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Right-Wing Media Pushes Claims of Ukrainian ‘Baby Factories’

The ghoulish argument hinges in part on a blog with a history of disinformation aimed at American audiences.

In May 2023, footage of a purported international incident spread virally on social media.

In May 2023, Russia implausibly accused Ukraine of attempting to assassinate Vladimir Putin via drone attack.

On February 24 2023, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shared a statement and video on Twitter and Telegram.

In late October 2022, claims that Russia had swapped the term “denazification” for “desatanization” circulated on social media.

A post from RIA Novosti claimed that signs of “black magic” were “found at the headquarters of the Ukrainian military.”

An uplifting post about a Ukrainian person who “stole” a car and contacted the owner after fleeing to Vinnytsia made the rounds in May 2022.

An April 2022 Imgur post purportedly shows a Croatian attaché refusing to accept a note.

A popular post across platforms claimed that Ukraine has “lasted longer than France did in World War II.”

Claims circulated that a street in Vilnius, Lithuania was renamed “Ukrainian Heroes Street,” forcing the Russian embassy there to change its address.