Information Front: Ukrainian Creators vs Russian Propaganda

This page brings together Ukrainian bloggers, journalists, and truth-seekers fighting daily on the information front.

Whether it’s confronting Russians via chatroulette, breaking down propaganda narratives, or sharing raw footage with POWs — their voices expose ignorance and challenge deeply rooted myths.

📺 On this page you’ll find:

• Bloggers who engage Russians in conversation
• Official Ukrainian news channels on YouTube
• Videos with Russian prisoners of war
• Disinformation analyses and reality checks

Why does the information front matter?

In today’s world, war is waged not only on battlefields but also in the minds and hearts of people. Russian propaganda is a weapon that targets not bodies but truth—distorting it, falsifying facts, and creating an alternative reality designed to justify aggression and sow informational chaos.

This is why the existence of an informational front is so crucial—independent bloggers, activists, and ordinary citizens who refuse to accept lies. Truth, conveyed directly from person to person, holds immense power. In direct conversations with people from Russia (both online and offline), the true value of knowledge, facts, and logic comes to light.

Many Russians repeat Kremlin lies not because they are bad people but because they’ve never had the chance to know the truth. Often, they stubbornly cling to absurd narratives that collapse under the weight of facts. They don’t know their own country’s laws, yet they claim to be experts on international law. Their understanding of history is based on manipulated textbooks, not reality. They believe they are defending the truth, while in fact, they are defending a propaganda-induced mirage.

That’s why every interaction with such a person—every calm, factual conversation, every question that plants doubt, every source that challenges a myth—matters. Exposing ignorance, the superficiality of arguments, emotional manipulation, and false confidence are key elements in the fight for awareness. Not to “win” a discussion, but to plant the seed of critical thinking.

The informational front is the daily work of many people who dedicate their time and energy to reach those trapped in the bubble of disinformation. Each of us can be a part of this front—by sharing verified information, presenting facts, countering lies, and supporting those who combat propaganda every day.

If truth is to survive, it must be defended. Not with shouting or hatred—but with courage, patience, and persistence.

How Russian Propaganda Works – Examples and Responses

Russian propaganda is a weapon of mass destruction. It spreads not only through the media but also in direct conversations, comments, forums, and messengers. Below, you will find a list of popular myths and lies, along with facts to help you debunk them.

🧠 Myth #1: Nazis are in power in Ukraine

✅ Facts:
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is Jewish, and his grandfather fought against the Nazis in the Red Army. The Ukrainian political scene has no neo-Nazi parties in parliament. The far-right received less than 2% of the votes in the 2019 elections.

📚 Sources:
– Bellingcat
– Freedom House

🧠 Myth #2: Donbas has always wanted to join Russia

✅ Facts:
Before 2014, there were no mass protests advocating for joining Russia. Separatists were armed and supported by Russian services. The “referendums” were a farce conducted under the barrels of guns, without international observers.

📚 Sources:
– Human Rights Watch
– OSCE Reports

🧠 Myth #3: Russia is only defending itself

✅ Facts:
Since 1990, it is Russia that has initiated numerous aggressions – Chechnya, Georgia, Crimea, Donbas, Syria, Ukraine. NATO is a defensive alliance that has never attacked Russia. Countries join NATO voluntarily, out of fear of Russia – not the other way around.

📚 Sources:
– NATO Official
– Warsaw Institute

🧠 Myth #4: It’s all the West’s fault!

✅ Facts:
The West did not attack Russia, did not bomb its cities, and did not take its territory. It was Russia that attacked Georgia (2008), annexed Crimea (2014), started the war in Donbas, and in 2022 launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. NATO is a defensive alliance – countries join it voluntarily because they fear… precisely Russia.

🧠 Myth #5: It’s all orchestrated by the USA

✅ Facts:
Ukrainians are fighting for their lives, freedom, and the right to self-determination – they are not doing it for money or in anyone else’s interest. If America controlled Ukraine, there would have been no Maidan or need for a bloody struggle for independence. It is Russia that is trying to subordinate other nations.

🧠 Myth #6: Russia is fighting for peace

✅ Facts:
Peace does not mean surrender. Peace does not involve murdering civilians, destroying cities, deporting children, or making nuclear threats. If Russia truly wanted peace, it would simply withdraw from Ukraine.

🧠 Myth #7: It’s all fake – the West is lying!

