War on Truth: 7. Sergei: ‘It’s my duty to keep telling Russians the truth’
After Russia’s first independent radio station was taken off air by the Kremlin, the journalists who worked there are finding ways to get round censorship of the war in Ukraine.Sergei Buntman helped t...
14 Apr 202221min
War on Truth: 6. The View from the Other Side
Marianna Vishegirskaya is the pregnant woman who has unwittingly found herself at the centre of one of the most disputed events of the war.In a previous episode we looked at how Russia falsely accused...
8 Apr 202218min
War on Truth: 5. Rob: ‘Covid was a hoax, and so is the war’
What does the invasion of Ukraine have in common with the coronavirus pandemic?On the face of it not much at all, but disinformation about the war is also fuelling existing conspiracy movements around...
1 Apr 202217min
War on Truth: 4. One Baby, Three Photos, and a Web of Lies
When Russia bombed a maternity hospital in Mariupol, it claimed that a wounded pregnant woman was faking it. Her friends told us something different. Images of Marianna Vyshemirska fleeing the afterma...
24 Mars 202219min
War on Truth: 3. Masha: The Influencer Who is a Secret Weapon
Masha is one of the most famous faces on Ukrainian TV and a huge social media star.But the Russian-speaking celebrity has taken on a new role. Her Instagram posts about skin care tips have been replac...
18 Mars 202215min
War on Truth: 2. Maxim: Homeless and Trolled
When social media star Maxim was shelled out of his home, he didn’t expect to be called a liar by some of his followers. But did the hostility come from real people - or automated accounts?As the batt...
14 Mars 202214min
War on Truth: 1. Kristina: ‘My cousin thinks we’re bombing ourselves’
What do you do when you’re Ukrainian and your cousin in Russia refuses to believe her country is attacking your home?After spending days huddled in an air raid shelter, Kristina and her family managed...
14 Mars 202216min
War on Truth: Introducing... War on Truth
What’s fake, what’s real? Stories from the information war over Ukraine. BBC disinformation reporter Marianna Spring speaks to people caught up in the battle for the truth.
11 Mars 20221min
