DISINFO: Ukraine decommunised the Mendeleev periodic table
SUMMARY
Ukraine has decommunised the periodic table of chemical elements. The chemical element Moscovium was “successfully” renamed to Ukrainium by Bandera scientists. Ukrainianism of the brain cannot be cured.
RESPONSE
An unsubstantiated pro-Kremlin disinformation about alleged Russophobia in Ukraine. The claim portrays Ukrainians as Nazis and pathologically Russophobic.
The photo circulated in pro-Kremlin media outlets was altered. The publishing house Litera LTD, whose textbook was used as the basis for the said visual manipulation, denies that the 115th element was named “ukrainium”. Read the full debunk at Myth Detector.
The fake story that the chemical element “moscovium” was renamed in Ukraine has been circulating since 2023 and has been verified by various Ukrainian fact-checking organizations (Ukrinform, Gwara Media, Stopfake).
The purpose of such invented stories is to ridicule and sow distrust towards Ukraine through seemingly non-political stories.
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