Such information was disseminated in social networks, in particular, on telegram channels broadcasting pro-Kremlin rhetoric. Reports say that Major General Volodymyr Oliynyk, commander of the territorial defense units, was killed in Kyiv. Like, the Ukrainian TRO is stupid, that the Russians quickly managed to neutralize the enemy. It is not true.

The fact-checkers of the VoxCheck project drew attention to the case, which determined that the news was invented and that the commander of the UAF’s terrorist defense with that name does not exist. In open sources, fact-checkers were unable to find information about a Ukrainian major general with that name and surname. Moreover, the website of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has up-to-date data on the military command: now the Commander of the Territorial Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is Major General Ihor Tantsiura.

By spreading such a fake, propagandists seek to undermine the morale of Ukrainians. Like, the Russians are destroying the military and no one will stop them, and Ukraine will soon be left without worthy defenders. However, the propagandists lie and try to make wishful thinking come true.