False claim of drug use by European leaders on a train to Ukraine
Reportedon one origin only: 1 distinct origin, 1 tied to no party.
The dataset records a false claim that the leaders of Germany, France and the United Kingdom used cocaine on a train to Ukraine, which it says spread on pro-Russian channels and was repeated by Russian officials. It codes the incident as influence operation, apparent goal compromise domestic / EU politics, target internet / Social media / News, location Germany, United Kingdom, France; the dataset dates it only to May 2025, so the date shown is the first of the month. The Leiden dataset includes incidents linked to Russia by officials, incidents fitting a pattern of officially suspected attacks, or incidents backed by journalistic evidence, and its authors call the data speculative and subject to change.
- When
- 1 May 2025
- Where
- Germany, Germany
- What
- other
- Acting party
- Government of Russia
- Attribution
- Attributed by independent sources. Listed as a Russian operation in the Leiden University Russian Operations Against Europe dataset; the dataset and the source it cites link the incident to Russia.
- In the record
- Published 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC · revision 1 · leiden
Sources
- Evidence Leiden University, Russian Operations Against Europe dataset
- Evidence The Guardian
History
| When | Field | From | To | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC | status | null | reported | P1 leiden: researched from cited sources and graded by the one rule |
Cite or reuse
The War Record, "False claim of drug use by European leaders on a train to Ukraine", ev-20261027-wka8, revision 1, https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261027-wka8/