In April 2023, the network went around the poster photograph, with the help of which homeless Americans are supposedly lured to fight in Ukraine. We checked how correct this information is.

In the photograph, made, as stated, in the New York metro, one could see a poster with social advertising. The text on the poster translated into Russian read:

“Tired of living on benefits?
Enter the international legion of territorial defense of Ukraine.
- The status of an international volunteer
- Medical insurance
- Salary monthly. "

Under the text, a telephone number for communication was indicated. Information that through such posters of the poor inhabitants of the United States, they are attracted to participation in the fighting on the side of Ukraine have transmitted resources such as "Reporter" RIA Fan, Pravda.ru, "Eastern tape news" SM News, "Podolyaka","Mriya" And Uzmetronom.com. The news was widely used in Telegram - on channels "Russia now"(312,000 views at the time of writing of the material), Ne. Sahar (250,000), "In the war"(238,000),"Putin in Telegram"(224 000), Dmitry Vasilet (209,000), "Observer"(194,000), Tarik_news (181 000), "The first folk"(167 000),"Bullet"(153,000) and"Benefits of PMC "Wagner""(136 000). Actively the message dispersed and English language.

Soon after the start of the full -scale invasion of Russia to the territory of Ukraine, volunteers of different countries expressed a desire to take part in the war on the Ukrainian side. In the first half of March 2022, the military attache of Ukraine in the United States Boris Kremenetsky reportedthat the number of applications received at the embassy exceeded 6,000, and the vast majority of applicants were citizens of the United States. As of March 2023, according to data The New York Times, about 1,500 Americans continued to carry out military service in Ukraine. Volunteer military unit, which accepted these and other foreigners under its banner, Called International legion of territorial defense of Ukraine.

This organization has and two site, on which we did not find any information about the new campaign for the set of volunteers, photographs of the above posters or the calls brought to them, including the mention of social benefits (Welfare). The legion and medical insurance do not promise, but the “status of an international volunteer” is a concept that does not exist outside of reference to specific structures like the UN. At the same time, key official conditions for joining the Legion (documented military experience, lack of criminal records and age from 18 to 60 years) are not mentioned on the poster. But the number that can be seen on the poster really Given As a contact on one of the Legion’s sites, however, it refers to the city of Washington, while another contact is indicated for New York. We also note that in American English the word Defense is traditionally written Through S, although this does not prove anything if the authors / proofreaders of the poster are not Americans.

Consider the other elements of the picture. A photograph of a person sleeping in the New York metro is Stock imagefreely available. It could be used to create a poster. However, the design of wagons of this type of transport in the city of Big Apple does not suggest Opportunities to place four frames for announcements next to each other at once, so it is unlikely that the poster was hung there. In addition, on a fragment of another announcement that got into the frame, the numbers of social services of the distant states are given Idaho And Hawaii. Apparently, this is a standard kit Telephone numbers to obtain unemployment insurance in the United States, and in the picture it is torn: after the states on the letters I and h the continuation of the list would be logical to wait just below, in the place of the poster in question.

For the clarification “verified” she turned to embassy Ukraine in the USA. The communications representative Galina Yusipyuk replied that the photograph (which also has the symbolism of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry) does not correspond to reality, and also shared publication Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security of Ukraine, based on an earlier request at the Foreign Ministry. Then this structure said that it never released materials that promote the entry of US citizens into an international legion. A similar answer to our colleagues from GWARA Media Dali And representatives of the Legion himself.

Thus, the poster, even if it was printed somewhere, has nothing to do with the international legion of the territorial defense of Ukraine. Where did the picture come from with the appropriate comment? Our searches show that the Telegram channel was first published by himSouth Live"April 3 at 21:24 Moscow time. "Verified" already talked about caseWhen this channel was one of the first to place fake information. Practice shows that very often fakes begin their way with small channels, after which they are very quickly picked up by larger resources with a similar ideological installation. In the West, the news came to the news in a few hours, after tweet Popular pro -Russian blogger with the nickname Spriter.

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