Some propaganda telegram channels claim that in Kyiv unknown persons attempted to assassinate the current Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umierov. An explosive device allegedly went off, after which the minister was immediately taken out. Propagandists add that there is no information yet about Umierov’s condition.

In fact, this “news” is fake. This was reported by the Center for Countering Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council after it verified the relevant information with the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

This is not the first time that Russian propaganda has carried out information attacks against Ukrainian officials, trying to destabilize the situation within the country. Thus, earlier we refuted information about the alleged death of the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, Kyryl Budanov, and also that Rustem Umierov was poisoned.