Russian propaganda Telegram channels are circulating photos allegedly depicting a rally in Kyiv involving the wives and children of Ukrainian military personnel participating in the Kursk operation. At the rally, children of Ukrainian soldiers are supposedly holding posters with slogans “Syrskyi, where is our dad?” and “Syrskyi, bring dad home!”.

This is actually fake news, writes the VoxCheck project. Thanks to Google’s reverse image search function, it was possible to find out that the photos distributed by propagandists are fabricated. In the original photos the inscriptions on the posters are different. The actual slogans were “For the Armed Forces of Ukraine!” and “Buy toys to help soldiers!”. One of the photos was taken in April 2022 in Odesa, the other in September 2022 in Kyiv. So in fact, the children from the photos did not rally against the AFU operation in the Kursk region, but collected funds to support Ukrainian fighters.

Earlier, we disproved the information that people in Zhytomyr had protested against Zelenskyi.

Russian sources are spreading the “news” that the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrskyi, has admitted that Great Britain is taking part in the Ukrainian Armed Forces' operations against Russia. “Proof” of this is the latest conversation between the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the Chief of Staff of the British Armed Forces, Tony Radakin.

In fact, this information is unfounded. This is written in the VoxCheck project. On October 15, 2024, a telephone conversation between General Syrskyi and Admiral Radakin actually took place. The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on his pages in social networks. However, the corresponding message does not say that Great Britain is taking part in the operations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine or will join them in the future.

During the conversation, they discussed the current situation at the front and the organization of Ukraine's defense in certain areas. The report also noted that they discussed the possibility of hitting military targets deep into Russian territory. According to Syrskyi, the British side is working on its own proposals as part of the practical implementation of the Victory Plan.

The officials also discussed the main pillars of Ukrainian-British military cooperation: “Supply of military equipment and weapons, training of personnel, and increasing the effectiveness of using high-tech weapons”. In the end, Syrskyi drew the attention of his British colleague to the cynical violations of international humanitarian law and war crimes of Russian troops.

Earlier, we analyzed the manipulation of Russians over Syrskyi’s correspondence for the Day of Defenders of Ukraine.

Russian Telegram channels claim that the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi wrote in his congratulations on the Day of Defenders of Ukraine that this day is a holiday, in particular, of the invincible defenders of the Vuhledar fortress, who will soon march defeated Moscow. However, a few hours after the greeting was published, Vuhledar was finally taken by Russian troops, and therefore Syrskyi allegedly had to edit the message. As “proof” of this, the propagandists add screenshots of both the original and edited message.

In fact, Syrskyi did not edit his congratulations on the Day of Defenders of Ukraine. This is reported in the VoxCheck project.

The message in question appeared on the Facebook page of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on October 1, 2024, at 8 a.m. Kyiv time. The paragraph that the propagandists are writing about says: “This is a holiday for those who will go through all the hardships of war and battles. This is a holiday for those who will march in the parade of our Ukrainian Victory”. There was no mention of Vuhledar in it. On the morning of October 1, a number of Ukrainian media outlets distributed congratulations from Syrskyi, and the text of the message was the same everywhere - not a single one mentioned Vuhledar or the fact that the Victory Parade would take place in Moscow.

In addition, it would be noticeable on Facebook if the message was edited. In this case, when you click on the three dots in the upper right corner of the publication, the option “View history of changes” appears. Some of Syrskyi's messages were indeed edited after publication, however, no changes were made to the congratulations on Defenders' Day. Accordingly, the option “View history of changes” is not displayed.

Earlier we wrote about the Russians' lies, saying that two of Syrskyi's advisers were fired for uploading confidential documents to ChatGPT.

Russian propaganda sources are spreading information that two employees of the General Staff of Ukraine lost their positions allegedly because they uploaded classified materials to ChatGPT. We are talking about more than 500 text documents and working maps. The artificial intelligence was allegedly tasked with writing how the military command could contain the Russian offensive in the Orikhovе and Zaporizhzhia directions.

Accordingly, due to the fact that ChatGPT should not be used to store and process confidential information, the advisers were first allegedly suspended from work, and then “fired”. The propagandists also note that this is not the first such case - previously, the military leadership of Ukraine allegedly used file sharing services and Telegram bots to distribute confidential documents.

In fact, this “news” is made up, the StopFake project reports. The propagandists cite the Ukrainian resource United24. However, neither they nor any other reliable media outlet have published such a video or news item. StopFake journalists add that if this story were real, it should have been disseminated by the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), an agency that investigates criminal cases involving law enforcement officers, judges, and senior officials. However, again, there is no such information on the bureau's website or social networks. After all, the Orikhovе direction in the video is for some reason called Orikhovе, which is a tracing of the Russian language.

With such fakes, the Russians are trying to present the Ukrainian command as helpless and incapable of effectively defending Ukrainian territories. Earlier, we analyzed the Russian message that Syrskyi does not believe in Ukraine's victory and is ready to capitulate.