Famous photographer Yan Dobronosov published photographs of graves with numbers in a cemetery in Kramatorsk, which caused a wave of erroneous assumptions and manipulations in Russian and pro-Russian media. In the comments to his post, various assumptions about the purpose of these graves began to appear. Some users asked whether these could be the graves of unidentified local residents. This is written by KramatorskPost.

The publication's journalists claim that these burials have nothing to do with the war. As Ihor Yeskov, head of the information policy department of the Kramatorsk City Council, explained, the first burials in this sector appeared back in 2020, and it was specially designated for homeless people whose names and surnames cannot be established at the time of burial. Usually, these are the graves of people without a permanent place of residence, who are often impossible to identify due to the lack of documents or connections with relatives. Yeskov explained that from time to time, deceased homeless people are found in the city, and finding their relatives can be extremely difficult, even for the police, but burial is still necessary. Such people hide in a certain area of the cemetery, their data is entered into a special card index, which has been maintained since Soviet times. They are assigned a burial number, and if relatives are subsequently found, this number can be used to find the place where the person is buried.

Additionally, a special section for honorary burials of fallen soldiers, known as the Alley of Heroes, was created in Kramatorsk, with clearly defined rules about who can be buried there. In addition to the comments, there were also opinions that these burials may belong to unidentified people, possibly military personnel, medical workers, or volunteers who are difficult to identify due to a lack of documents or witnesses to the events. Unfortunately, similar burials exist in other regions of Ukraine, especially in areas where fighting took place.

The spread of manipulative messages about graves with numbers in Kramatorsk was aimed at creating a negative emotional background around Ukraine and sowing distrust in the Ukrainian government. Due to the distortion of facts, such disinformation is used to present Ukraine in an unfavorable light, to generate fears and suspicions among the population, and to strengthen narratives about the abuse of its citizens.