Fact-checkers from Myth Detector noticed the spread of similar posts on Facebook. They write that Denisova was allegedly fired for lying about Russian children, women, and men raped by Russians. It is a fake and a manipulation. The ombudsman was fired for several reasons, including that she had few members of the humanitarian corridors and did not fully perform her duties. Denisova considers her dismissal illegal and links it to political reasons. Human rights activists also call her release unlawfully.

Human rights activists and media critics criticized Denisova's work, including her reports of raped children. According to those who signed the open letter to Denisova, she abused the details and details, which, firstly, could re-injure the victims, and secondly, could help identify them. They also demanded that Denisova provide the data she owns to the police so law enforcement officers could start court cases or disseminate less information about crimes that have not yet been proven. The public conflict also affected Denysova's daughter, Oleksandra Kvitko: she works on the psychological helpline of the Ukrainian Parliament's Commissioner for Human Rights, especially with victims of sexualized violence. She wrote a lot on social media about her clients, which led to accusations of violating professional ethics.

In any case, Denisova's dismissal is not evidencing that the Russian occupiers did not rape Ukrainians. It is evidenced by numerous articles in Ukrainian and foreign media that spoke with victims and witnesses and the Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine, which investigates more than 11,000 cases of Russian war crimes in Ukraine, including rape. The case of one rapist and murderer has already been sent to court.

Collaborator Sergey Shvaika, who calls himself the "military-civil administration of the Skadovsk district," said that the Kherson region has finally received water, and farmers have started sowing.

According to StopFake, it is another manipulation within the general narrative of the Kremlin propaganda. For many years, after the closure of the Crimean Canal, farms in the Kherson region suffered from a lack of water. It is not the case because the Canal did not supply water only to Crimea all these years. In the Kherson region, he worked as usual.

In addition, according to the fact-checkers, sowing did not start not because of the lack of water in the area but because of the occupation and hostilities that hindered the start of work. Wheat is usually sown in March and April.

Russian media and social network users spread this statement. To such reports, they add a screenshot of the post of the People's Deputy of Ukraine Pavlo Frolov, which is about expressing distrust of Denisova through stories about forms of sexual violence. Russian-language posts about Denisova also stated that the Rada had admitted that she had lied and fired her. However, this is not the case. In fact, Verkhovna Rada deputies said several reasons for distrusting the Ukrainian ombudsman, including complaints about Denisova's activities, leaks of confidential information, her stay abroad, and low participation in the organization of humanitarian corridors. Denisova was fired not because of released the publication of facts about sexual violence. It has also not been proven that these facts were untrue, so it is impossible to say that there were no such violent cases. Instead, many instances of sexual violence by Russian soldiers are corroborated by victims' stories and documents obtained by international organizations. Read more.

The pro-Kremlin media spread this manipulative thesis, noting that training plans for protection against chemical weapons for 2019 were found at the Red Cross base in Mariupol. At the same time, Russian propaganda "reminds us" that pro-Russian militants then allegedly "reported the preparation of a provocation with chemical weapons in Mariupol." Thus, Russia is trying to convince that the Red Cross and the Ukrainian authorities allegedly "prepared a chemical attack." Such messages should operate on the principle of "information alibi." The Russian media is preparing an information background so that the Russian authorities can shift responsibility for the crimes committed in Ukraine.

The Red Cross, like the United Nations, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, and others, is studying the effects of chemical weapons and trying to prevent their use. This is not the first time Russian propagandists have spread fakes and manipulations about the alleged "preparation of provocations with the use of chemical weapons by Ukraine." The propaganda also manipulates the fact that Ukrainians are provided with means of protection against chemical weapons - this allegedly proves Ukraine's intention to use them. In reality, it is protected in the event of a chemical attack by the Russian Federation.

Such information is spread in Rivne telegram channels. In particular, in the Rivne Holovne channel. Such reports add a link to the instruction, which will "help" to get support in cryptocurrency and also claim that help is supposed to receive by every Ukrainian who applied by May 31. However, this is a manipulation. As the fact-checkers of the “Brekhunets” project found out, the official Binance website states that on April 26, 2022, the company launched the Refugee Crypto Card for Ukrainians. “Ukrainians who have been inspected by local non-profit organizations and applied for Binance Refugee cryptocurrency cards will receive 75 BUSDs, equivalent to $ 75 per month for three months. The cryptocurrency BUSD will be automatically converted into local currency when paying by card. We also note that the card's message has 8% cashback is true.

