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Fact Check: Serious Issues with Kremlin Claims Ukraine Blasted Belgorod Apartment Building
War in Ukraine

Fact Check: Serious Issues with Kremlin Claims Ukraine Blasted Belgorod Apartment Building

Video evidence and geography argue a lot more for the Russian Air Force dropping a bomb by accident.
By Kyiv Post
May 13, 2024
Did a Turkish Passenger Airliner Fly Over Bakhmut by Accident?
Aviation

Did a Turkish Passenger Airliner Fly Over Bakhmut by Accident?

The reports that began circulating on the internet on Friday might simply be a technical error from flight trackers due to the prevalence of electronic warfare (EW) interference in operation.
By Leo Chiu
May 13, 2024
White House Press Conference Video Manipulated to Spread False Pro-Russian Narrative
Propaganda

ANALYSIS: White House Press Conference Video Manipulated to Spread False Pro-Russian Narrative

Analysis of a White House press conference reveals a blatant manipulation of video and sound to turn an exchange about Gaza into a Russian propaganda message.
By Kyiv Post
May 10, 2024
FACT CHECK: Do Russian Claims That Ukraine Is Using Artillery-Delivered Mines Hold Up?
Zelensky

FACT CHECK: Do Russian Claims That Ukraine Is Using Artillery-Delivered Mines Hold Up?

Russian milbloggers accuse Kyiv of the indiscriminate use of anti-personnel mines, some of which they claim are fitted with motion detectors. Kyiv Post examines the veracity of those assertions.
By Stefan Korshak, Steve Brown
May 8, 2024
Is G7 Considering Exchanging Frozen Russian Assets for Occupied Ukrainian Territories?
Europe

Is G7 Considering Exchanging Frozen Russian Assets for Occupied Ukrainian Territories?

The claim made by some media was a misinterpretation, or at least, over-extrapolation, of a comment from a German official.
By Leo Chiu
May 4, 2024
Did an Unexploded Ordnance from ATACMS Fall into Occupied Simferopol?
Crimea

Did an Unexploded Ordnance from ATACMS Fall into Occupied Simferopol?

Russia said it found an unexploded cluster munition from an intercepted ATACMS missile in occupied Crimea – whatever it was, it didn’t come from an ATACMS.
By Leo Chiu
May 2, 2024
Trump Says Europe Is Freeloading on Ukraine, But the Actual Numbers Are Bigly Different
Europe

ANALYSIS: Trump Says Europe Is Freeloading on Ukraine, But the Actual Numbers Are Bigly Different

Trump told Time America is picking up almost the entire tab to support Ukraine and cheapskate Europe won’t pay up. The reality is the US is pretty clearly in second place.
By Stefan Korshak
May 2, 2024
Reported ATACMS Missile Wave Hits Crimea, Russian Air Defenses and Airfields Pounded
Crimea

ANALYSIS: Reported ATACMS Missile Wave Hits Crimea, Russian Air Defenses and Airfields Pounded

News platforms said it was the long-range version of the US weapon but there was no early Kyiv confirmation. It may have been Ukraine’s most ambitious ballistic missile strike of the war so far.
By Stefan Korshak
April 30, 2024
Featured
Reported ATACMS Missile Wave Hits Crimea, Russian Air Defenses and Airfields Pounded

ANALYSIS: Reported ATACMS Missile Wave Hits Crimea, Russian Air Defenses and Airfields Pounded

French Expert’s Claims Ukraine’s F-16s and Pilots Won’t be ‘Up to the Job’ Disproved

ANALYSIS: French Expert’s Claims Ukraine’s F-16s and Pilots Won’t be ‘Up to the Job’ Disproved

Russian Troops Claim to Grab Ground in Surprise Assault, Threaten Breakthrough in Battleground Avdiivka

ANALYSIS: Russian Troops Claim to Grab Ground in Surprise Assault, Threaten Breakthrough in Battleground Avdiivka

Satellite Images Reveal Fake Tu-22 and Su-24 Aircraft Painted by Russia at Mozdok Airbase
Aviation

ANALYSIS: Satellite Images Reveal Fake Tu-22 and Su-24 Aircraft Painted by Russia at Mozdok Airbase

Satellite images supposedly reveal that on April 22, six Tu-22M3 strategic bombers were stationed at the Russian Mozdok airbase, accounting for at least a fifth of Russia’s fleet of these aircraft.
By Julia Struck-Feshchenko
April 30, 2024
Russian Propaganda Predicts Big ATACMS Attacks the Kremlin Probably Can’t Stop
US

Russian Propaganda Predicts Big ATACMS Attacks the Kremlin Probably Can’t Stop

Moscow-friendly mil-bloggers mostly predicted the US-made missiles will hit air defenses in Crimea, but some Kremlin-run major media said the Russian Federation itself is ATACMS’ next target.
By Stefan Korshak
April 25, 2024
‘Lviv Is Ukraine’: Warsaw Assures It Has No Territorial Claims to Ukraine
Ukraine

‘Lviv Is Ukraine’: Warsaw Assures It Has No Territorial Claims to Ukraine

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski flatly contradicted Kremlin propaganda by insisting that Ukrainian territories once controlled by Poland are now unequivocally Ukrainian.
By Kyiv Post
April 25, 2024
French Expert’s Claims Ukraine’s F-16s and Pilots Won’t be ‘Up to the Job’ Disproved
France

ANALYSIS: French Expert’s Claims Ukraine’s F-16s and Pilots Won’t be ‘Up to the Job’ Disproved

French aviation “expert” Cyril de Lattre told RIA Novosti the limitations of F-16s destined for Ukraine and the shortcomings of its pilots could be compensated for by foreign pilots, in his opinion.
By Steve Brown
April 25, 2024
Debunking Reports of Syrsky and Budanov’s Alleged Death on April 15
Armed Forces of Ukraine

Debunking Reports of Syrsky and Budanov’s Alleged Death on April 15

Reports of the duo’s death first surfaced on April 15; while both are proven to be alive and well, the fake news might offer a glimpse into the workings of Moscow’s propaganda machine.
By Leo Chiu
April 24, 2024
Russian Troops Claim to Grab Ground in Surprise Assault, Threaten Breakthrough in Battleground Avdiivka
War in Ukraine

ANALYSIS: Russian Troops Claim to Grab Ground in Surprise Assault, Threaten Breakthrough in Battleground Avdiivka

A few Russian milbloggers said the Ukrainian line was smashed and Kremlin troops are advancing unopposed. That turns out to be fake news. On Tuesday neither side owned the village.
By Stefan Korshak
April 23, 2024
Kyiv Missile Takes Out Another Kremlin Warship – This One the Oldest in Russia’s Whole Fleet
Black Sea Fleet

ANALYSIS: Kyiv Missile Takes Out Another Kremlin Warship – This One the Oldest in Russia’s Whole Fleet

Commented Ukraine Naval Forces official spokesman Dmitro Pletenchuk of the hit on Kommuna: “This will keep happening until the Russians run out of ships.”
By Stefan Korshak
April 22, 2024
Is Ukraine’s Spy Chief Kyrylo Budanov in Russian Captivity?
Propaganda

Is Ukraine’s Spy Chief Kyrylo Budanov in Russian Captivity?

Kremlin propagandists spread information last week that Ukraine’s Intelligence Chief Kyrylo Budanov was allegedly killed in a Russian missile strike and later claimed he was in captivity.
By Kateryna Zakharchenko
April 22, 2024