Russian sources are distributing a video about an alleged “instruction” for Danes on how to behave during a run-in with the Territorial Center of Recruitment and Social Support representatives. According to the plot of the video, the man allegedly received a corresponding memo at the Embassy of the Kingdom of Denmark in Ukraine. In the video, he was surprised when he read about “the possible use of physical force by the police and the Territorial Center of Recruitment”. At the same time, the main character of the plot tries to communicate in English, but does not use Danish at all.

In fact, this is a fake video, the VoxCheck project writes. The Embassy of the Kingdom of Denmark in Ukraine clarified to the VoxCheck team that the employees of the department did not provide such “recommendations” and have no relation to this video. Also, the text of the fake booklet is written in poor-quality Danish, and the “instruction” itself does not correspond to the official style of communication of the embassy.

The Danish embassy website mentions martial law and the temporary suspension of air traffic in its “Travel and Stay” section. However, there is no mention of the Territorial Center of Recruitment and Social Support or the police either there, or on the Visit Ukraine service portal.

Earlier, we recorded a similar fake by Russians about an alleged leaflet from the British Embassy in Ukraine, in which they recommend their citizens to flee from the Territorial Center of Recruitment and Social Support.

Russians often send their fellow citizens to the occupied territories of Ukraine to engage in propaganda and militarize Ukrainian children. One of those involved in this process in the occupied part of Kherson Region is Serafim Ivanov, a Russian citizen. This is reported by the Kherson Region media outlet Vhoru (Up).

He arrived in Kherson together with Russian propagandist Oleksandr Malkevych, who organized occupation television not only in Kherson (Tavria), but also in Melitopol (Za TV) and in the Donetsk region (Mariupol 24). The latter calls Ivanov an “information-patriotic driver” and an “information guard”.

Initially, Ivanov was appointed as the head of the public relations and promotion department at the TV and radio company “Tavria”. Later, in early November 2022, Ivanov claimed that based on this company, a branch of the “Youth Army”, which he subsequently led, was established. In addition, Ivanov serves as the head of the local branch of the Russian “educational” organization Knowledge in the occupied Kherson region. He is also a member of the fictitious Public Election Observation Headquarters and the Public Chamber in the occupied Kherson region.

On the eve of the liberation of Kherson by Ukrainian troops in November 2022, Ivanov fled to the left bank of the Dnipro river, where he continued to engage in the militarization of Ukrainian children and their propaganda processing.

In addition to promoting the “Great Patriotic War” and its symbols, such as the red flag, Ivanov conducts “courage lessons”, in which children undergo military training. The goal of these classes is to make Ukrainian children “defenders of the Fatherland-Russia”. It can be argued that this is preparation for the recruitment of Ukrainian children from the occupied territories into the Russian army. At the same time, such actions are prohibited by the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War: “Any pressure or propaganda aimed at ensuring voluntary enlistment in military service is prohibited”.

It is for such activities that Western countries have imposed sanctions on Serafim Ivanov. In addition, according to the GUR portal, Ivanov is involved in the transfer of Ukrainian children from the occupied territories of Ukraine to Russia under the pretext of “rehabilitation, rest and education”.

Pro-Russian Telegram channels are spreading information that Dmytro Savchenko, an officer of the 1st Separate Assault Battalion “Da Vinci” of the 67th 67th Separate Mechanized Brigade, allegedly criticized the interview of the President of Ukraine for the FoxNews channel, in which Volodymyr Zelenskyi spoke about the probable defeat of Ukraine in the event of a reduction in aid from the United States. The propagandists attribute the following quote to Savchenko: “We need to remind the [overdue one] that it is not the Americans who have been saving Ukraine since 2014. But Ukrainians - with their blood, their homes, their bodies, their savings”. The propagandists add that, allegedly, according to Savchenko, Zelenskyi usurped power after May 20, 2024 and continues to lie to Ukrainians.

In fact, this is another fake, Savchenko did not say anything of the sort. The propagandists refer to the unreliable Ukrainian media, which is known for publishing outright fake and unverified materials, in which numerous violations of journalistic standards can be traced. In addition, Savchenko did not publish any such information on his social media. And the words that the propagandists attribute to Savchenko were not repeated by any reliable sources.

This piece of disinformation is intended to fuel the Russian narrative about the “illegitimacy of Zelenskyi”. Previously, we recorded numerous fakes being spread as part of this narrative. In particular, we refuted the information that posters with the overdue - or “expired” - Zelenskyi allegedly appeared in Kyiv.

Pro-Russian Telegram channels have spread information that the Lviv Klymentiy Sheptytsky Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Life is holding a raffle for a museum exhibit to raise funds for the military. As “proof” of this, propagandists add a corresponding screenshot.

However, this information is false, the VoxCheck project writes. On November 11, 2024, Olesia Kopchak published a post on her Facebook page with a raffle for a gift one can win for their donation to the military to buy electronic warfare equipment. In turn, the Russians deliberately misinterpreted it. After all, Kopchak’s publication refers to a raffle for a gift from the store of the Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Life. The woman did not mean a raffle for a museum exhibit. The photo of the jug is most likely illustrative.

After all, there are no museum exhibits for sale in the “shop” section of the museum’s website. There you can only find T-shirts, books, plates, and other souvenirs that have no historical value.

By distorting details and manipulation information, propagandists seek to create a false impression that Ukrainians are forced to sell museum items to support the military. Earlier, we refuted information that the Ukrainian government allegedly wanted to sell “Scythian gold” at an auction.

Russian propaganda resources are distributing a photo of an alleged instruction for schoolchildren in Ukraine, which explains how to properly kneel to greet a fallen Ukrainian defender from the front.

In fact, this instruction is fake, the Kherson region media outlet Vhoru (Up) reports. The reverse image search function on Google helped establish that the drawing from this instruction is being sold on several stock photo sites. The description of the drawing says that these are football players protesting on their knees against racism and police brutality. This is how they express support for the Black Lives Matter movement.

The propagandists also added an excerpt from the poem On the Shield by Facebook user Oksana Lesyk-Paduchak to the fake instruction. It was published on January 26, 2024. Presumably, an excerpt from this poem was placed on the instructions to give greater credibility to the fake photo and because of the poem’s mention of “Bandera’s flag”, one of the “favorite” words of Russian propaganda.

In the end, the photo of this instruction was not published in any reliable Ukrainian or foreign sources, but was only distributed in the pro-Russian segments of social media.

In Ukraine, people honor the memory of fallen soldiers by taking a knee. This is a voluntary gesture of respect. In many cultures, people also kneel to pray and ask for forgiveness. However, the creators of this fake put a negative connotation into this symbolic action, which on their photo instruction can be perceived as an act of submission, humiliation or weakness.

Earlier, we refuted the information that in Lviv, first-graders are forced to kneel to honor the memory of fallen defenders.