The Russian mass media disseminated this statement by the Ministry of Defense of Russia. The Russians assure that allegedly on Lanzheronivska Street, "nationalists have equipped firing positions and sniper points on the upper floors of residential buildings," and "residents from the apartments have not been evacuated and are being used by nationalists as "human shields."

Also, the Russians returned to the fake that the Ukrainian military placed large-caliber artillery and a foreign-made multiple rocket launcher systems on the territory of the place where the victims of the plague are buried and that in the event of an attack by the Russians on the accumulation of equipment in this area, the Ukrainian side intends to disseminate information to the media about the destruction of graves and the emergence of a biological hazard in Odesa allegedly due to the fault of Russian service members. The Center for Combating Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine called these "statements" disinformation. The Operational Command "Pivden" says that the Russians are dispersing such fakes to intimidate Odessans.