Is it true that the video shows how the military began to hand the summons to Ukrainians living in Warsaw?

In January 2024, the roller allegedly removed in the Polish capital, allegedly removed in the Polish capital, spread in the media and Telegram channels, in which a man in military uniform passes the paper in a civilian and says that he needs to come to the Ukrainian military registration and enlistment office. We checked what really happens in the video.

The video lasting about 30 seconds, judging by the sunbathing voice, was removed by a woman speaking in Ukrainian. In the frame-a man in a red jacket standing with his back, opposite him, a man in camouflage clothing writes something on a tablet, a Khaki car is parked nearby. “Look what is happening! TCC (Ukrainian analogue of the military commissariats. - Approx. Ed.) Already in Warsaw! ”, The woman says. After demanding from the lady not to shoot him, a man in military clothing turns to a person who is standing nearby: “I ask you to leave Poland and come to your TCC [inaudible] at the place of residence” - and gives him a certain sheet of paper.

In the morning of January 10, video Published In its Telegram channel, the Ukrainian edition of Stone.ua (113,000 views at the time of writing this analysis). In the post, the authors pay attention to the detail: the black numbers that have entered the frame of the car, which the military use in Ukraine. “Official evidence that the summons began to be handed abroad were not received. In social networks they do not exclude that the video can be someone's joke, ”the“ country.ua ”emphasizes.

Soon notes on this video appeared in the Russian media, they told about it "RIA Novosti" "News", Lenta.ru, "Moscow Komsomolets" REGNUM and other publications. They distributed a video and Telegram channels, among which "Ne. Sahar"(292,000 views),"Observer"(214 000),"Truthfulness"(204 000), Voblya (147 000), Rus_criminal (140,000), "Ukraine.ru"(117 000) and"Z-News | Army 🅉 18+ 🔥"(109,000). The authors of most publications in these sources, unlike the "country.ua", do not make a reservation that the video may be staged.

In Ukrainian-speaking Telegram channels, the video began to spread on January 9 no later than 16:30 Moscow time, but the authors of these posts accompanied the video by much less multi-layer signatures. So, "Joker"(438,000 views) was treated with the words" TCC already at Warsaw "and a smiling emoticon, and"Truha⚡️"(1 million views) added to these words the phrase" Battalion "Poland", sleep calmly, this is a check of communication. " However, after a couple of hours, a network of Telegram channels “Regionalik” published a video not with the laughing, but with the frightened Emoji and the signature “Now you can’t run away”-such notes appeared in the channels "Regionalnik🧄lviv","Regionalite🧄mikolav" And "Registrate 🧄 Crivius RIG".

The popularity of the video in the Ukrainian -language segment of the Internet is easily explained in the context of the law on changes in mobilization rules, which was announced in December 2023 and now considered In the Verkhovna Rada. For more than one month in Ukrainian society there has been a discussion about whether it is necessary to return to their homeland under the threat of sanctions and send men abroad to the front, and what exceptions this measure should be assumed in case of its introduction. IN published On December 21, the interview, which Minister of Defense Rustem Umarov gave publications Die Welt, Bild and Politico, the head of the Ukrainian defense department announced the possible mobilization of compatriots living abroad. Soon representatives of the ministry specified This statement, noting that there are no plans for the violence of Ukrainians from other countries “on the agenda”.

January 11, President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, speaking at a press conference following negotiations in Tallinn, declared:

“The country left both women and men of different ages, for various reasons. But it was about the war, no one knew what would happen next. People tried to save their lives. <...> I'm not talking about the fact that someone should be on the forefront, but someone should not. There are laws, but there are issues of ethics and morality. <...> To pay for the work of one soldier, from six to eight taxpayers are needed. We respect all people who work, pay taxes and thus contribute to the defense of the state. But if a person is abroad, he is mobilization age, he is not on the forefront and does not pay taxes, left Ukraine with violation of the law, then we have questions. ”

Viral video is really shot in Warsaw, testify Search results using the Google Street View service. The captured events unfold in the very center of the Polish capital, in a parking lot near the national opera building. However, “verified” could not be found in the statements of Ukrainian officials and messages of responsible departments information that representatives of the TCC began to hand over the agenda for men from Ukraine living outside the country.

Edition "ґvar Media" Notesthat the resolution of issues related to military accounting of citizens of Ukraine permanently residing abroad regulates the special Resolution The government of the country adopted in December 2022. This document, in particular, states that foreign diplomatic missions are only informed about the beginning of the call for military service, and also transfer data on citizens who have embarked on consular registration to the relevant TCC and other departments. As for the actions of embassies and consulates in wartime, their task is designated as "contributing to the return of military -liable and reservists to Ukraine." How exactly diplomats should and/or can realize this obligation, the document is not specified.

Since the video became viral in the Ukrainian -language segment of social networks, journalists began to look for a person in military uniform, who allegedly wrote out the agenda living in Warsaw a Ukrainian. It turned out to be a war veteran in the Donbass, the former special forces Pavel Yakimchuk, who is now undergoing rehabilitation in Poland after a wound. In an interview with the Ukrainian "Fifth Canal" military explainedthat he did not hand any summons, and a man standing next to him on the record in a red jacket is his childhood friend.

The video, according to Yakimchuk, was shot on January 6, and the man explains his idea as follows:

“The idea was to scare people who left [from Ukraine] illegally. The only thing I could not say on the video to whom it is addressed, because it would be clear that this is a fake. The idea was to scare people who left illegally so that they did not go and did not think that once they “fled” abroad thanks to corruption, they could already feel safe. No, they can't. Stand! Walk and look around! "

Thus, some Ukrainian, and after them, the numerous Russian media distributed fake videos, providing it with incorrect signatures. The video cannot serve as evidence that outside Ukraine, citizens of this country began to be drafted into the army. The Ukrainian veteran, which directed the video and playing the main role in it, although it partially supports such an initiative, did not present the summons of a compatriot who moved to Poland.

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