This information is disseminated by pro-Russian resources. They say that in the Kyiv region, in Bila Tserkva, during the presentation of a draft notice to a young man, a dispute arose between him and representatives of the the Territorial center of procurement and social support, as a result of which the guy was allegedly beaten so much that he needed hospitalization. Over time, he allegedly died in the hospital. However, this is fake.

The police department and the Territorial center of procurement and social support  of Bila Tserkva have already published official refutations of this information, fact-checkers from the “No Lies” project report. No one knows the witnesses from the ambulance workers who allegedly responded to the call, or the relatives of the deceased. In addition, on December 29, 2023, the person who was the original source of the fake news, which was subsequently picked up by propagandists, was exposed and recorded an apology video.

Russian propaganda continues to systematically discredit the mobilization process in Ukraine. It happens that Ukrainians themselves help propagandists with this, as, for example, in this case. More refutations on the topic of mobilization can be found here.

After each massive shelling of Ukraine, Russian propagandists claim that Ukrainian air defense is almost running out. They say this is due to the destruction of Western air defense systems by Russian “kinzhals” and the shortage of ammunition for them.

The Center for Strategic Communications at the National Security and Defense Council writes that in fact, air defense systems in Ukraine successfully destroy the majority of Russian missiles and UAVs, including hypersonic “daggers”. This is confirmed by the fact that ten out of ten “daggers” launched into Kyiv on the morning of January 2 were shot down. Ukrainian air defense is capable of repelling massive attacks using various types of weapons (ballistic and cruise missiles, kamikaze drones, etc.). Moreover, the protection of Ukrainian skies is constantly strengthened through cooperation with Ukraine’s international partners. In this regard, Russia is nervous and is trying to pass off wishful thinking.

The purpose of promoting such a message is to sow panic among the population of Ukraine in the face of new Russian shelling and despondency among Ukrainian defenders. Previously, we analyzed the message of Russian propaganda that all air defense systems seemed to be installed in Kyiv, so other cities of Ukraine are not protected.

Propaganda telegrams disseminate such information. They say that on January 2, as a result of another massive missile attack by Russia on Ukraine, in particular Kyiv, the in-depth command post of the Defense Forces was destroyed. The Russians also report the death of nine Ukrainian generals, one of whom is allegedly deputy commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi. However, this is fake.

This information has nothing to do with reality, but is just another fabrication of Russian propaganda. This was reported in the Office of Strategic Communications of the Office of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In addition, on the official telegram channel, the Stratcom Armed Forces of Ukraine are advised to use information from official sources.

The Russian full-scale invasion showed in the first weeks that the occupiers do not care what or who they shoot at - all the mythical “NATO bases and compounds” in Ukraine turn out to be ordinary residential high-rise buildings, hospitals, schools or even maternity hospitals. With this information dump, Russian propaganda seeks to legitimize the shelling of the Russian army and prove the “high accuracy of its missiles”, which we wrote about earlier.

The name of such a chat is President’s Messenger. The leaflets themselves are distributed on behalf of the chairman of the Zaporizhzhia regional council, Olena Zhuk. They say that city residents can share all their problems and what worries them through a chatbot by clicking on the QR code on the leaflet, since “this is a quick way to draw attention to an existing problem”.

The Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security reported that the head of the local regional council, Olena Zhuk, called these leaflets fake, saying that she, her colleagues and the regional council have nothing to do with them, as well as with the President’s Messenger chat. In addition, Olena Zhuk asked citizens not to follow the QR code on the leaflets and not to transfer their personal data to unknown persons on the Internet. She also reminded residents of Zaporizhzhia about cybersecurity, urging them to observe the rules of digital hygiene.

Pro-Kremlin telegram channels disseminate information that NATO member countries, including the United States, are not against the Armed Forces of Ukraine “hitting”  Russia with all available weapons, that is, foreign ones, and not just Ukrainian ones. Based on the results of an emergency telephone conversation between representatives of the United States, NATO, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, which followed another massive Russian shelling of Ukrainian cities on January 2, 2024, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin allegedly promised to satisfactorily respond to Ukraine’s requests regarding medium- and long-range missiles. In arguing this, propagandists cite an article by The New York Times. However, this is a fake.

The truth is that The New York Times never published such a story, and their reporter at the Paris bureau of Constant Méheut, the supposed author of the fictitious article, did not actually write the story. This was reported by the Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security. The Western countries arming Kyiv demanded that Ukraine use only its own weapons to attack Russian territory. In addition, neither on the NATO website nor on the official Pentagon channels there is any mention of the supply of missiles to Ukraine without range restrictions. This information is also not available on the website and communication channels of the US Embassy in Ukraine.

By spreading this disinformation, Russian propaganda seeks to demonize NATO, including the United States, saying that they are starting to openly fight against Russia and are even ready to destroy the civilian population of Russia. Thus, the propagandists also want to justify the bloody war unleashed by Russia against Ukraine and, according to them, against the entire West and NATO, which allegedly want to destroy Russia. Previously, Detector Media analyzed the Russian manipulation that NATO would allegedly invade Russia “after the war in Ukraine”.