As Russia expands its assault on Ukraine, the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) is keeping a close eye on Russia’s movements across the military, cyber, and information domains. With more than five years of experience monitoring the situation in Ukraine, as well as Russia’s use of propaganda and disinformation to undermine the US, NATO, and the European Union, DFRLab’s global team presents the latest installment of the Russian War Report.
Russia escalates nuclear and chemical false-flag allegations
Kremlin releases “proof” of a secret Ukrainian plan to invade the Donbas
British tabloids amplify unverified rumors that Putin has cancer
Visual evidence of Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities and civilians
Ukraine says threat of ‘large-scale involvement’ of Belarus persists
Pro-Russian Instagram network tried to revive anti-Ukrainian sentiments in Poland
In remarks to Russian media on March 9, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova escalated Kremlin claims that Ukraine intended to use nuclear or biological weapons against Russia. According to the Foreign Ministry Twitter account, Zakharova said that Russia decided to capture the Chernobyl and Zaporizhzhia nuclear...
Russian military command has been lying for the fifth month in a row about battlefield “successes,” claiming that Russian forces are advancing west of Kupiansk in the Kharkiv region. However, this...