Russian propaganda sources are spreading a fake video allegedly from UNITED 24, claiming that women in Kyiv protested demanding the cancellation of priority exchange lists for fighters from “nationalist battalions”, which are keeping other servicemen in captivity longer. The video also includes footage of MP Oleksandr Kunytskyi, who allegedly advised women to “return to their women’s affairs” and raise children, and to “leave the decision on the exchange to the leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine”.

However, UNITED 24 did not publish such a video, and Oleksandr Kunytskyi did not make such statements. Once again, propagandists created a fake video to spread Russian narratives by using authoritative sources.

Russian propaganda systematically uses disinformation aimed at manipulating public opinion and accusing Ukraine, for example, of disrupting or delaying negotiations on the exchange of prisoners of war. In addition, it discredits representatives of the Ukrainian government in order to undermine trust in the political elite among Ukrainians and create unstable socio-political sentiments.