✅ Facts:
The crimes in Bucha, Irpin, and Mariupol have been documented by independent media, satellites, witness testimonies, and international organizations. Claiming that all of this was fabricated by hundreds of people around the world requires more naivety than accepting the simple fact: it is Russia committing these crimes.

🧠 Myth #8: Russia never attacks first

✅ Facts:
It was Russia that attacked Chechnya, Georgia, Ukraine, participated in the war in Syria, sent mercenaries to Africa, and destabilizes its neighbors. The slogan “we never attack first” is a historical fiction – even the USSR in 1939 invaded Poland together with the Third Reich.

🧠 Myth #9: Ukraine bans the Russian language

✅ Facts:
In Ukraine, no one is forbidden to speak Russian – even President Zelensky grew up in a Russian-speaking family. Ukraine, like any other country, promotes its national language in education and official institutions but does not persecute people for speaking differently. Meanwhile, in Russia, the Ukrainian, Crimean Tatar, and many other languages have been banned.

🧠 Myth #10: Russia will save the world from the decaying West

✅ Facts:
This is a classic attempt to construct a false sense of moral superiority. In reality, Russia is a country plagued by high crime rates, alcoholism, corruption, domestic violence, and censorship. “Traditional values” are often just a cover for repression and the restriction of human rights.

🧠 Myth #11: The West Hates Russia

✅ Facts:
After 1991, the West invested in Russia and offered cooperation. It was Russia that broke off relations, started wars, and supported authoritarianism. It is the Kremlin isolating Russians, not the West.

🧠 Myth #12: Ukraine is an artificial state

✅ Facts:
Ukraine has a centuries-old history of statehood, from Kyivan Rus, through the Cossack Hetmanate and the Ukrainian People’s Republic, to the independence regained in 1991 after the collapse of the USSR. National identity and the Ukrainian language have developed independently of Russia.

🧠 Myth #13: Ukrainians and Russians are one nation

✅ Facts:
Although both nations share common roots dating back to medieval Rus’, they have developed separately over the centuries under the influence of different cultures and empires. Modern Ukraine has its own culture, language, traditions, and strives for sovereign existence.

🧠 Myth #14: Russia has the right to Crimea because it “has always been Russian”

✅ Facts:
Crimea was inhabited for centuries by the Crimean Tatars and was part of entities such as the Crimean Khanate and the Ottoman Empire. It was transferred to Ukraine in 1954, and the annexation by Russia in 2014 was deemed an illegal occupation by the international community.

🧠 Myth #15: Russian-speaking residents of Ukraine are being persecuted

✅ Facts:
There is no “language war” in Ukraine. Russian is widely spoken, especially in the eastern and southern parts of the country. Many Russian-speaking Ukrainians (including soldiers) are actively defending the country against Russian aggression.

🧠 Myth #16: Ukraine is engaged in a “civil war”

✅ Facts:
This is not a civil war, but external aggression. The conflict in Donbas was initiated by pro-Russian militants supported, armed, and commanded by Russian services. This is confirmed by numerous reports from international organizations.

🧠 Myth #17: Russia was excluded from sports/culture due to Russophobia

✅ Facts:
Exclusions result from Russia’s actions, such as systematic sports doping and violations of international law (e.g., the annexation of Crimea, the invasion of Ukraine). These are responses to specific actions, not “hatred towards Russians.”

🧠 Myth #18: Ukraine is losing the war – it’s only a matter of time

✅ Facts:
Despite Russia’s overwhelming numerical advantage, Ukraine, thanks to determination, modern strategy, and international support, is effectively defending itself and reclaiming some of the occupied territories. The war will not be won by those with more tanks, but by those with greater will to fight and truth on their side.

🧠 Myth #19: Ukrainian is just a dialect of Russian

✅ Facts:
The Ukrainian language is not a dialect of Russian. It belongs to a different branch of East Slavic languages and shares common roots with Belarusian and Old Ruthenian dialects. Ukrainian as a written form existed as early as the Middle Ages, and its development occurred independently. Moreover, modern Russian contains many influences from Ugric and Turkic languages, making it a more “mixed” construct.

🧠 Myth #20: Russia existed before Ukraine

✅ Facts:
Kyivan Rus was the first East Slavic state, centered in Kyiv, not Moscow (which was founded only in 1147). After its fall, the traditions of Rus were carried on by entities such as the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia and other Ukrainian structures. Muscovy began to rise in power much later and adopted the name “Russia” only in the 15th/16th century, attempting to claim the heritage of Rus. It is Ukraine that is the rightful heir of Kyivan Rus — not Russia.