Europe & Eurasia
![creenshot of May 4 Telegram video showing Wagner Group financier Yevgeny Prigozhin standing in front of dozens of dead soldiers {blurred] and excoriating Kremlin military leadership for not providing Wagner with adequate ammunition supplies. Warning: original source video contains graphic footage. (Source: Kyepka Prigozhina/archive)](https://dfrlab.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/05/image-45-500x350.png)
Fri, May 5, 2023
Russian War Report: Prigozhin threatens Wagner withdrawal from Bakhmut
Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin threatened to withdraw forces from Bakhmut following conflict with Russian military leadership over resources.
by Digital Forensic Research Lab
Fri, Apr 28, 2023
Russian War Report: Updated Google Earth imagery details destruction in Mariupol
New satellite imagery reveals the extent of the Russian bombing of Mariupol that occurred in late March 2022.
by Digital Forensic Research Lab
Fri, Apr 21, 2023
Russian War Report: Russia cancels Victory Day parades and moves “Immortal Regiment” marches online
Russia continues ramping up its attacks in eastern Ukraine while canceling its Victory Day parade in areas bordering Russian-annexed Ukrainian territory.
by Digital Forensic Research Lab
Fri, Apr 21, 2023
State-controlled media experience sudden Twitter gains after unannounced platform policy change
Twitter accounts run by Russia’s RT, China’s CGTN and Iran’s PressTV suddenly began to gain followers; Twitter acknowledged a change in policy regarding state media accounts three weeks later
by Alyssa Kann
Fri, Apr 14, 2023
Russian War Report: Russian army presses on in Bakhmut despite losses
Bakhmut remains a major conflict zone with dozens of attacks on Ukrainian forces there, despite Russian forces sustaining heavy losses.
by Digital Forensic Research Lab
Fri, Apr 7, 2023
Russian War Report: Belarus accuses Ukraine of plotting terrorist attack
Belarus' KGB accused Ukraine of plotting an attack on a Russian consulate in the Belarusian city of Grodno. Belarus also confirmed it would accept Russian tactical nuclear weapons.
by Digital Forensic Research Lab
Wed, Apr 5, 2023
Advertising campaign recruits contract soldiers from across Russia to fight in Ukraine
Online job postings emphasize recruiting soldiers from regions with ethnic minorities
Mon, Mar 27, 2023
How pro-Russia and pro-China influencers cross-promote state narratives
Influencers critical of the West have formed a mutually beneficial community on Twitter, amplifying Russian and Chinese state narratives on a range of issues
Fri, Mar 24, 2023
Russian War Report: Kremlin edits footage of Mariupol visit to remove women shouting at Putin
After Putin was yelled at in Mariupol, the Kremlin cut the exchange from their official video. RIA Novosti published the whole interaction.
by Digital Forensic Research Lab
Fri, Mar 24, 2023
Russia-friendly media outlets in Global South frame French anti-government protest as anti-NATO
Russian state media coverage of protest in Paris picked up by outlets across the Global South
Mon, Mar 20, 2023
Russia builds a “special information operation” around Transnistria
Rhetoric increasingly pushes idea of military conflict in the separatist region of Moldova
Fri, Mar 17, 2023
Russian War Report: DFRLab confirms aerial strikes on industrial plants north of Bakhmut
As Russian forces continue their offensive on Bakhmut, the DFRLab examined satellite imagery to reveal the potential of missile attacks.
by Digital Forensic Research Lab
