Is it true that the Odessa administration issued a written order not to release a civilian population from the city for humanitarian corridors?

A photograph of the order was published on the web, in which the head of the Odessa Regional Military Administration, Maxim Marchenko, allegedly ordered military positions in eight educational and five medical institutions of Odessa, as well as prevent the civilian population in humanitarian corridors. We tried to analyze the authenticity of this document.

March 22, 2022 in Blogs and Telegram-channels Messages about the allegedly merged network began to appear disposal Heads of the Odessa Regional Military Administration Maxim Marchenko. In the first paragraph of the document, Marchenko allegedly orders to equip support points in 13 schools and hospitals of Odessa "to meet the needs of the state." In the second paragraph-"at the indicated strongholds to organize the arrangement of anti-tank and firing positions, engineering and suctional barriers." In the third - “prevent the civil population to enter the humanitarian corridors”, that is, as noted Some media, use the inhabitants of Odessa as a live shield. In a few days, the news dispersed through non -post Russian -speaking Media, social networks And Blogssome of which Wrotethat Odessa is preparing the fate of the second Mariupol.

It is immediately worth noting that the head of the Odessa Regional Military Administration, Maxim Marchenko, responded to the distribution of this order on the network quite quickly. The earliest publication of the document that we managed to find was Made In the early morning of March 22 (shortly after midnight) on the blog of the Odessa writer and historian Leo Vershinin. A few hours later, Marchenko published a refutation on site, Facebook-page Odessa administration and in his Telegram-channel. Then the same message Published Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

The public refutation of Marchenko did not convince many Internet users. In their opinion, this order was implied as a secret, and, as soon as the document received publicity, Marchenko was forced to publicly refute it in order to avoid the scandal, and possibly a future criminal liability for a war crime.

Based on information from open sources, it is impossible to find out whether Marchenko really gave a similar order - in writing or orally. In this analysis, we considered only the image of the document, trying to find obvious inconsistencies. In our opinion, there were several of them.

1. Dubious document title ("Vipisa of the Rosarrowenniy"). Generally extract - This is a document, literally quoting a fragment of the order. Extracts are used when the original order is too voluminous or its full use is impossible or inappropriate. Since the extract is not the initial document, but only a copy or fragment, the document should indicate from which order it was taken. At the end of the document, in addition to the person who signed the original order, the signature of the responsible employee must be put that the information entered into the extract is correct (for example, as in this discharge). The document, allegedly signed by Marchenko, has neither the number of the initial order, nor the signature of the person who compiled and assured the statement. In addition, in the Ukrainian state workflow almost always Used The wording of the "Vityag" instead of "Vipis".

2. The wrong format of the "caps" of the document. In addition to the coat of arms of Ukraine, the name of the institution or authority should be indicated in the hat. In this case, the dressing of the regions of the Administry sovereign. Examples of these orders are in section regulatory documents on the administration website, and their registration is very different from the order of Marchenko. The design of the serial number (No. 101) is also different: usually after the number the fraction and year of signing the order is put (For example, No. 933/OD-2020). Even if we take into account that Marchenko is only recently became The head of the Odessa administration and, possibly, is not familiar with all the intricacies of paperwork, then his assistants, who most likely prepared a draft order, should have been aware of these rules.

3. Spelling and actual errors in the text. For example, there are errors in writing a word " (in the document - "military") and the names of the streets Marazlіvskka And Єlisavetinska (In the document - Marazlivska and Elizabeth). To designate the alleys, the document uses the reduction of “per.”, While “Prov.” Is used in the Ukrainian language. (Grandlok). Also in some cases, incorrect addresses are indicated, for example, maternity hospital No. 1 (Upland, No. 1) is located on Slepnev Street, and not in Slepnev Lane, as indicated in the document. The word "punished" ("ordering") at the end of the first paragraph looks inappropriate. It would be more competent to use the verb “punish” (“I order”). In general, in such orders usually Put The colon without any verb and proceed to the listing of instructions.

4. Lack of printing. Although the writer Leo Vershinin, who is the first Published Photos of the document on his blog, and writes that the document with signature and seal, in fact, there is no print there, as we see.

5. The very presence of an officially signed order Such content is doubtful. If such an order existed, then, most likely, he would be given orally in order to avoid documented personal responsibility. To put a signature under such an order, especially considering its third item about the blocking of humanitarian corridors, means signing your own Accusation In crimes against humanity. It is unlikely that Marchenko would have gone to this, without even assigning a secrecy vulture document.

We could not find out exactly how this document got into the network. We turned to Lev Vershinin, who owns the earliest publication Photocopies on the Internet. The writer replied that he himself “saw him [document] on the network,” but did not specify exactly where. He added that "he asked someone to go through the places indicated in the document-infa was generally confirmed." But after all, a visual inspection of the schools and hospitals specified in the document does not prove the authenticity of the order, even if the supporting positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are equipped in these buildings.

The authenticity of the document causes serious doubts: firstly, due to the availability of many errors in the text and placing an order, and secondly, due to the lack of any information on the network about how such a document that compromises it could get into open access.

Most likely not true

What do our verdicts mean?

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