"Daddy died from the mobilization," "Mother died saving her son from going to the war", "Mobilization, launched by Zelensky, has gone completely mad. We already live like we're in a detachment for the army,"... Such messages are spread on TikTok by a bot farm with almost 630 accounts. Its bots broadcast Russian narratives, incite Ukrainian citizens, and professionally discredit mobilization in Ukraine.Читати українською

15 серпня на Алясці відбудеться зустріч президента США Дональда Трампа з очільником Кремля Володимиром Путіним. Для Росії Аляска має особливе історичне значення, і росіяни люблять повторювати, що вони заберуть її. У ці дні перед зустріччю тему «Аляска наша!» російська пропаганда не розвиває. Але ми зібрали попередні висловлювання.

The editorial office of Texty.org.ua became the target of a hate campaign by "Trukha" after publishing an investigation into how Ukrainian Telegram channels use air raid alerts to attract audiences and increase their popularity. After this publication, "Trukha" began spreading manipulative and defamatory posts about the activities of Texty.org.ua, calling on readers to personally harass individual members of the team and their loved ones.Читати українською

We have collected all the reports by Security Service of Ukraine on terrorist attacks and analyzed them. The number of terrorist attacks committed by children recruited via Telegrams is growing rapidly.Читати українською

Am 23. Februar findet in Deutschland die Bundestagswahl statt. Die Parteien kämpfen um die Gunst der Wählerinnen, während in der Öffentlichkeit intensiv über zentrale Themen diskutiert wird, darunter der russische Angriffskrieg auf die Ukraine und deren Folgen.

On February 23, parliamentary elections will be held in Germany. Parties are competing for voter support, and key issues, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine and its consequences, are being actively discussed in the public space.

Almost every day in Ukraine, terrorist attacks take place, explosions occur near and inside the buildings of the recruiting office, and military vehicles burn. The public debate continues as to whether the perpetrators of these attacks are marginalized people offended by the government, convinced ideological supporters of the "Russian world," or simply seekers of easy money offered by Russian special services.Texty.org.ua journalists, pretended to be potential "terrorists" talked to "recruiters" of Russian intelligence, who are looking for people to burn buildings and vehicles of recruiting office in Ukraine, that is a part of mobilization campaign.Читати українською

We have trained a large language model to detect the most common manipulation techniques in Telegram channel posts.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.