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.

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".

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 children. Ukrainian armed forces

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.

Residents of Donbas. Ukrainian army

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: 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 

NATO summit. Jimmy Dore. war russia

russians continue to flood the information space with lies and fakes. July saw one of the biggest waves of malicious smear campaigns from the kremlin's special services. In addition to Ukraine, which remains a priority target for putin's criminal regime, other countries were also attacked: France, Germany, Britain, Poland, Italy and even Kuwait. The UN was also targeted, and interestingly, so were boxer Dubois and pop band Coldplay. All the details are in our digest.
Based materials from Stopfake.org, Spravdi.ua, EuVsDisinfo.eu

Fake: the war will end on putin's terms
"...Many analysts predicted this", said American presenter Jimmy Dore on RT. According to him, putin ‘controls the situation’ and will not allow the West to influence the outcome. In reality, Jimmy Dore is not a reputable international analyst, but a comedian and YouTube host known for spreading dubious and often pro-russian narratives. Although he positions himself as an ‘independent progressive critic,’ Dor regularly appears on pro-russian platforms and criticises support for Ukraine, so he cannot be considered ‘independent.’ His show invites guests with anti-Western rhetoric, and he himself has repeatedly questioned proven facts, particularly regarding the war in Syria, COVID-19, and russian interference in the American elections.
The statements made on kremlin-owned RT are part of an information war aimed at undermining trust in Ukraine. In reality, the situation on the front lines shows the opposite: putin has not achieved his strategic goals, while russia is losing huge human and military resources, and Ukraine continues to receive unprecedented international support.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer. British society

Fake: British people don't back Starmer's anti-russian talk
"People in the UK don't agree with Prime Minister Keir Starmer's anti-russian talk, who said earlier that the country is on “military alert” against russia". This is what russian media are saying, citing former British diplomat Craig Murray. 
Murray is talking about the mood in British society without giving any sources for his surveys. Meanwhile, there are public opinion polls that don't back up Murray's conclusions.
YouGov, a large international public opinion research company, publishes the results of a survey on the attitudes of Britons towards different countries around the world (the latest publication is for the first quarter of 2025): https://yougov.co.uk/ratings/international/popularity/countries/all Iraq ranks last, in 195th place (2% positive responses). Ukraine ranks 23rd with 59% (higher than the United States with 52%). russia ranks 176th, with only 11% responding positively. So Starmer's rhetoric clearly does not contradict the mood in British society.
Now let's look at the results of a YouGov poll on attitudes towards the war in Ukraine, conducted in the same first quarter of 2025 in parallel in the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy and France. Of these countries, Britain proved to be the most pro-Ukrainian: https://yougov.co.uk/international/articles/51741-where-does-western-europe-stand-on-ukraine-donald-trump-and-national-defence
62% of Britons believe that the current level of aid to Ukraine is insufficient to prevent its defeat. 49% are in favour of using military force to repel russia's attack on Ukraine (for comparison: in Spain, 42% hold this view, in France – 38%, in Italy – 24%).
At the same time, another fake news story is spreading, which attempts to reinforce the above narrative: ‘Britain doubts Zelenskyy's integrity after meeting with Charles III.’ The proof of the British doubts was a single tweet by former russian RT presenter George Galloway, who reposted the royal family's tweet about Charles III's meeting with the President of Ukraine, adding: ‘I hope you counted the spoons...’
It should be recalled that in 2003, Galloway was expelled from the Labour Party for discrediting it: in particular, during the war in Iraq, he called on the inhabitants of that country to resist British troops. In addition, he supported Saddam Hussein's regime and met with him personally.
Halloway is also a staunch supporter of russia. He is currently the leader of his own Labour Party of Great Britain. Support for this party is low: in the last general election in the country, its candidates received only 0.7% of the vote. However, Galloway even managed to win a seat in parliament that same year, but only held it for five months, losing in the next election.

