Russian Telegram channels are distributing a video story, allegedly created by Euronews, about a Ukrainian artist. The story claims that the Ukrainian amputated his own tailbone to express his support for the Ukrainian Armed Forces and to raise about 1 million euros for the army. However, he apparently managed to raise no more than 3,000 euros.

In fact, this video is fake as it is not on the official resources of the Euronews TV channel. This is written by the Center for Countering Disinformation. The propagandists used the name of a well-known European resource to increase trust in the fake. In addition, the story does not show the face of the “main character”, and the search engine does not identify such a Ukrainian artist.

With this leak, the Russians are trying to discredit the Ukrainian authorities, who, according to them, are corrupt and therefore unable to cover the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This is why the population is allegedly forced to resort to such extremes, just to raise money for the army.

This is not the first time that Russian propagandists have spread fake videos on behalf of Euronews. We have previously documented similar leaks:

- the Territorial center of recruitment and social support workers allegedly beat up an ethnic Hungarian in western Ukraine, Euronews story

- Euronews allegedly reported on a Ukrainian fraudster in Poland who opened a beauty salon with fat-sucking mosquitoes

- The French President is allegedly being forced to escalate the Russian-Ukrainian war by blackmail (Euronews story)

- Euronews allegedly showed a story about how the statement of the Ukrainian Embassy in France angered French farmers