We analyse pro-Russian outlets aimed at Western audiences, which anti-Ukraine narratives they push, how they work, and how to counter them.
Routine policy debates in the EU and US regarding budgets, migration, or historical memory are cast as the inevitable collapse of Western support and a final rupture in relations. Isolated statements from opposition figures or complex stages of EU accession talks are inflated into a narrative of Ukraine's total global isolation.
Propaganda outlets are inflating diplomatic tensions between Kyiv and Warsaw by focusing on historical memory issues. They frame any commemoration of Ukrainian historical figures as an act of "glorifying Nazism," attempting to provoke a rupture in military and political support from Poland.
Propaganda outlets promote the thesis that Russia is forced to continue hostilities only because of "Western plans" to expand the conflict. Moscow's aggression is framed as a forced reaction to the strategy of the US and its allies, who allegedly seek a "war of attrition" and block peace initiatives.
Selective use of data regarding the difficulty of intercepting ballistic targets is passed off as evidence of the general failure of Ukrainian air defenses. Russian outlets focus on infrastructure vulnerability to Western systems to sow distrust in military aid and cultivate a myth of «invincible» Russian weaponry.