Russian media and pro-Russian Telegram channels have begun spreading screenshots of a fake job advertisement allegedly posted by a Ukrainian territorial recruitment center.

This was reported by Ukrinform.

The posts claim that a vacancy was supposedly published on the Work.ua website by the Zaporizhzhia District Territorial Center for Recruitment and Social Support (TCC and SP). According to the screenshots, the center is allegedly looking for a “candidate relations specialist”, with requirements listed as “attractive appearance”, “experience in the modeling business”, and “exotic dancing”. The circulating posts are accompanied by claims that Ukrainian TCCs are allegedly recruiting sex workers for enlistment purposes.

However, this is fake, created by Russian propagandists. No such job posting has ever appeared on the Work.ua website. In reality, Russian actors falsified existing TCC vacancies – for a paramedic and a clerk – by changing the job titles and adding fabricated requirements.

The title of the fabricated position – “candidate relations specialist” – is a calque of the Russian “spetsialist po rabote s personalom” and was likely created using automatic translation.

In addition, a visual analysis of the screenshot reveals signs of forgery. For example, the column widths in the fake listing exceed the standard layout used on the Work.ua website, and the text describing the candidate requirements is an obvious insertion that is absent from the original vacancies.

This case is yet another example of the information war Russia is waging against Ukraine, using fakes to discredit state institutions and spread distrust among the public.