As a result of Russian aggression, contradictions tear apart the UOC-MP; some priests want independence and are outraged by Patriarch Kirill. However, the senior clergy are wriggling around like a frying pan to come up with arguments about why they should remain under Moscow's leadership.Читати українськоюBefore reading, please mind, that's the original article was published in 2022 but data are actual today.

Having launched a war against Ukraine and found itself in the role of a global pariah, Russia is trying to change this status and is trying to enlist the support of the countries of the so-called "global south." To do this, it uses various methods. In this article, we will show how Russia uses religion, in particular Orthodoxy, to spread its influence and disinformation about the war in Ukraine on the African continent.Читати українською

According to our General Staff, since the beginning of the war and until August 29, 2024, Russia has launched 23,624 missiles and long-range drones at Ukraine. Of these, 11,919 hit our territory and exploded. The remaining 11,705 were shot down, but sometimes there is also damage from the debris. On average, Russia makes 26 launches every day, half of which are guaranteed arrivals.Читати українською

Russian opposition journalist-in-exile Andrei Grigoriev, who supports Ukraine, described examples of how shadow censorship on Telegram makes decisions in favor of the Kremlin on his Facebook page.We are reprinting this post in English translation with the author's permission.Читати українською

On August 22, Telegram's founder, Pavel Durov, was detained in France. This event provoked a violent reaction from Russian propaganda, which shouted about the collective West's attack on freedom of speech and another manifestation of Russophobia. The Russian media compare Durov to Julian Assange, trying to create an image of a hero who stands up to Western intelligence services. Propaganda uses this case to reinforce anti-Western narratives and intimidate Russians with the possible consequences of cooperation with the West.Also, after Ukraine passed a law restricting religious organizations with ties to Russia, Russian media began spreading narratives about an attack on the canonical church of Ukraine. Using manipulative comparisons with historical repressions, disinformers are spreading the thesis of alleged persecution of believers in Ukraine while ignoring the repression of religious minorities in Russia itself.Читати українськоюRead about this and more in the new issue of our monitoring of Russian state media and manipulative websites that target Russian disinformation.

The Seym River, which flows through the Kursk and Belgorod regions of Russia, Sumy, and Chernihiv regions and flows into the Desna River, has significantly exceeded the permissible concentration of pollutants. In particular, ammonium, as evidenced by the results of hydrochemical analysis, according to the State Fisheries Agency of Ukraine.Читати українською

On Monday, August 26, Russia carried out one of the most massive missile and drone strikes against Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale invasion. The occupiers attacked facilities in 15 regions. The main target was the energy sector. However, other civilian infrastructure in Kyiv, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Lviv, and other regions was also hit. Based on data from open sources, Texty.org.ua visualized the locations where Russian missiles and drones were targeting.Читати українською

There are many maps showing where ethnic Ukrainians live in Russia. We decided to take data from the general population census of the USSR in 1926. The census is structured data. And even though this data is almost a hundred years old, it is the most recent systematized and truthful information about Ukrainians on the other side of the Russian border.Читати українською

Last week, Russian media were forced to focus their attention on the Ukrainian offensive in the Kursk region. The initial stage when propagandists didn't say what happened is over. Now, in particular, they have resorted to the old trick of talking about the future as if it had already come, and predict the future failure of the Ukrainians. They also attribute the temporary success of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to the arrival of Western military equipment. They also accuse the "Ukrainian Nazis" of using Russian civilians as human shields and of chasing them with drones during the evacuation.Читати українськоюRead about this and more in the new issue of our monitoring of Russian state media and manipulative websites that target Russian disinformation.

Last week, the Russian media devoted most of its news to Ukraine's offensive in the Kursk region while demonstrating its helplessness. They were afraid to report the facts, so under the guise of news, they offered Russians words of sympathy, reassurance that Putin had everything under control and empty promises of ending the war by the end of the year. They also started spreading scare stories for Ukraine's Western partners about the threat of Ukrainians damaging nuclear power plants in both Kursk and Zaporizhzhia.Читати українськоюRead about this and more in the new issue of our monitoring of Russian state media and manipulative websites that target Russian disinformation.