The supposed "persecution of Christians" in Ukraine ranks among the most popular tropes of Russian disinformation. Kremlin propaganda has sought to cast the state's push to limit the influence of the ...

Russian officials and conspiracy theorists are promoting a baseless claim about the March 9 bombing of a maternity hospital in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, an attack Western leaders have described ...

Disinformation has been circulating since Poland shot down Russian drones. DW fact check debunks false viral claims.Poland's armed forces shot down Russian drones after they violated national airspace ...

A viral tweet claims that Russia is on the verge of firing the first nuclear weapon of World War III. There is no evidence that Russia is about to fire a nuclear weapon. The image used in the tweet is ...

In early April, Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs unveiled the Global Fact-Checking Network (GFCN) — a self-proclaimed international alliance of fact-checkers and media outlets. The initiative was ...

A rumor that circulated online in November 2025 claimed a video showed a Russian man in a boat rescuing a bear cub clinging to a drifting tree trunk. In short, the video showing the man in the boat ...