However, the statement that EVERY Ukrainian will be able to get this "plastic" is not valid! After all, according to the company's official report, the cards will be available only to those Ukrainians who were forced to travel to the European Economic Area due to the war with Russia, " the fact-checkers write.

It was reported by the Russian propaganda agency "Ria Novosti" concerning the appointment by the Russian military "Deputy Chairman of the Region" Kirill Stremousov. "Crossing the border from Mykolayiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions is very dangerous because of the systematic shelling of Ukrainian militants. After the latest shelling, they killed civilians in the buffer zone. Therefore, we do not recommend going to Ukraine under any circumstances, " Stremousov said.

Kherson has been under Russian occupation since early March. Kherson residents are offered to leave the region either to the annexed Crimea or to the part of the Zaporizhzhia region controlled by Russian troops.

After the invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin and other Russian officials said his goal was not to occupy Ukrainian territory. However, Russian-controlled administrations were formed in Russian-occupied areas of southern Ukraine. Russian-controlled administrations were formed, whose leaders argued that the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions should be accepted into Russia. Recently, Putin signed a decree giving the right to simplified acquisition of Russian citizenship to residents of the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine. And now, the Russian military has blocked exits to the territory controlled by Ukraine in the Kherson region, patrols in Kherson have been intensified, and the number of Russian block posts has increased, according to the operational command "South."

In an interview with RBC-Ukraine, Mayor Ihor Kolykhayev said that it was currently impossible to leave Kherson safely. Russian shelling prevents Kherson residents from leaving the temporarily occupied city for safer settlements. Many residents still dared to evacuate on their own and came under fire. Among them were both wounded and dead. The Russians continue to fire on civilian infrastructure in settlements along the administrative border of Mykolayiv and Kherson oblasts.

Earlier, the operational command "South" reported that the Russians set a fee for leaving the occupied Kherson region, at checkpoints offered a pass for $ 1,000 or their equivalent. However, then began to open fire on the trail insidiously. Thus, the Russian army is trying to keep the civilian population to "create for its leaders and commanders a picture of the satisfaction of the local population with the" Russian measure. "

Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin has once again criticized anti-Russian sanctions and said the famine could result in many countries. In his opinion, the presidents of Ukraine and the United States, Volodymyr Zelensky, and Joseph Biden, should be aware of the consequences in Ukraine. Otherwise, they may go down in history as presidents who staged a famine on the planet. As in many regions of Ukraine, spring field works were not carried out thoroughly. The European Union has banned the supply of Russian and Belarusian fertilizers, and sanctions against Russia have hit countries that have previously had food problems and provoked rising grain prices in all countries, including Europe. And, of course, "Russia has nothing to do with it." This "no" Russia started a war against Ukraine, "no" Russia blocked Ukrainian ports, leaving more than 20 million tons of grain in storage. And, of course, "no" to Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to unblock Ukrainian ports for food exports if the West lifts sanctions against Russia. No Russian media outlet supplemented the speaker's statement with truthful information. Leaders of many countries have repeatedly stated that Russia has gone down in history as a country through which 400 million people on the planet cannot receive grain from Ukrainian farmers. Ukraine fed exactly so many people before the war.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has officially stated that Washington is provoking a food crisis in Ukraine by depriving it of grain supplies. US President Joe Biden's statement on the need to find opportunities to export 20 million tons of grain from Ukraine coincided with the signing of the law on Ukrainian "land lease." It turns out that Kyiv will pay for weapons with wheat, "she said. Ukraine is one of the largest food exporters - of grain and other agricultural products. Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia has blocked grain exports from Ukrainian ports in the Black and Azov Seas. According to the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, most of the traditional Ukrainian trade routes have been blocked due to the Russians` blockade. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) estimates that almost 25 million tons of grain are currently in Ukrainian granaries. Ukraine cannot direct them to the world market. The head of the UN World Food Program, David Beasley, called on Russia to unblock the ports of Odesa. Beasley wrote on Twitter - "400 million is the number of people in the world who Ukrainian farmers fed before the war. Zero is the number of people fed by Ukrainian farmers today if the ports of Odesa are not opened immediately. " As for the land lease, the story began on April 7, when the US Senate approved the bill. On April 28, the US House of Representatives passed by an overwhelming majority a bill to supply arms to Ukraine under the land lease program by an overwhelming majority. On May 9, US President Joe Biden signed the document. And the next day, May 10, during a speech at the White House on the US government's efforts to combat inflation, Joe Biden drew attention to 20 tons of grain blocked in Ukrainian storage facilities through Russia. According to him, Ukraine is trying to find ways to bring grain to the world market, which would reduce global food prices. Under normal circumstances, the export of this grain would have started long ago, but Russia's aggression hinders this, the US president emphasized. "We are working with our European partners to bring this food to the world market, and it could help lower prices. But it is difficult - again - because of the invasion of Putin and Russia in Ukraine, " Biden said. He noted that the consequences of the pandemic and Putin's war affect not only the American market but have the global scale. "That's why we're seeing historic inflation in countries worldwide," Biden said. US Charge d'Affaires in Ukraine Kristina A. Kvien explained that the land lease program is a mechanism that allows the US president to supply weapons quickly, writes "Yevropeyska Pravda." Contrary to its name (the word lend means "to borrow," to transfer temporarily), we are not saying that Ukraine should return everything it receives under this mechanism. The idea of ​​a lease is different. When the United States sells or transfers weapons to another country, the government must go through an export procedure, obtain approval, and meet certain restrictions. And in order not to face these restrictions, it is proposed to transfer weapons by lease. Frankly, this is just a procedure to speed up the supply of weapons. Therefore, of course, the land lease will not lead to the emergence of any crazy debt in Ukraine after the war, " she said. Consequently, we are not talking about any calculation of grain for weapons. But the fact is that the cause of the food crisis is Russia's war. Especially since, on May 21, Biden signed a law providing $ 40 billion in aid to Ukraine, including $ 20 billion in armaments.  

