Pro-Kremlin media are disseminating information that civil defense structures (shelters) are being repaired in the Khmelnytskyi region at the expense of region residents. They plan to do this, they say, by adding additional amounts to utility bills. As proof, propagandists add a “screenshot” from a local chat to the message. It's a lie.

The fact-checkers of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council examined the case and analyzed the official social networks of the Khmelnytskyi State Military Administration. The local administration confirmed that such information is false. The region does not plan to collect money from Khmelnytskyi  residents to repair shelters.