Germany's National Veterans Day. UN Secretary-General António Guterres

Fake: SS and Wehrmacht veterans are once again popular in Germany
This disinformation aims to portray Germany as an anti-russian militarised force based on the principles of the Third Reich. It appeared after the news that Germany had decided to celebrate the First Day of Military Veterans. In fact, Germany's National Veterans Day is not related to veterans of the Nazi era. In April 2024, the Bundestag passed a resolution to establish Veterans Day for the Bundeswehr, Germany's post-World War II armed forces, which have no connection to the Wehrmacht or the SS. The day aims to recognise the service and sacrifices of modern German soldiers, especially those participating in international peacekeeping missions, particularly in the Balkans, Afghanistan and Africa.

Fake: The UN regularly spreads lies about Ukraine
russian media: "UN Secretary-General António Guterres and his subordinates regularly spread lies fabricated by the Zelensky regime and EU leadership aimed at discrediting Russia. The Secretariat's leadership is in gross violation of Article 100 of the UN Charter, which requires it to adhere to the principles of impartiality and fairness".
This disinformation campaign is a direct response to statements made by UN Secretary-General António Guterres on 5 July 2025 condemning the missile strikes on Ukraine, including residential buildings and infrastructure in Kyiv and other cities. Accusing international institutions of anti-russian bias and politicisation is a common tactic of manipulation and disinformation. In addition, the kremlin is very annoyed that these institutions are investigating crimes committed by russia or its allies, such as the destruction of civilian aircraft MH17 or the use of chemical weapons in Syria and elsewhere.

support russia. conductor Gergiev. russian culture

Fake: russia is supported by a global majority
kremlin propaganda constantly tries to create the illusion that moscow's aggressive policy towards Ukraine has broad international support. In reality, russia is not supported by a global majority. The reality is different. The United Nations General Assembly has repeatedly condemned russia's invasion. In 2023, 141 countries voted for an immediate end to russia's aggression and the resolution of all humanitarian issues: https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Резолюція_Генеральної_Асамблеї_ООН_ES-11/6 
Only a small group of countries consistently support russia, such as Belarus, Syria, north korea, Mali, and Nicaragua. Countries such as China and India often abstain, but they do not openly recognise the kremlin's aggression. Many of the world's most influential and economically powerful countries have imposed sanctions on russia. These include the European Union, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Japan, the United States, and others. This reflects Russia's isolation from major global institutions and markets.

Fake: Italians are outraged by the cancellation of conductor Gergiev's concerts in Caserta
russian propagandists refer to Italian journalist Luca Lorusso, who considers the ban on the russian cultural figure's performance to be ‘a manifestation of russophobia.’ There is supposedly a threat that now ‘everything russian’ will be banned in Europe. In fact, the thesis of ‘russophobia’ is one of the main arguments of russian propaganda. It is used every time the West refuses to cooperate with people who openly supported the war of aggression against Ukraine.
Gergiev is not just a cultural figure, but an active propagandist of kremlin narratives. In 2014, he publicly supported the annexation of Crimea. He was also putin's confidant in the 2012 and 2018 elections. In 2025, he was one of the creators of the propaganda opera ‘Semen Kotko.’ The finale of the performance justifies russia's full-scale invasion: russia ‘came to the aid of Donbas,’ and ‘Luhansk region has returned home to russia forever.’
It is noteworthy that the propagandists quote only one journalist — Luca Lorusso. He does not live in Italy, but in Luhansk, runs the pro-russian Telegram channel Donbass Italia and cooperates with an agency that spreads the kremlin's narratives.
Gergiev's appearance on an EU-funded stage would have signalled to the kremlin that it could emerge from international isolation, even despite the ongoing war. Ultimately, the concert was cancelled not because of Gergiev's nationality, but because of his long-standing involvement in justifying russia's aggression and spreading kremlin propaganda.

