{
  "id": 460504,
  "title": "Russia plans disinformation campaign to show supposedly good treatment of POWs – CCD",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/russia-plans-disinformation-campaign-to-show-supposedly-good",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-10T10:53:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Interfax-Ukraine",
    "slug": "interfax-ukraine",
    "url": "https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/1192059.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine's Center for Countering Disinformation has revealed plans for Russia to launch a disinformation campaign. The objective, according to Head Andriy Kovalenko, is to portray Russia as treating prisoners of war (POWs) more favorably than Ukraine treats Russian captives.\n\nResources have been allocated for media events. Ukrainian POWs are being transferred to more comfortable conditions in order to film footage that will later be distributed to Western audiences. Russia also intends to utilize Russians who have returned from captivity to disseminate false information about the detention conditions in Ukraine.\n\nKovalenko emphasized that propaganda and lies continue to be tools employed in warfare, ultimately discrediting one's own nation. Ukraine has consistently and openly disclosed the conditions under which Russian POWs are held, as well as the quality of their rations. However, Kovalenko concluded that Russia will persist in its efforts to fabricate and blur the truth.",
  "summary": "The Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine reports the preparation of a disinformation campaign in Russia regarding the topic of prisoners of war.",
  "key_points": [
    "Russia plans disinformation campaign to portray better POW treatment.",
    "Ukrainian POWs transferred to comfortable conditions for filming.",
    "Russia will use returned POWs to spread false information about Ukraine's treatment."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}