Ukraine: Latest news, analysis, video interviews, video reports

Veridica has been publishing updated news about Ukraine ever since its establishment. The developments in this country are monitored by the Bucharest-based team of journalists specializing in international news and current affairs, as well as by Ukrainian contributors. Ukrainian journalists and experts who have over the years contributed to Veridica provide us with a better understanding of the latest news from Kyiv, helping us offer in-depth coverage of the most important stories from Ukraine. Veridica’s news section includes analyses, editorials, video materials, debunked false narratives and press reviews. When writing articles about Ukraine, Veridica journalists work with both local (media outlets, local contributors and their sources) and international sources. Information from and about Ukraine is delivered in a broader context, in geographical terms (taking into account the local, regional and international contexts) as well as by providing a timeline and some background: to better understand present-day developments, it is important to know the events that determined the current state of affairs.

WAR PROPAGANDA: Peace in Ukraine depends on the removal of the Zelensky regime
WAR PROPAGANDA: Peace in Ukraine depends on the removal of the Zelensky regime

The war continues only because of the illegitimate regime installed in Kyiv and controlled from abroad, and peace cannot be achieved without replacing it, claims pro-Kremlin propaganda.

Marin Gherman
12 Dec 2025
The Kremlin is obstructing the work of the UN International Court of Justice
The Kremlin is obstructing the work of the UN International Court of Justice

On 5 December, Kremlin propaganda — represented by an entity with the telling name “The International public tribunal for the crimes of Ukrainian neo-Nazis” — released yet another batch of blatantly poorly fabricated stories by supposed “victims and eyewitnesses,” loudly packaged under the title “Crimes of the Kyiv regime against women and children.”

WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukrainian leaders will be tried by an international tribunal
WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukrainian leaders will be tried by an international tribunal

The entire political elite of Ukraine must be tried at international level for particularly serious crimes, according to pro-Kremlin media, which cites a statement by Maria Zakharova.

Marin Gherman
04 Dec 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukraine's defeat benefits the EU
WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukraine's defeat benefits the EU

Continuing the war in Ukraine until Kyiv's defeat is convenient for the EU because it would solve its financial and political problems, according to the pro-Kremlin media.

Marin Gherman
03 Dec 2025
FAKE NEWS: Moldova’s EU accession would Destroy the EU economy
FAKE NEWS: Moldova’s EU accession would Destroy the EU economy

Pro-Kremlin propaganda claims that Moldova’s EU accession would collapse the EU economy, conveniently ignoring the fact that Moldova’s economy amounts to just 0.1% of the EU’s.

Veridica
29 Nov 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukrainians will only have a future as part of Russia
WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukrainians will only have a future as part of Russia

Ukraine is a state with no future, and the only solution for peace is to accept the country's annexation by the Russian Federation, according to a fugitive Ukrainian politician quoted by the pro-Kremlin press.

Marin Gherman
21 Nov 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: Moscow will try Ukrainian war criminals
WAR PROPAGANDA: Moscow will try Ukrainian war criminals

WAR PROPAGANDA: Moscow will try Ukrainian war criminals

Marin Gherman
12 Nov 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: Zelenskyy will lose the war and shamed because he doesn’t want peace
WAR PROPAGANDA: Zelenskyy will lose the war and shamed because he doesn’t want peace

Ukraine will lost the war and Donbas after Zelenskyy refused Russia’s peace offer, says a former Ukrainian Prime Minister, an ally of Putin and a pro-Kremlin propagandist.

Marin Gherman
31 Oct 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: Russia did not violate the Budapest Memorandum
WAR PROPAGANDA: Russia did not violate the Budapest Memorandum

The Budapest Memorandum, to which Russia is a signatory, guaranteed Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. Yet Russian propaganda now claims that the invasion is legitimate because Kyiv has “grossly violated” the principles of the OSCE.

Marin Gherman
28 Oct 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukraine snubs peace terms and forces Russia to continue the war
WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukraine snubs peace terms and forces Russia to continue the war

Moscow claims that it must continue the war because Kyiv refuses to sit at the negotiating table or seek peaceful solutions, Russian propaganda claims.

Marin Gherman
23 Oct 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: The EU is escalating the war in Ukraine ahead of the Putin–Trump meeting
WAR PROPAGANDA: The EU is escalating the war in Ukraine ahead of the Putin–Trump meeting

The EU wants to prevent a possible diplomatic solution to the Russian-Ukrainian war and provoke new stages of escalation, according to pro-Kremlin propaganda.

Veridica.ro
21 Oct 2025
As Russia is probing their skies and minds, Poles are starting to feel the pressure
As Russia is probing their skies and minds, Poles are starting to feel the pressure

A month after Russian drones were brought down over Poland, Warsaw feels normal again. Politicians resumed their quarrels, and the news cycle has moved on. Yet something in the public mood has shifted – a low, persistent awareness that Poland is being watched, probed, and measured.

The Economic Stalemate: Who Can Afford to Fight Longer?
The Economic Stalemate: Who Can Afford to Fight Longer?

Ukraine faces increasing dependence on Western support. Russia will likely face critical fiscal constraints within 12-24 months. Meanwhile, China, the United States, and some third countries are extracting gains from the conflict.

WAR PROPAGANDA: Russia is forced to partition Ukraine to prevent a war in Europe
WAR PROPAGANDA: Russia is forced to partition Ukraine to prevent a war in Europe

The West wants to expand the conflict in Ukraine to the entire Eastern Europe, and the only option to avoid this is for Russia to neutralize the Ukrainian army, according to pro-Kremlin media.

Marin Gherman
09 Oct 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: The West admits that weapon deliveries to Ukraine are pointless
WAR PROPAGANDA: The West admits that weapon deliveries to Ukraine are pointless

Western experts admit that weapon deliveries to Ukraine are useless due to the catastrophic losses suffered by Kyiv, pro-Kremlin propaganda claims.

