The international delegation, headed by Ana Lucía Bueno, ICRC Public Health Coordinator, and Sujit Panda, Head of the Physical Rehabilitation…
The past week Russia spent in its usual state — somewhere between hysteria and creative absurdity.
All because international news suddenly stopped revolving around it, giving way to the escalation in the Middle East.
Propagandists did not like this. And, as always, they decided to regain the world’s attention using the only method available to them: fabricating fakes about Ukraine.
Fake No. 1: “USA Today discovered Ukrainian components in missile debris” — only in a parallel universe
A video stylized as USA Today has been widely circulated on social media and pro-Russian propaganda platforms.
It allegedly claims that among the debris of missiles used to attack Israel and American bases, “components of weapons supplied to Ukraine” were found.
It sounds dramatic. The truth level — zero percent.
There is no such “news” on the official USA Today platforms.
It never existed. And it could not exist.
The video is a fabricated fake using someone else’s brand, a standard tool of Russian content factories.
Why?
To once again promote their favorite narrative about the “Ukrainian black market for NATO weapons”.
Yes — the same narrative that repeatedly collapses under real inspections, international audits, and common sense. But this is propaganda, and propaganda is unfamiliar with common sense.
Fake No. 2: “Le Point exposed Ukrainian phone scammers who stole €42 million” — yes, but only in an imaginary Paris
The second masterpiece from Russian fantasists is a pseudo-video allegedly from the French outlet Le Point.
According to it, some “Ukrainian phone scammers” supposedly tricked French citizens out of €42 million, claiming the money was being collected for air defense for France’s overseas bases.
On the official Le Point platforms — not a single mention.
The story was produced somewhere in the basements of Russian “media factories,” where workers of the information front, judging by the results, appear to operate under heavy doses of “creative substances”.
What does all of this mean?
First: Russia uses any international crisis to smear Ukraine.
Events in the Middle East have become a perfect excuse to launch another wave of disinformation.
The mechanics are simple:
- Take a high-profile news event.
- Attach Ukraine to it.
- Spread it through anonymous Telegram channels, fake websites, and bot networks.
- Wait until someone takes the bait.
The goal is not to inform.
The goal is to sow doubt among allies, devalue support, and create an atmosphere of distrust.
Second: fakes under the brands of well-known media outlets are an old-new tactic.
Russia has long understood that no one trusts their propaganda channels anymore.
So they:
- imitate the style of Western media;
- steal logos;
- fake layouts;
- use artificially generated newsreader voices.
All to create the illusion of “objectivity”. But the illusion collapses with the first simple verification.
Third: Russia is nervous.
If everything were going well, they would not need to invent “Ukrainian missiles in Israel” or “€42 million” in a fictional French criminal story.
A country confident in its position does not produce dozens of fakes a day.
Only one that is panicking does.
Propaganda has failed again — but the attempts will continue
Russia’s new “exposés” are nothing more than another series of cheap productions.
Fake videos.
Invented statements.
Forged media brands.
All for one purpose — to damage Ukraine’s reputation and undermine the support of its partners.
But the world has already learned to recognize Russian fake “masterpieces”.
And the more the Kremlin lies, the louder the truth becomes — about who really poses a threat to international security.
