Tag: Russia

Photo: Screenshot from the video Bakhmut is an Ukrainain city and it cannot be liberated from the Russians as claimed by the post. Russia attacked Bakhmut and destroyed it completely. The fact that Russia claims that this city is Russian is far from reality. According to Kyiv, parts of Bakhmut are still under the control of Ukraine, writes Truthmeter.mk. Under the...

30 years jubilee of the Army – central event, August 2022 Photo: mod.gov.mk The post is spreading disinformation that Macedonian troops will be deployed to fight against the Russian Armed Forces in Pridnestrovye. The claim that our troops, instead of leaving for Romania, will depart for Moldova – that is not a NATO Member-State – is not substantiated with evidence...

There is no radioactive cloud moving towards Western Europe and it is not true that increased level of radiation was identified in Poland. In Khmelnytskyi the level of radiation is within permissible limits. It was measured and published by the local authorities. This disinformation has already been debunked by foreign fact-checkers, writes Truthmeter.mk. Under the content-sharing agreement between Truthmeter.mk and...

Photo: Screenshot from a manipulative video about Zelenskyy and the Azov Batallion As a guest in a morning show on a USA television, the famous controversial journalist Lara Logan presented loads of unfounded claims about the war in Ukraine and the Russian aggression that almost entirely overlapped with the Russian disinformation narratives about Ukraine and the West, writes Truthmeter.mk. Under the...

It is not the first time to see narratives on social networks about Ukraine being fascist and Nazi country, that Nazism (Neo-Nazism) is being glorified there and that Zelenskyy himself is a Nazi. All this is done to justify the Russian aggression on a sovereign country going on for more than a year, writes Truthmeter.mk. Under the content-sharing agreement between...

It is a fact that the Russian propaganda network is well developed in this country, including representatives of official Russian institutions, diaspora and paid political parties. Another fact is that they have been active in this region for quite some time now, therefore an operational network has been installed in the last few decades which, inter alia, is also...

Massive salvo of Russian disinformation narratives was “fired” from the Red Square in Moscow directly from the mouth of the Russian President Vladimir Putin, in the speech delivered at the military parade on the occasion of celebrating 9th of May – Day of Victory over Fascism, writes Truthmeter.mk. Under the content-sharing agreement between Truthmeter.mk and Meta.mk, we republish the text...

NATO neither started the military invasion, nor does it have troops in Ukraine. Russia attacked Ukraine in February 2022 and Ukraine, as an independent country, has the right to defend itself and use available means of assistance from its friends. NATO is sending military aid to Ukraine without being a party to the war. The post manipulates that Ukraine...

In the video with the post, analyst Gilbert Doctorow does not present a single source of evidence for his claim that during a missile attack of Russia, NATO generals hiding in a bunker in Ukraine were killed. His only attribution is the “Russians”. According to official Ukrainian sources, NATO bases are opened only on the territory of Member-States of...

Russian propaganda uses various forms of social media and channels to spread its propaganda. It is fighting a war in Ukraine, but also waging a hybrid war with many other countries. North Macedonia and the Balkans are the target of this propaganda, writes Truthmeter.mk. Under the content-sharing agreement between Truthmeter.mk and Meta.mk, we republish the text below:   Author: Goran Lefkov The social...

More than a year ago, the Russian military invaded Ukraine, which as a sovereign country has every right to defend itself. The narrative that “Putin is fighting evil” stems from Russian propaganda, struggling to justify the criminal acts performed on alien territory. Bill Gates is the favourite figure in various conspiracy theories, including this one – about spraying chemical...

This is a computer-modified video. There is no billboard in Milan with the photograph of Zelenskyy with a hole up his nose for collecting donations for Ukraine. According to the Center for Countering Disinformation in Ukraine, an attempt was made to discredit President Zelenskyy and Ukraine in general with the promotion of this fake video for the purpose of...

Photo: kremlin.ru The post is a manipulative disinformation claiming that Russia does not deny Ukrainian identity, but is defending the Russian minority suffering genocide by some installed authorities. All of this is wrong and consistent with the Russian interpretation of things with which Putin justified his attack on Ukraine, writes Truthmeter.mk. Under the content-sharing agreement between Truthmeter.mk and Meta.mk, we republish...

Unlike the influence of Russia and China in North Macedonia that – to a large extent – is disseminated on the basis of positive identification and desired and/or shared values, we might say that the influence realized by Bulgaria is based on narratives overflowing with rejection, denial, and even animosity, writes Truthmeter.mk. Under the content-sharing agreement between Truthmeter.mk and Meta.mk,...

The post falsely claims that the reason Canada has trained Ukrainian soldiers since 2015 was war planning. The war in Ukraine was initiated by Russia, while the UNIFER operation is a training of the Canadian Military Forces and a capacity-building mission of the Ukrainian Armed Forces which will help defend its sovereignty. UNIFER was a response to the request...

Photo: Seat of the International Criminal Court in The Hague Photo: en.wikipedia.org No information was published by any media outlet about the alleged death of the International Criminal Court Prosecutor, Karim Khan, nor did the International Criminal Court publish anything of the kind. If this were true, such a piece of information would not have gone unnoticed. On the contrary,...

This post refers to an article by DainikBidyaloy from Bangladesh, which again, is the source of (dis)information regarding Putin’s order to destroy all COVID vaccines in Russia, quoted by Real Raw News which is satirical site. There is no evidence that Putin gave any such order, nor is there an official government statement on this matter. To that end,...

One of the significant negative influences in North Macedonia that most frequently is entirely overlooked, is the influence of China. This influence becomes even greater in conditions of great corruption in the country, decreased trust of the citizens in the institutions and their ability to deal with the issue and somewhat of an institutional chaos stemming from the abuse...

Photo: Screenshot from the video The post we are fact-checking has just one sentence that is out of context. That leads to misinterpreting the press-conference of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the occasion of the first anniversary of the Russian military invasion of Ukraine. From the overall answer of Zelenskyy of the question posed by the ABC News reporter –...

The main disinformation narrative in February in the Macedonian media space was proclaimed by the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, just three days before marking the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He reversed the “mirror” and de facto said that Russia had to intervene with military force in Ukraine to defend itself from the West....