Kremlin media and social media users are spreading claims that Ukraine is allegedly recruiting citizens of South Korea to serve in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As “evidence”, the propaganda shows photos of posters supposedly put up by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on the streets of Seoul.

This was reported by StopFake.

The propaganda materials claim that the ads call on Koreans to join the Ukrainian army and promise a “special right to obtain Ukrainian citizenship”. Propagandists assert that this allegedly indicates “panic” in Kyiv.

The author of the circulated photographs is said to be Alan Kellow, a contributor on the Medium platform, where anyone can publish. He claimed that he had allegedly seen such posters while walking around Seoul.

The photos show contact details belonging to the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Korea. At the same time, there is no information on the embassy’s official resources about recruiting foreigners. Fact-checkers contacted the embassy for clarification and received a response confirming that these materials are fake.

“We inform you that neither the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine nor the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Korea distributed such leaflets,” the diplomatic mission emphasized.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine also confirmed that the posters are fake and are part of another Russian disinformation campaign.

In response to an inquiry from the Center for Strategic Communications, MFA spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi stated that Ukraine has no connection whatsoever to the distribution of such materials, and that similar provocations have recently been recorded in other countries as well. According to him, this indicates a systematic attempt to discredit Ukraine abroad.