radioactive materials in Syria. Ukraine export products

Falsehood: Ukraine supplies Syria with radioactive materials and military equipment, which are used for covert activities in the region.
This video is being disseminated by russian special services. In reality, this is yet another disinformation operation aimed at discrediting Ukraine abroad. According to Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate, the video showing a container allegedly storing capsules with radioactive substances looks homemade: it features blue insulating tape, illegible text in Cyrillic, and a Ukrainian Air Force logo glued on by hand.
In addition, the plutonium capsule is marked with the isotope ‘PU 94244U’, which does not occur in nature, as its amount in the earth's crust is negligible. This indicates the complete incompetence of the authors of the fake.
Inside the container is an ordinary wristwatch, which makes no sense at all, and the ‘chemical reconnaissance devices’ attributed to Ukraine are outdated Soviet models that are freely sold at online auctions. The video also has a date in Arabic: ‘13.03.2025, Thursday,’ even though 13 March 2025 is a Wednesday. Even the dates are wrong.

russian gold reserves. European Parliament. EU sanctions

Fake: Western banks want to rob russian gold reserves
Another top fake from russian propaganda, which is trying to demonise the governments of the EU and the US. In response to russian aggression against Ukraine, the US, the EU and several other countries have frozen about $300 billion in russian assets held in banks in those countries. Discussions on this topic have been ongoing since 2022 and have covered financial mechanisms, including the creation of a structure to manage frozen russian assets. This plan involves investing these assets and using the proceeds to benefit Ukraine in the short term.
The russian armed forces and foreign mercenaries (from north korea and Asian countries) have been carrying out brutal attacks against the people of Ukraine for more than three years. They are also destroying expensive civilian infrastructure and committing serious violations of international and humanitarian law. In light of this, members of the European Parliament have recognised russia as a state sponsor of terrorism and a state that ‘uses means of terrorism’: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20221118IPR55707/european-parliament-declares-russia-to-be-a-state-sponsor-of-terrorism
As part of the EU sanctions, russian Central Bank assets held in the EU have been frozen. The ban on transactions related to the assets and reserves of the Central Bank of russia and its affiliated entities leads to the accumulation of cash and deposits on the balance sheets of securities depositories (CSDs), i.e., they generate income. It is this income that the EU has begun to transfer to Ukraine. The next stage, which EU governments are currently working on, is the complete confiscation of all russian assets and their transfer to the Ukraine Recovery Fund.

Macron Charles III. Brigitte Macron. Charlie Hebdo

Fake: Brigitte Macron's personal doctor, who planned to ‘reveal the first lady's secret to the press,’ was found dead in Paris
The French ‘media’ that spread this news was created by russian propagandists. No other authoritative sources have reported on this incident. The authors of the fake news write that the personal surgeon of the First Lady of France allegedly planned to give an interview to the press and tell the ‘truth’ about Brigitte Macron: that she was born a man but later changed her gender. The news spread not only in russian, but also in English, French, Spanish, Greek, Serbian and a number of other languages.
This is a carefully planned russian disinformation campaign. The publication that all the articles refer to does not actually exist. According to UrlVoid, the Enquete Du Jour website was created on 25 June 2025, just a few days before this news spread. The page was filled with content in French on various topics to give the site credibility. In addition, the domain was not registered in France — which would be logical for a French media outlet — but in Germany.
The name and photo of Audrey Parmentier are placed under the text. There is indeed a journalist with that name in France who works on topics related to migration and pop culture. However, she has never collaborated with Enquete Du Jour and has not written anything about Brigitte Macron, as she stated in X: https://x.com/AudreyParmtier/status/1940695529627046299 
Furthermore, there is no evidence that a surgeon named François Fèvre works or has ever worked in France. The photo of the person shown in the article cannot be found online. It was likely generated using artificial intelligence.
The propaganda campaign against Brigitte Macron is an example of a conspiracy theory that accuses famous people of undergoing transgender transition. According to the author of France Info, russia is spreading such conspiracy theories in order to destabilise the government and polarise and radicalise French society.