Yurii Podoliaka is a pro-Russian journalist and blogger of Ukrainian origin. In 2014, he left Ukraine for the Russian Federation. From there, he spreads anti-Ukrainian propaganda, denies Russian aggression, and calls for violation of Ukraine’s territorial integrity.
In particular, he distinguished himself by making statements that the current war is supposedly a confrontation between the United States and Russia for Ukraine on the territory of our state.
He stated that Russia “is being destroyed with the help of the Nazi state created in Ukraine.” After that, he called for the destruction of Ukraine because, according to Yurii Podoliaka, without destroying it, the Russian Federation “will not be able to survive as a civilization.”
The propagandist called himself “the main speaker of the war.” He also stated that “the Ukrainian state will no longer exist in the coming years, at most until the end of the 2020s.”
*The material was created in cooperation with the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.
Main statements
1. He declared Russia’s fast victory in the war and called Ukrainian soldiers “babies” (February 24, 2022)
2. He stated that the world allegedly supported Moscow, not Kyiv, in the war (March 2, 2022)
3. He stated that NATO was helping the Armed Forces of Ukraine fight against the Russian occupiers (March 6, 2022)
4. He stated that Ukraine had managed to survive the war so far only thanks to the help of Western countries. He believes that the course of the war is determined not by Ukraine itself but by the West (October 25, 2022)
