In Ukraine, fighting continues. In the meantime, the information war continues on the network, in which media and social networks are accidentally or intentionally or intentionally or intentioned. We have collected another selection with some popular fakes.
Lego released figures in support of Ukraine
In mid-March, Russian and Ukrainian-speaking resources went around news The fact that Lego has released a batch of mini-figures depicting the President of Zelensky and Molotov cocktail. All revenue of about $ 16,000, according to media reports, was sent to the aid of Ukraine. Publications were accompanied by rather realistic photographs of toys:
Is it true: These photographs are absolutely true. However, Lego has nothing to do with them. Promotor initiator - independent retailer Citizen Brick, specializing in the secondary processing of products of the Danish company. As part of the mentioned action, the company put up for sale plastic figures of Vladimir Zelensky ($ 100) and Molotov cocktails ($ 10) of its own manufacture. And already on March 6, a thanksgiving appeared on her official page on Facebook fast, in which it was reported that the fees amounted to $ 16,540 and the whole amount will go to medicines in Ukraine. New promotion The company has to collect $ 100,000 already.
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The letter Z from the bodies of the murdered Russian soldiers
March 12 is Ukrainian social networks A photograph went around in which dozens of figures similar to the bodies of a soldier formed a semblance of a Latin letter Z - marking, often found on Russian military equipment in Ukraine. The signatures under it were different - from "Welcome to Ukraine" BC "Flashmob from the Armed Forces. The letter Z from the soldier-coolates of the Russian Federation in Ukraine ”:
Is it true: If you look at the photograph, you can see that many bodies are similar to each other to the slightest detail and differ only in the angle of rotation or the mirror of the image. More precisely, the vast majority of bodies are one of the only three types of figures (circled by the same color):
The enlarged figure of a person without clothes is not like a real body, rather to a doll:
You do not need to be a specialist to understand that we are dealing with the work done in the graphic editor. They came to a similar conclusion and Izvestia experts. Also, like some other resources, they argue that we have before us mannequins, however, without giving strict evidence. However, even without this, we can say that we have a photo department.
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Jews of Zhytomyr were attacked by local Ukrainians
On March 6, first on the Israeli Hebrew -language site 0404, and then on English sites Jewishpress And The Jewish Voice The news appeared that Jews of the Ukrainian city of Zhytomyr are forced to evacuate not so much because of the proximity of the war zone, but because of the pogroms and threats from the local population. It was reported that this news was distributed by the Zhytomyr Jewish community "Khabad", as well as the public organization "Leo Lelead". The news was widely used in Russian -speaking social networks.
Is it true: On March 9, the chief rabbi of Zhytomyr Shlomo Wilhelm, currently located in Israel, categorically refuted this message. On his page in Facebook He, in particular, wrote: “On one Internet mock, which mistakenly considers itself a serious information resource, an article was published that the Jews of the city of Zhytomyr were forced to evacuate from the city because of the pogroms and persecutions that local nationalists arranged, and not from the war. This fake was picked up by other sites, which resulted in a flurry of calls to me. <...> People of all nationalities live peacefully and amicably, here my children who studied at school, where teaching is in Ukrainian. What Nazism can we talk about? I urge everyone to be responsible for any information that you read, double-check it through reliable and proven resources, not to trust the high-handed headlines on dubious websites. ”
On the same day, this information denied and The main rabbi of Ukraine. Later, from most initial resources, the news was deleted.
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Ukrainian soldier says goodbye to his wife
In early March, a touching photograph parted on social networks, in which, according to the signatures, the Ukrainian soldier, before sending to the front, said goodbye to his pregnant wife and a child who had not yet been born. The photo was widespread on Twitter, especially among Chinese users:
Is it true: In fact, a man in the photo does not say goodbye to his beloved, but greets her and her unborn child. This photograph was taken in 2012 in Slovenia, and her hero returned from a business trip to Afghanistan. The picture can be seen on Official website Ministry of Defense of Slovenia.
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British Defense Minister: Volunteers in the event of their participation in the hostilities in Ukraine are waiting for criminal prosecution in their homeland
March 9 in many Russian -speaking Media appeared information The fact that the Minister of Defense of Great Britain Ben Wallace, speaking in parliament, threatened with criminal liability to all military personnel of his country, who wanted to take part in the hostilities in Ukraine. “The position of the government is that if you serve in the Armed Forces, you will break the law if you go to Ukraine to fight as a volunteer,” he said, according to a number of resources.
At the same time, the Ukrainian Center for Combating Propaganda under the National Security and Defense Council distributed statement, which stated that "Russian propaganda is promoting a frank fake with reference to a falsified translation of the statement of the Minister of Defense of Great Britain Ben Walles." The statement says: “According to their version, the minister warned that" the military who will go to fight in Ukraine, upon return, will probably be persecuted by law. " In fact, the following is translated: "According to Ukrainians, 211 schools are damaged or destroyed. There are also shots of strikes on kindergartens." The British minister also said that Vladimir Zelensky said that children were dying due to thirst. In particular, according to Ukrainians, about 1000 civilians died or injured, but, it seems, the real figure is much higher. And not a word about the foreign legion and their punishment. ”
Is it true: Indeed, on March 9, 2022, British Minister of Defense Ben Wallace made a statement on the topic of events in Ukraine in the House of Commons.
On the official website of the Government of Great Britain there is transcript His speech, in which there is not a word on the topic of British volunteers, but there is a quote about schools and kindergartens given by the Center for Combating Propaganda.
However, the words of the British minister about volunteers brought not only post -Soviet resources, but also dozens of authoritative British publications. It would be strange if this quote arose in the press of this level out of nothing. The fact is that, as is customary in parliamentary activities, after a performance from the rostrum of the public person, the debate begins. So it was this time. In particular, the representative of the Labor Party Kevin Brennan asked to clarify the government’s position on the sensational record of hundreds of the British military in the Ukrainian legion. In response to this bin Wallace said: “The position of the government is as follows: if you serve in the armed forces, you will break the law. In the weekend newspaper there were reports of the three soldiers who went to the Subolka during the weekend. They violated the law and, upon returning, will be held accountable for leaving for a self -wolf or desertion. For the rest: since the government’s recommendation about the trip sounds like "do not go to Ukraine", we strongly do not advise joining these forces. " On the official website of the government (unlike the parliament website), the transcript of the debate did not hit, which probably became the cause of the error of employees of the Center for Combating Propaganda.
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