Pro-Russian online publication in Ukraine "Strana.ua" regarding the words of the First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Energy and Housing Oleksiy Kucherenko scared Ukrainians that "Naftogaz" raised natural gas prices and now for heating, a two-room apartment will have to pay up to 10000 hryvnias. Several other media outlets have spread this manipulation.

On May 10, 2022, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved the draft Law of Ukraine "On the peculiarities of regulating relations in the natural gas market and the field of heat supply during martial law and subsequent recovery." The bill provides a moratorium on rising natural gas prices and tariffs for heat and related services.

However, the gas supply company Naftogaz of Ukraine reassured: "It will not affect the payments of Ukrainians." The company keeps the gas price within the annual tariff plan "Fiksovanyy." This decision was made due to martial law. The gas price is UAH 7.96 per cubic meter with VAT, without the cost of distribution (supply). Contracts between 2.2 million Ukrainian households and the company will be automatically renewed.

Russian propagandist Vladimir Solovyov, the Russian particular services-controlled telegram channel NachShtabu, and other pro-Kremlin media outlets reported that civilians were allegedly not allowed into their apartments in the village of Lyutizh in the Kyiv region because military personnel had settled there. However, according to NotaYenota, they call the village of Lyutizh - “Lyutezh,” and there is no such settlement in Ukraine. Along with these manipulative theses, Russian propaganda is also distributing videos.

There was a recreation center in the village of Lyutizh, where the Renaissance Spiritual Center, headed by Volodymyr Muntyan, a self-proclaimed Protestant and the 13th Apostle, holds its meetings. According to the NotaYenota project, this recreation center was transferred to the defenders of Ukraine for use. So in this video, civilians are not trying to get to their apartments, but representatives of the "Renaissance" are holding rallies. "Currently, rallies are being held around the base from sectarians of Renaissance Spiritual Center - this thesis actively posted on his social networks “Apostle” Volodymyr Muntyan and propaganda trash are picked up this thesis in their “news.” On his page, there are dozens of video appeals from the "parishioners" of the church, which tell either about the Armed Forces or about those disguised in the uniform of the Armed Forces, that there is looting, and so on. There is no evidence other than emotions in the video of the sectarians. As a result, the information on the video is completely distorted. "Renaissance sectarians are provoking the military," the fact-checkers said.

Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu said that the pace of the Russian military in Ukraine had slowed down consciously, allegedly deliberately, "to avoid casualties among the civilian population." Russian politicians and officials have spread similar messages that the Russian army is fighting in Ukraine "not in full force" or "everything is going according to plan." In particular, in this way, Russia is trying to justify its defeats in Ukraine and create the illusion of control over the situation.

Thousands of peaceful Ukrainians, including children, have fallen victim to Russian aggression. A report by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights shows that as of May 24, 3,942 civilians had been killed in a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. As of May 25, according to the Prosecutor General's Office, 238 children had died, and another 433 had been injured in the Russian aggression.

The Russian media spread this manipulative thesis, StopFake reports. It is part of a widespread message that Ukraine allegedly "abandoned" the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, saying that "people are forced to survive on their own, cook food in makeshift field kitchens." In fact, gas supplies to these areas have been cut off because shelling by the Russian military has damaged the main gas pipeline. On May 23, the gas transmission system operator of Ukraine announced that the damaged section of the gas pipeline had been located. Still, it was currently impossible to resume gas transportation due to active hostilities. The Luhansk Regional Military Administration clarified that the gas pipeline was damaged when the Russian military tried to cut off the Luhansk region from the Lysychansk-Bakhmut highway. In Donetsk Region State Administration added that the central hub through which gas went to the Donetsk region is now in the temporarily occupied territory of the Luhansk region.

On May 21, the Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Ukraine, Melinda Simmons, shared a photo on her Twitter page with a demonstration burning of textbooks on the history of Ukraine and compared it to Nazism. In comments, pro-Russian accounts accused her of spreading fake. The photo was first published in July 2019 and depicted the burning of books in Kaliningrad. It had nothing to do with textbooks on Ukrainian history.

The ambassador distributed an original photo of the burning of books on Ukrainian history in Crimea in March 2010. Using the image search program, StopFake experts could find the earliest publications of this image on the Internet. They were taken in 2014.

An article from January 7, 2014, on the Censor.net website, is devoted to the torchlight procession of Russian nationalists in Crimea, who called for "expelling, sweeping away once and for all" Euromaidan.

"However, it was later established that the action to burn textbooks on Ukrainian history and other literature took place in March 2010. "Russian communities in Crimea, the «Russkyy blok,» and Natalia Vitrenko's party called on the newly appointed Minister of Education of Ukraine Dmytro Tabachnyk to remove history books from the school curriculum put into circulation by former Minister Ivan Vakarchuk," Censor.net reported.

The participants of the action burned books "Modern History of Ukraine," "History of Ukraine," and Yaroslav Hasek's novel "The Adventures of the Good Soldier Schweik," translated into Ukrainian and physics textbooks. The article emphasizes that representatives of Russian communities regularly held similar anti-Ukrainian actions. Read more.

Such a statement by the chairman of the State Duma of Russia, Vyacheslav Volodin, was spread by the Russian media and pro-Kremlin telegram channels. According to him, 35 percent of the 40 billion will be used to finance the US military, 45.2 percent will be spent on other countries, 4.8 percent will be used to help refugees, reopen the USA embassy in Ukraine, and additional diplomatic support.

On Saturday, May 21, 2022, USA President Joe Biden signed a law providing $ 40 billion in aid to Ukraine. According to the document, the funds should be used for military and humanitarian aid. $ 20 billion of these funds will go to armaments, and the rest is direct budget and humanitarian aid.

Russian propagandists spread such information. In particular, a message appears on social networks that Kharkiv is planned to be handed over to the occupiers because the city is allegedly firing the Kharkiv Heat Networks utility company. Employees "Kharkiv authorities, by all indications, are confident that the city will come under Russian control. Otherwise, why should they destroy the entire structure of Kharkiv heating networks? The municipal enterprise Kharkiv Heat Networks dismisses all employees without compensation for unpaid salaries for three months. Operators are being fired, without whom it is impossible to start the heating season. So, do they understand that they will not have to start it? ” - it is written in a fake, widely spread the message. However, this is not true. According to the fact-checkers of the Kharkiv Anti-Corruption Center, from the first days of the war, boiler operators, locksmiths, welders, and other employees of Kharkiv Heat Networks, risking their lives, saved the city's heating system. Currently, repair works are carried out every day. There are reports about the work almost daily on the city council's website. Also, work on preparing for the new heating season has already begun and is not ending. However, the number of residential buildings in Kharkiv decreases every day, which could not be connected to heat due to shelling. That is, not all communal workers are fired from the enterprise.

