# Inside a pro-Russian propaganda network using fake rape claims as clickbait

https://mins.news/en/item/44624

- BBC Chinese, 2026-09-04 01:22 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/articles/c87v19vx721o/trad?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> A BBC investigation found more than 6,500 fake advertisements across about 1,700 Telegram channels, using photos of Ukrainian women—many serving or formerly serving in the military—to falsely claim they had been captured and raped. The promised videos did not exist; links redirected users to pro-Russian war propaganda channels that also made money from advertising.