Propaganda resources are spreading statements by Russian occupiers that the “Kyiv regime” is allegedly planning to use chemical and bacteriological weapons to poison reservoirs in the Kherson region. They say that the statement is based on the testimony of Ukrainian prisoners of war. This is written by the Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security.

These claims are yet another Russian fabrication aimed at continuing Russian disinformation about weapons of mass destruction that Ukraine is allegedly preparing to use. This narrative was used at the beginning of the full-scale invasion, when Moscow spread fakes about “American biolabs” to justify its aggressive actions. In the meantime, Russian intelligence services are generating new false claims about a “chemical” and “bacteriological” threat.

The so-called "testimonies" of Ukrainian prisoners of war, which Russian propaganda refers to, are usually either invented or obtained under pressure, a frequently used tool of Russia. The statements about water poisoning in the Kherson region have no evidence.

The purpose of spreading this fake is to discredit Ukraine in the international arena, create an imaginary “threat” from Kyiv and intimidate residents of the temporarily occupied territories. This is an attempt to undermine trust in Ukraine and its Western allies by presenting the Ukrainian authorities as an aggressor ready to use weapons of mass destruction.