Users of the Ukrainian segment of Facebook massively complain about advertising on Valerii Zaluzhnyi. In advertising posts, they distribute a screenshot allegedly from the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine with “a refutation of speculations about the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi”. The report also says that this is an official statement from the ministry and thus the authorities hide that something happened to Zaluzhnyi so that the allies continue to provide weapons. Users also distribute a screenshot of the alleged message of Valerii Zaluzhnyi, where he notes about “losing the war”, “unsuccessful counteroffensive” and “disclaimer of responsibility”. Allegedly, because of it, he disappeared from the information space. It is not true.

There is no “refutation of speculations” on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, moreover, it is not in the web archive either. So, the screenshot, which is distributed on Facebook with an alleged statement by the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry about Valerii Zaluzhnyi, has been edited in a photo editor.

The Espresso edition drew attention to the case. They determined that this “advertising” was distributed by two accounts - “Verniom”  (We’ll return it) and “Stout Pugh”, but it is not known to whom they belong.

Regarding posts on behalf of Valerii Zaluzhnyi, there are no such statements on his Facebook page. The “advertisement” published on Facebook about Zaluzhnyi contains a photo fake and is designed to discredit the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as sow discouragement among Ukrainians.