Another myth that is spreading about life in the Russian-occupied Kherson. However, this is a manipulation. This was reported by a Kherson journalist who is currently living in the occupation. She shared accurate information with the fact-checkers of the project "On the other side of the news." According to her, some regularly pay on time, and some payments, such as disability and alimony, are not paid. They are trying to solve the problem. Pensions are paid, but there are nuances: they receive only on time on the card, and there are often problems with cash - it is difficult to deliver it to the community due to the blockade of the region and the regional center by the Russians, but they try.

In an editorial, The New York Times reported that Ukraine's success in the war with Russia now looks unrealistic and that Ukraine may have to cede territory. According to the NYT, if the conflict leads to actual negotiations, "Ukrainian leaders will have to make painful territorial decisions, which will require any compromise." Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, does not consider it impossible for Ukraine to win the war with Russia and regain the territories occupied by the Russians.

"According to experts, Ukraine should freeze three times in winter, run out of electricity in March, and the Russian flag would rise over half of the country. Remember when you hear another horror story that the country will not survive next winter and people will be left on the streets without work. If every time someone said "it is impossible," we would give up, and our country would not exist. If you hear that "Ukraine will have to sacrifice territories because Russia is strong," these are the words of a loser who has already lost. We have no other country; we know what we are fighting for. That is why we will win,” Podolyak wrote on Twitter.

The Russian media widely spread such information regarding the American publication Bloomberg. The source of this manipulation was a column by Indian writer Pankaj Mishra, "Ukraine should beware of the British who give it gifts." First, the writer's opinion does not reflect the opinion of Bloomberg L. P. and its owners. Secondly, in his column, the writer assumed that Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Affairs Elizabeth Mary Truss, and Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace were seeking to improve their political careers during the war in Ukraine. And that removing Johnson from the office will not solve the issue of British support for Ukraine. In November 2021, Boris Johnson said that the United Kingdom supports Ukraine because it was committed to democracy and freedom, not because of its hostility to Russia. On March 2, 2022, at an extraordinary session of the United Nations General Assembly, 141 countries condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine. And 39 countries, coordinated by Britain, have filed the largest number of war crimes in the history of the International Criminal Court.

Third, according to the writer, one of the British representatives' demands is to oust Russia from Crimea.

On February 24, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. On February 28, the first meeting between the Ukrainian and Russian delegations took place on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border in the Gomel region. Several meetings have taken place since then. While negotiating, Russia has continued to kill civilians, shell and occupy Ukrainian territories, particularly in the east and south, to have a land route to the occupied Crimea and Transnistria. The Crimean issue was discussed on March 29 in Istanbul. Then the Ukrainian delegation, on its initiative and not under the influence of Britain, suggested that Russia fix in a separate clause of the agreement that the status of Crimea and Sevastopol would be resolved within 15 years in bilateral talks during peacetime.

Dozens of Russian media outlets wrote about the fact that Russians cannot listen to the song that won this year's Eurovision Song Contest on Facebook and Instagram. Their messages say that "access for Russians to the song of Eurovision 2022 winners - Ukrainian hip-hop group Kalush Orchestra is blocked in social networks Facebook and Instagram (banned in Russia, owned by Meta Corporation, which is recognized as extremist in Russia)." Such messages also add that this track cannot be added to both social networks and cannot be listened to if you are in Russia. However, as it turned out, access to the song in social networks is blocked to Russians not by Meta, the company that owns Facebook and Instagram, but by the company that owns the recording. Since Sony Music suspended all operations in Russia on March 10, 2022 and does not release new content in the country, the winning track and is not available for Russians to listen to in social networks. This is not the first time Russia has spread fakes on social networks. In particular, a video of Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg with Russian voiceover was recently circulated on social networks, in which he allegedly says, Facebook is closing down and leaving Russia. However, this is also untrue

Russian propaganda is actively spreading such a thesis in its media. As writes StopFake, thus propagandists interpreted in their own way one of the new laws, which will soon be signed by President Vladimir Zelensky. "We are talking about the document, in the translation of the Russian agitprop it turned into 'legalization of the robbery of supporters of Russia,'" the fact checkers write.

