Central Europe

Tue, Feb 8, 2022

Russian War Report: New evidence of accelerated military build-up near Ukraine

The Council’s open-source researchers reveal the latest Russian troop, aircraft, and weapons movements around Ukraine, along with new Kremlin disinformation efforts. 

by Digital Forensic Research Lab

Tue, Feb 8, 2022

Russian War Report: Missile battalion confirmed in Belarus 

The Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab tracks the latest Russian military movements and other developments in the Kremlin's hybrid war against Ukraine.

by Digital Forensic Research Lab

Tue, Feb 1, 2022

Russian War Report: Will Moscow provide weapons and passports to breakaway Ukrainian regions?

The Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab is tracking the latest on Russia moving blood and food supplies to the front, narratives in Kremlin-tied media, and more.

by Digital Forensic Research Lab

russian troops

Tue, Jan 25, 2022

Russian War Report: A push to recognize Ukrainian regions as independent states

Amid a legislative push to recognize the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states, Russia is spinning narratives of NATO aggression and continuing to mass troops and materiel near Ukraine.

by Digital Forensic Research Lab

Screenshot from a Telegram video showing US M109 Paladin artillery systems on a westward train passing through a train station platform in Legnica, Poland. Text that accompanied the video inaccurately claimed the train was heading east.

Tue, Dec 21, 2021

Pro-Russian outlets promote misleading story about US Army howitzers moving through Poland

Belarusian Telegram channel pushed inaccurate claim, leading to anti-Western coverage by Russian and Belarusian outlets.

by Givi Gigitashvili

Belarus Geolocation

Mon, Nov 15, 2021

Suspicious Twitter accounts amplified hashtags ahead of Polish nationalist march

Accounts promoting a nationalist march in Poland exhibited multiple indicators raising questions of their authenticity.

by Givi Gigitashvili

Eastern Europe Government

Mon, Aug 7, 2017

#ZapadWatch: Missiles Outside of Minsk

An open source investigation of alleged Russian missiles outside of Minsk

by Nika Aleksejeva

Belarus Belarus

Fri, Aug 4, 2017

History Revisited: Communist Monuments in Poland

How the Kremlin is re-writing Poland’s history to protect Communist monuments

by Donara Barojan

Disinformation Poland

Mon, Jul 24, 2017

Polish Astroturfers Attack… Astroturfing

Coordinated Twitter campaign accuses others of coordination

by Ben Nimmo

Botnets Poland

Wed, Oct 12, 2016

The Iskanders Have Landed

From Troubled Waters to Deployed Missiles

by Ben Nimmo, Donara Barojan

Baltics Estonia