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Drones
The investigative journalist group advocates caution in the media's reliance on open-source intelligence and our impulse to always consider the information they offer as credible and verified.
May. 20
Ukraine
As opposed to rumors that started at the end of April, Ukraine actually eased certain restrictions introduced in 2022 and submitted the updates as a formality.
May. 13
War in Ukraine
Video evidence and geography argue a lot more for the Russian Air Force dropping a bomb by accident.
May. 13
Aviation
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.
May. 13
Propaganda
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.
May. 10
Zelensky
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.
May. 8
Europe
The claim made by some media was a misinterpretation, or at least, over-extrapolation, of a comment from a German official.
May. 4
Crimea
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.
May. 2
Europe
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.
May. 2
Crimea
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.
Apr. 30
Aviation
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.
Apr. 30
US
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.
Apr. 25
Ukraine
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski flatly contradicted Kremlin propaganda by insisting that Ukrainian territories once controlled by Poland are now unequivocally Ukrainian.
Apr. 25
France
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.
Apr. 25
Armed Forces of Ukraine
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.
Apr. 24
War in Ukraine
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.
Apr. 23
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson said that German fuel prices are awful because Berlin and Europe stopped buying cheap Russian gas. But the data clearly dispels her claims.
Nov. 9