The Center for Countering Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine has debunked another information manipulation spread by Russian propaganda Telegram channels. Hostile resources attempted to discredit Ukraine’s Defense Forces by publishing a fabricated “radio interception” allegedly containing orders to fire on their own troops.

The circulated “interception” supposedly features an order instructing a Ukrainian soldier to open fire on members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who were allegedly “retreating” from positions near Kupiansk.

According to the CCD, this is yet another fabrication by Russian propaganda. The “radio interception” was edited and assembled by Russian actors with the sole purpose of discrediting Ukraine’s Defense Forces and demoralizing Ukrainian society.

“The Ukrainian army does not have and has never had blocking detachments”, the Centre emphasized.

CCD experts note that such coercive methods and the existence of such units are characteristic of the Russian military itself, where they have been widely documented.