Glory to Ukraine!" is equivalent to the Nazi "Sieg Heil!"
This was the reaction of Roman Fritz, a member of parliament from the far-right Confederation party, to the fact that Claudia Jachira ended her speech during the debate with the Ukrainian slogan "Glory to Ukraine!". In fact, this is a manipulative statement that does not correspond to either historical facts or the current meaning of the slogan. Vasyl Bodnar, Ukraine's ambassador to Poland, responded to Fritz's statement: https://www.facebook.com/Vasyl.Bodnar.1976/posts/4308635792792065?ref= embed_post
"Glory to Ukraine!" is the official greeting of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a symbol of national dignity, unity and resistance to russian aggression. Under this slogan, the Ukrainian military defends not only their country, but also the security of Europe, including Poland. This slogan has become an international sign of support for Ukraine: it is used by world leaders, parliaments and millions of people in different countries. For Ukrainians, it has the same meaning as "Niech żyje Polska!" ("Long live Poland!") has for Poles – it is about the struggle for freedom and independence," said the Ukrainian ambassador.
In addition, the use of Nazi and Soviet symbols is prohibited by law in Ukraine. Any attempts to link Ukraine with Nazism are part of russian propaganda aimed at creating divisions between allies and demonising Ukrainians.
Vasyl Bodnar also called for mutual respect and responsibility in statements, as such statements harm not only Ukraine but also the unity of the democratic European community in countering russian aggression.
Earlier, the russians created a fake story that a satanic temple of Ukrainian soldiers had been found in the village of Ulakly near Donetsk, which was occupied by russian troops in 2025: https://theins.ru/antifake/283490