Is it true that more than 50,000 mobilized from the Chernihiv region died in the war in Ukraine?

At the beginning of 2024, the social network went around the statement allegedly made by the head of the administration of the Ukrainian region. We checked whether he said something like that.

As reported in the news, the head of the Chernihiv regional administration Vyacheslav Chaus said that the total number of “mobilized ones that will no longer return to the region” is approximately 50,000 people. In the posts of Telegram, these people were characterized as dead. Such publications appeared, for example, in channels Colonelcassad (287,000 views at the time of writing this analysis), Tariknezalejko (226,000), "Veteran zapis" (152 000), "Sheikh Tamir"(149,000) and"Petya the first"(89,000).

The topic of the military losses of Ukraine after the beginning of the full -scale invasion of Russian troops into the country constantly becomes the subject of speculation, since there are no official information in the public field. In December 2022, adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine Mikhail Podolyak appreciated Losses of the Ukrainian side of 10,000 - 13,000 people, without specifying whether it is only about the dead or also about the wounded. The New York Times in August 2023 with reference to sources in the Pentagon I voiced A much more serious figure is about 70,000 killed. In any case, 50,000 dead soldiers only from the Chernihiv region (and this is one of more than two dozen regions of Ukraine, and relatively Separate) - the number that should provoke a large scandal in the country.

Indeed, on January 2, the head of the Chernihiv regional administration Vyacheslav Chaus spent briefingon which he summed up the past 2023. One of questionsTopped to Chaus, concerned migration. The official was asked how the demographic situation has changed since the beginning of a full -scale war and how it affects the life and economy of the Chernihiv region. The response of the head of the region was as follows: “It changed uncritically from the point of view of the existing population, that is, within the framework of 50,000, it became less. Again, the majority [of them] left. There is a certain internal migration, mainly from the border territories. ”

Neither in this answer, nor in general, during a press conference, the Chernihiv official did not talk about the dead military personnel. In principle, it would be strange to expect the disclosure of such information from Chaus - in wartime the disclosure of accurate data on losses can be regarded as a violation of the state Secrets.

How did the reduction in the population of the region turn into 50,000 dead mobilized? Many Russian Telegram channels illustrated this news with a screenshot of publication on the website of the National Public Television and Radio Company of Ukraine.

Indeed, "Supilna" on the morning of January 3 Published Such news, however, even in the screenshot it is clear that the heading is just about a decrease in the permanent population of the Chernihiv region. However, already at 17:47 Moscow time in the pro -Russian channel "Ukrop Fresh"There was a message according to which Chaus allegedly first announced 50,000 mobilized citizens who would no longer return to the region, and then recovered, mentioning migration to other regions of the country. In the wording of the Ukrop Fresh, the information later spread to dozens of other Russian tanning Telegram channels. This is far from the first similar Fake About allegedly merged information about huge Ukrainian losses during a full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation.

Photo on the cover: screenshots from social networks

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