A builder works at an underground school construction site in Shyroke, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine, on Aug. 15, 2024. (Ukrinform / NurPhoto / Getty Images)

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Kyiv Independent

Russia is flooding Ukraine with fake migrant stories — and it's working

The Kyiv Independent published an investigation into the wave of anti-migrant content flooding Ukrainian social media — AI-modified videos and fabricated images pushing a fictional "influx" of foreign workers, in what experts describe as a coordinated narrative campaign exploiting wartime anxieties about depopulation.

The piece draws on LetsData's research and quotes Director of Threat Intelligence Roman Osadchuk on why the campaign matters beyond its immediate content.