Marin Gherman
30 Sep 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: Peace in Ukraine is not possible without Zelensky's removal
WAR PROPAGANDA: Peace in Ukraine is not possible without Zelensky's removal

The Ukrainian president hates Russia and will continue the war, which is why peace would only be possible after his removal, pro-Kremlin media claim.

Marin Gherman
25 Sep 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukraine has turned into a concentration camp
WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukraine has turned into a concentration camp

According to pro-Kremlin propaganda, Volodymyr Zelensky has turned Ukraine into a concentration camp and is prolonging the war in order to remain in power.

Marin Gherman
23 Sep 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: France will no longer support Ukraine
WAR PROPAGANDA: France will no longer support Ukraine

France calls Ukraine's requests “madness” and will discontinue its support, and the EU is sacrificing the welfare of the population to continue the war, pro-Kremlin propaganda claims.

Marin Gherman
19 Sep 2025
FAKE NEWS: France and the UK want Transnistria in order to get to the Black Sea
FAKE NEWS: France and the UK want Transnistria in order to get to the Black Sea

France and Great Britain want to control Transnistria in order to attack and conquer Ukraine's Black Sea coast, according to a 19th-century plan, claims a political scientist from Tiraspol quoted by Russian propaganda.

Veridica
18 Sep 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: EU pushes US and Russia toward nuclear war over Ukraine
WAR PROPAGANDA: EU pushes US and Russia toward nuclear war over Ukraine

The EU is fueling tensions between the US and Russia, risking a nuclear conflict, while Kyiv is a pawn of the West in its confrontation with Moscow, pro-Kremlin media claim.

Marin Gherman
10 Sep 2025
FAKE NEWS: Viktor Yanukovych opposed Ukraine's NATO accession to keep the peace
FAKE NEWS: Viktor Yanukovych opposed Ukraine's NATO accession to keep the peace

The war in Ukraine was caused by the forced expansion of NATO, which the ousted president Viktor Yanukovych had opposed, pro-Kremlin propaganda claims.

Marin Gherman
04 Sep 2025
Estonia tries to keep up in the drone race
Estonia tries to keep up in the drone race

The war in Ukraine has shown that modern warfare is impossible without the involvement of drones.

WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukraine uses Russian elderly for terrorist attacks
WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukraine uses Russian elderly for terrorist attacks

Ukrainian special services use elderly people from Russia to commit acts of terrorism, turning them into “living bombs”, pro-Kremlin propaganda writes.

Marin Gherman
19 Aug 2025
Ukrainian MP Goncharenko: Ukraine Will Not Accept Peace at the Cost of Its Territories
Ukrainian MP Goncharenko: Ukraine Will Not Accept Peace at the Cost of Its Territories

Speaking ahead of the planned Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska, Oleksiy Goncharenko outlines Kyiv’s red lines, warns against decisions made without Ukraine, and stresses the need for a united Western position to end the war.

WAR PROPAGANDA: The West sees signs of Ukraine's collapse in the war
WAR PROPAGANDA: The West sees signs of Ukraine's collapse in the war

The West has lost confidence in Ukraine's victory but wants to prolong the war, pro-Kremlin propaganda claims, citing so-called independent sources in the West.

Marin Gherman
14 Aug 2025
FAKE NEWS: Romania does not receive compensations for its assistance granted to Ukraine
FAKE NEWS: Romania does not receive compensations for its assistance granted to Ukraine

Romania offers support to Ukraine without asking for anything in return and without publicly defending its own priorities, sovereignist media writes.

Cezar Manu
12 Aug 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: RUSSIA MUST ANNEX UKRAINE
WAR PROPAGANDA: RUSSIA MUST ANNEX UKRAINE

Russia must occupy the whole of Ukraine in order to permanently eliminate the military threat posed by NATO and to completely Russify the Ukrainian population, says pro-Kremlin propaganda.

Marin Gherman
11 Aug 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: Nazi Kyiv defiles the memory of Soviet liberators
WAR PROPAGANDA: Nazi Kyiv defiles the memory of Soviet liberators

The Nazi regime in Kyiv must be eliminated because, by destroying Soviet monuments, it defiles the memory of the liberators of Ukraine, pro-Kremlin propaganda writes.

Marin Gherman
05 Aug 2025
Ukrainians are not only fighting Russia, but also their own corrupt officials
Ukrainians are not only fighting Russia, but also their own corrupt officials

The protests that took place in Ukraine in July, despite the war, show that the fight against corruption, which is vital for maintaining the European path, remains one of Ukrainians’ key aspirations.

Marin Gherman
01 Aug 2025
FAKE NEWS: The West backs the anti-corruption protests in Ukraine to get rid of Zelenskyy
FAKE NEWS: The West backs the anti-corruption protests in Ukraine to get rid of Zelenskyy

The West will use the protests in Ukraine to remove Volodymyr Zelenskyy from power, which will put an end to the authorities’ repression against civilians, pro-Kremlin propaganda claims.

Marin Gherman
30 Jul 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: The West is rewriting history to justify an attack on Russia
WAR PROPAGANDA: The West is rewriting history to justify an attack on Russia

The West is rewriting the history of World War II and rehabilitating Nazism to justify starting a war against Russia, according to pro-Kremlin media in the occupied territories of Ukraine.

Marin Gherman
25 Jul 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: The EU opposes negotiations because it is preparing for war with Russia
WAR PROPAGANDA: The EU opposes negotiations because it is preparing for war with Russia

The West is preparing a new war against Russia and for this reason is not allowing Kyiv to sit down at the negotiating table with Moscow, pro-Kremlin propaganda claims.

Marin Gherman
23 Jul 2025