This thesis is spread by Russian propagandists on social networks, in particular, it was mentioned by Russian Foreign Minister Serhii Lavrov. Such reports say that residents of the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine can independently decide what to do with sovereignty, together with the occupying authorities. However, this is not true.

In fact, as reported by StopFake fact-checkers, Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine is a flagrant violation of the UN Charter. According to the document, Russia does not have the right to hold any so-called "referenda" in Ukraine, since "each state must refrain from any action aimed at the partial or complete violation of the national unity and territorial integrity of any other state or country".

Even if the Ukrainians want to hold a referendum, this should take place under the auspices of the Ukrainian government, and not the occupation. According to Section III of the Constitution of Ukraine, the All-Ukrainian referendum is appointed by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine or the President of Ukraine.

This thesis is spread by Russian propaganda in its media, in particular, it was mentioned in the framework of the official consultative meeting convened by Russia during the Biological Weapons Convention. Their reports say that the United States is not only building new biological laboratories, but also conducting experiments on a vulnerable group of people - the poor and the mentally ill. Like, Washington is indifferent to people, if only to make new weapons. However, this is not true.

Analysts at the Center for Countering Disinformation report that a week before the disinformation emerged, the US State Department already wrote that during consultations in the presence of 89 countries, the United States and Ukraine presented evidence that strongly refuted the absurd and false claims of Russia about the development of biological weapons and US biolabs in Ukraine.

There are reports on social networks that the IT military allegedly created a telegram channel, where they use radar to inform which direction missiles are flying, and also broadcast live from the front.

According to the fact-checkers of the Brehunets (Liar) project, over time, messages from channels disappear, and if you follow the link, you can come across an outside channel, the purpose of which is to gain an audience and “promote” the channel. Therefore, analysts urge not to follow such publications in the telegram.

Note that the Ukrainian army does not broadcast its battles because all operations remain secret. And it is generally impossible to know the exact trajectory of a rocket flight.

There are reports in social networks that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are allegedly implementing punitive measures in the de-occupied territories. The so-called document mentions the huge losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the forced mobilization of those liable for military service. However, this is all untrue.

According to analysts at the Center of Disinformation, the document is fake because:

it contains errors that are not inherent in Ukrainian business speech: “to work out passages”, “on the territory liberated”, “we will organize the work as soon as possible”;

in the "document" incorrectly formatted field "Recipient";

the barcode of the "document" is placed in violation of the rules of official document management.

This thesis is extended by the pro-Kremlin media with reference to Sar Webknecht, a member of the German parliament. In his appeal he said that he considers it unrealistic to force Russia to return Crimea to Ukraine and says that if this is to be tried, the conflict will continue forever.

However, according to EU vs Disinfo analysts, the assertion that “the return of Crimea to Ukraine is impossible” is the opinion of a member of the German parliament, and not the agreed position of the Bundestag or the government, which has always supported UN and EU resolutions and actions condemning the illegal annexation of Crimea by Russia.

Propagandists deliberately distort this thesis in order to once again promote the pro-Kremlin narrative about Crimea and direct it to the international community. Like, Crimea is no longer possible to return, even European countries recognize this.