The Russian media are deepening the already well-known message by writing about the massive export of food from Ukraine and ironizing the increase in fuel prices, which, in their opinion, will inevitably lead to higher prices and shortages of food. The center of counteraction to misinformation has analyzed the volume of production and consumption of agricultural crops in Ukraine and concluded: the country is not threatened by hunger, but the shortage of vegetables, price increase and possible difficulties during the harvesting in July and August (the blocking of the ports can lead to the problem of grain storage). More details on the Facebook page of the Center for Counteracting Misinformation.

This manipulative thesis is spread by anonymous telegram channels administered by the Russian special services, referring to the video with Ukrainian captives, which was filmed by the Russian state propaganda channel RT. Thus, the Office of the President attempts to accuse them of lying and "anti-Russian propaganda. In fact, it is obvious that the RT propaganda channel, known for its manipulative stories in support of the Russian authorities, will not air any violations by the Russian military. At the same time, the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Liudmila Denisova has already repeatedly reported on violations of the rights of prisoners of war on the part of Russia. For example, the Ukrainian fighters are kept in the general regime colonies, without having made the conversion of prisons into camps for prisoners of war. Also, the Russian State Duma suggested forcing Ukrainian POWs to donate blood for wounded Kafirs, which is also a violation of their rights. In addition, Ukrainians on their return from Russian captivity recount humiliations and inhumane conditions of detention: in particular, defenders were dressed in prisoners' uniforms, had their hair cut, were tortured, forced to learn patriotic Russian songs and perform them for their wardens, etc.

A video of a Polish police car with a sticker - a blue "Z" sign - is spreading in social networks. In such messages they write that Poland is supposedly tired of Ukrainian refugees, so it started supporting Russia. The message of fatigue or dislike for Ukrainians who left the country has been promoted since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Thus, Russian propaganda seeks to discredit Ukraine's allies and provoke conflict within Ukrainian society.

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate accused the fifth president of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and the Orthodox Church of Ukraine of Russia's attack on Ukraine - allegedly receiving the Tomos on autocephaly and the creation of the PCU became one of the reasons for the military invasion of Ukraine. Recall that Ukraine received Tomos on January 6, 2019, while Russia invaded Ukraine and occupied Crimea and parts of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions back in 2014.

At the same time, the State Service for Ethnopolitics and Freedom of Conscience (SSF) reacted to the statement of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, noting that it contains statements that can be regarded as inciting religious hatred, insulting the feelings of believers and justifying the war of Russia against Ukraine. They recalled that the PCU is an officially registered religious association that responds to the request of millions of Ukrainian Orthodox believers to belong to such an Orthodox Church, which has no affiliation with a religious association in Russia. The PCU, in turn, accused the UOC MP of spreading the ideology of the "Russian world" in society: "For decades, its representatives have consistently promoted, spread, supported and propagandized both among their faithful and in Ukrainian society the ideology of the "Russian world" - and the key justification for Russian aggression against our state It is this fascist-type ideology that now dominates in Russia, one of the main creators, inspirers and propagandists of which is the head of the Moscow Patriarchate Kirill Gundyaev, was and remains the basis for justifying the Russian war against Ukraine, occupying our land, killing our people, destruction of our cities and villages, attempts to destroy our statehood and the very identity of the Ukrainian people.

 This is the thesis disseminated by Kremlin propaganda. According to the Center to Counter Disinformation, the Kremlin claims that the pro-Russian Bulgarian Socialist Party threatens to leave the parliamentary coalition if Sofia decides to help Kiev with weapons and that this will allegedly lead to the resignation of the government. Propagandists also claim that military aid to Ukraine is not supported by Bulgarian society. "In fact, the government of Bulgarian Prime Minister Kirill Petkov has set out to help Ukraine in countering Russian aggression. Bulgaria will provide military and technical assistance to Ukraine through the repair of damaged military armor and maintenance of military equipment. According to the decision of NATO leaders, deliveries of Bulgarian arms to Ukraine through intermediaries in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland cannot be ruled out. After Moscow stopped supplying gas, more than 67% of Bulgarians supported the EU and NATO sanctions against Russia and Bulgaria's military support of Ukraine," the Center said.