Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been a target of pro-Russian propaganda for years, but a fresh wave of accusations and defamation against him and his country is surging online.
This latest disinformation campaign was fueled by a recent dispute in the Oval Office between Zelenskyy, US President Donald Trump, and Vice-President JD Vance.
"NewsGuard has seen a significant increase in false claims about Ukraine on US social media in recent weeks, particularly since Donald Trump accused Volodymyr Zelensky of being ungrateful for US military support," Madeline Roache, managing editor at misinformation watchdog NewsGuard, told DW.
"We've seen an avalanche of different disinformation campaigns, influence campaigns, different means trying to portray President Zelenskyy personally as a bad leader, the person that should resign, the person that made everything wrong and that Ukraine is bad, corrupt and should stop the war. And that Ukraine wants to prolong the war rather than stop it," Roman Osadchuk, an open source and disinformation researcher at the National University of Kyiv, told DW.
Many of these claims align with pro-Russian propaganda narratives about the war in Ukraine, often depicting Zelenskyy as corrupt and profiting from the conflict. From February 18 to February 24, 2025, NewsGuard identified about 27,600 social media posts and articles mentioning "Zelenskyy" alongside terms like "villa," "yacht," "winery," or "mansion" — a 2,524% increase from the...
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