Pro-Russian Telegram channels have circulated a fake story claiming that a 50-year-old Ukrainian serviceman from the 92nd Separate Assault Brigade allegedly killed his son during a drinking party. To “prove” this, a screenshot with a headline from the Ukrainian outlet Novyny Zakarpattia is being shared; however, the headline has been edited. In reality, no such news item was published, and the image is a photo fake.

This was reported by VoxCheck.

After checking keywords, it was possible to find the real news story on which this fake is based. It was published on 14 September 2025 on the Novyny Zakarpattia website. The report states that on the night of 14 September, a 40-year-old man was killed in the village of Ust-Chorna in the Tiachiv district. It was later established that the murder was committed by his 63-year-old father. The text contains no mention whatsoever that the suspect is a member of the military.

The report of the National Police of the Zakarpattia region, which is investigating the incident, also contains no mention of the man’s affiliation with the Armed Forces of Ukraine or any other security structures.

It is likely that Russian propagandists falsified the news headline using photo-editing software or edited the webpage’s code before creating the screenshot. In doing so, they made a mistake – writing “viiskovyi” incorrectly instead of the correct Ukrainian spelling, which further indicates artificial interference with the original material.

Thus, the claim about an alleged serviceman from the 92nd Brigade who killed his own son is a fabrication, created to discredit the Armed Forces of Ukraine and spread disinformation in the information space.