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In July 2022, the Ukrainian [[Center for Countering Disinformation]] included Ritter on a list of what it called Russian propagandists.<ref name="u">{{Cite web |last=Carbonaro |first=Giulia |date=July 26, 2022 |title=Tulsi Gabbard, Rand Paul placed on list of Russian propagandists by Ukraine |url=https://www.newsweek.com/tulsi-gabbard-rand-paul-placed-list-russian-propagandists-ukraine-1727831 |access-date=August 18, 2022 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Martynyuk 2023">{{cite web | last=Martynyuk | first=Leonid | title=Russia Uses Ukraine Ex-UN Weapons Inspector's Misinformation for Propaganda | website=POLYGRAPH.info | date=April 24, 2023 | url=https://www.polygraph.info/a/fact-check-ukraine-misinformation-from-ex-un-weapons-inspector-in-russian-propaganda-/7064239.html | access-date=April 26, 2023}}</ref>

In April 2022 and April 2023 Ritter said that Russia was winning the war. Polygraph.info, a subsidiary of American propaganda outlet [[Voice of America]], wrote that Ritter's claims about Russia winning the war and about the Bucha massacre were false.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 24, 2023 |title=Russia Uses Ex-UN Weapons Inspector's Ukraine Misinformation for Domestic Propaganda |url=https://www.polygraph.info/a/fact-check-ukraine-misinformation-from-ex-un-weapons-inspector-in-russian-propaganda-/7064239.html |access-date=August 28, 2023 |website=POLYGRAPH.info |language=en}}</ref>

In 2023, Ritter toured [[Kazan]], [[Irkutsk]] and [[Yekaterinburg]] to launch his book, ''Disarmament in the time of the Perestroika'', which examines nuclear weapons agreements between Russia and the U.S. According to ''[[Euronews]]'', he predicted that Ukraine would lose the war.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=May 24, 2023 |title=Why are disgraced Americans spouting pro-Putin propaganda in Russia? |url=https://www.euronews.com/2023/05/24/why-do-disgraced-americans-like-scott-ritter-spout-pro-putin-propaganda-in-russia |access-date=May 29, 2023 |website=euronews |language=en}}</ref>