What Is The Conspiracy In Ukraine Russian Prop?

The first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to a surge in false claims about the war on social media, with some posts gaining millions of views. Russian propagandists are constantly accusing Ukraine of being full of Nazis and posting alleged evidence online. The BBC has uncovered a Russian propaganda campaign involving thousands of fake accounts on TikTok spreading disinformation about the war in Ukraine.

Moscow has long claimed that Ukraine is threatening Russian speakers in the east, even accusing Kyiv of “genocide”. The United States called this claim “a reprehensible falsehood”. Russian propaganda also accuses NATO of controlling Ukraine and building up military infrastructure to threaten Russia. In March 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian officials falsely claimed that public health facilities in Ukraine were “secret U.S.-funded”.

The Kremlin has long spread disinformation and propaganda to achieve its objectives, including misleading representations of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky as a pro-nazi leader. Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Western conspiracy theorists and the Kremlin have each spread similar disinformation online. Myth 1: a Russian victory is inevitable, or the conflict will lead to World War III.

Fringe groups across the EU and US have used the ongoing war to push falsehoods and misinformation about the West. Ukraine biolab conspiracy theories have flourished on the U.S. far right and Russian social media.