Russian Telegram channels claim that the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi wrote in his congratulations on the Day of Defenders of Ukraine that this day is a holiday, in particular, of the invincible defenders of the Vuhledar fortress, who will soon march defeated Moscow. However, a few hours after the greeting was published, Vuhledar was finally taken by Russian troops, and therefore Syrskyi allegedly had to edit the message. As “proof” of this, the propagandists add screenshots of both the original and edited message.

In fact, Syrskyi did not edit his congratulations on the Day of Defenders of Ukraine. This is reported in the VoxCheck project.

The message in question appeared on the Facebook page of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on October 1, 2024, at 8 a.m. Kyiv time. The paragraph that the propagandists are writing about says: “This is a holiday for those who will go through all the hardships of war and battles. This is a holiday for those who will march in the parade of our Ukrainian Victory”. There was no mention of Vuhledar in it. On the morning of October 1, a number of Ukrainian media outlets distributed congratulations from Syrskyi, and the text of the message was the same everywhere - not a single one mentioned Vuhledar or the fact that the Victory Parade would take place in Moscow.

In addition, it would be noticeable on Facebook if the message was edited. In this case, when you click on the three dots in the upper right corner of the publication, the option “View history of changes” appears. Some of Syrskyi's messages were indeed edited after publication, however, no changes were made to the congratulations on Defenders' Day. Accordingly, the option “View history of changes” is not displayed.

Earlier we wrote about the Russians' lies, saying that two of Syrskyi's advisers were fired for uploading confidential documents to ChatGPT.

Russian propaganda sources are spreading information that two employees of the General Staff of Ukraine lost their positions allegedly because they uploaded classified materials to ChatGPT. We are talking about more than 500 text documents and working maps. The artificial intelligence was allegedly tasked with writing how the military command could contain the Russian offensive in the Orikhovе and Zaporizhzhia directions.

Accordingly, due to the fact that ChatGPT should not be used to store and process confidential information, the advisers were first allegedly suspended from work, and then “fired”. The propagandists also note that this is not the first such case - previously, the military leadership of Ukraine allegedly used file sharing services and Telegram bots to distribute confidential documents.

In fact, this “news” is made up, the StopFake project reports. The propagandists cite the Ukrainian resource United24. However, neither they nor any other reliable media outlet have published such a video or news item. StopFake journalists add that if this story were real, it should have been disseminated by the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), an agency that investigates criminal cases involving law enforcement officers, judges, and senior officials. However, again, there is no such information on the bureau's website or social networks. After all, the Orikhovе direction in the video is for some reason called Orikhovе, which is a tracing of the Russian language.

With such fakes, the Russians are trying to present the Ukrainian command as helpless and incapable of effectively defending Ukrainian territories. Earlier, we analyzed the Russian message that Syrskyi does not believe in Ukraine's victory and is ready to capitulate.