The social network X spread information that the people's deputy Danylo Hetmantsev said: “We are currently studying the experience of other countries in the field of taxation for pet owners. It doesn't matter if it is a dog, cat, parrot, gopher or any other pet, it must have mandatory insurance and a fixed tax on the owner”.

In fact, this quote is fake, as the VoxCheck project writes. There is no such information in the Ukrainian media or in the social networks of MP Hetmantsev. Hetmantsev's quote exists only in one image, which was distributed several times by users on the network, but there is no such text separately from the image. These words, which are attributed to the MP, were published on the network back in August 2024, but then there were much fewer such messages, VoxCheck adds.

Also, when creating this quote, the fakers made several mistakes. In particular, in the word "taxation", instead of the second letter “a” they wrote “o”. Also, it is likely that the text was first written in Russian, and then translated into Ukrainian. This is evidenced by the fact that the word “possessor” is more formal, it is often used in a figurative sense - for example, the owner of life. A person who has property or animals is correctly called an “owner”, and not a “possessor”. So it would be correct to say "the owner of pets".

We do not have mandatory registration of pets and especially taxation in this area. The procedure for insuring pets at the state level has not been implemented either. Animal owners can do this in private companies.

Earlier, we analyzed the Russian message that “Ukrainians are Nazis because they choose big dogs”.