In January 2024, the Russian media and social networks distributed two stories about the murder of Ukrainian military commissars: one of them was allegedly shot at the performance, and the second was stabbed after work. We checked the evidence given in this case.
Video from an unnamed Ukrainian city
Starting January 15, a two -second recording of the alleged murder of an employee of the territorial packing center (TCC) began to spread in Runet. Numerous Russian Media And Telegram channels It is reported that the video was published by the National Police of Ukraine (NPU).
Newspaper "Komsomolskaya Truth"So describes what is happening on the video: "Staircase. The representative of the military registration and enlistment office calls the doorbell, it opens, and a hand with a gun rests on his chest. Everything takes a video camera on the landing that fixes what is happening without sound. An employee of the TCC does not have time to say even a word or get the agenda. A pistol in the chest point blank, and who wanted to enter the door, the employee falls a bag of backwards, the second employee of the TCC, who accompanied him, picks up and runs away from the field of view of the camera. The police posted this entry on the Internet, saying that the TCC employee was killed as a result of this shot ... "
Similar notes appeared in newspapers "Moscow Komsomolets" And "Arguments and facts"(twice), on sites "Public news service","National television"And on"Picabu". The viral video was placed by Telegram channels "Pozdnyakov 3.0"(274,000 views at the time of writing this analysis),"Two major"(225 000),"Observer"(210 000),"Ukraine.ru"(145,000),"The first folk"(134,000),"Z-News | Army 🅉 18+"(112 000),"Alexander Semchenko"(93,000),"Cartridge"(58,000 at the time of removal),"Denazification of Ukraine"(56 000),"Heart failure"(47 000),"Ukrop Fresh"(40,000) and Voblya 18+ (24,000), as well as publics on VKontakte (examples here, here And here).
None of the publication mentioned above, the place and/or the time of shooting is reported, and also references to publications of the NPU are not given. By the quality and duration of the video, it is also not possible to determine the location or names of the actors. “Checked failed to find a similar video on resources National Police. On the contrary, January 16 on its site and in social networks The Ukrainian department published a refutation, where the viral recording was called a fake. At the same time, the press service of the National Police drew attention to the details indicating that the video was fabricated:
- the characteristic features inherent in the shot from firearms are not reflected;
- The inscriptions on the vest of the captured person are illegible, are probably written in foreign letters, and the employees of the TCC SP (and social support. - approx. Ed.) When performing official duties, go in camouflage clothing and without reflective vests;
- A watermark on the video - a fake under the NPU wrapping and does not correspond to the one that the official videos are marked.
In addition, the police did not receive any messages about the murder or wound of an employee of the TCC joint venture.
“Verified” confirms the third argument of the NPU about the inconsistency of the logos. We compared a tank from a viral video (more precisely, its fragment, since the record is properled) with those that are on the official materials of the National Police. It turned out that the sign on the distributed entry differs from those by which the NPU press service usually marks its photos and videos: both the position of the letters relative to the emblem and the proportions of the elements vary. In other analysis, “verified” has repeatedly indicated that the authors of fakes often make mistakes when copying symbols, including Similar logos.
It is difficult to unequivocally determine the source from which the spread of the video began is difficult due to the variety of signatures to the video. However, the earliest publication among those that was able to track "verified", appeared January 15 at 13:34 Moscow time in a small Telegram channel South Front. Nevertheless, the post scored almost 139,000 views thanks repost Channel Reverse Side of the Medal.
Thus, the National Police of Ukraine states that there is nothing to do with virus video. According to representatives of the department, this entry is a fake, which is confirmed by indirect details and an incorrect worship. And although we cannot 100% confirm that the real murder of an employee of the military registration and enlistment office is not captured on the video, we can most likely say that this is a fake.
Photo from the Kharkov region
On January 22, reports appeared about the new murder of an employee of the military enlistment office, this time supposedly near Kharkov. Russian media and bloggers They saythat the police suspect the father of a “forcibly mobilized” Ukrainian of committing a crime. Supposedly according to investigators, murder was Revenge for sending his son to the front. Most publications provide a photo of the body, the picture has a logo of the press service of the Kharkov prosecutor's office.
This is how the story was stated in the Telegram channel of the publication "Ukraine.ru"(131,000 views): “Yesterday (January 21, approx. Ed.) It became known that the Kharkov prosecutor’s office detained a 70-year-old resident of the village of Dubovka, who killed one of the employees of the TCC (military registration and enlistment office) involved in the forced detention of his son and sending to the front without a medical audit. Local residents say that the mobilized son of the detainee is sick with asthma and cannot be called up to the Armed Forces. However, the local military commissars in the eyes of his father twisted him, took him to the military enlistment office, gave out a uniform and sent near Kupyansk without a medical examination and passing combat training courses. The avenger tracked down one of the teskashniki, inflicted several blows with a kitchen knife in the neck and took the body on the railway track, trying to present it with suicide. Now the grandfather is in custody without the right to make a bail. That's what Zelensky brought to the population of his country: people are ready to kill the military commissars, just not to go to the front and not die for the interests of the Kyiv regime ... "
Similar records were placed by other channels, among which "The world today with "Yuri Podolyak""(1.6 million views),"Ne. Sahar"(267 000),"Sheikh Tamir"(139 000),"Bullet"(117 000),"Alexander Semchenko"(81 000),"Mishovets Lite"(79 000), LPR 1 (76,000), "Special operation z"(68 000),"Prigozhin 2023"(64,000),"Zaporizhzhya Front"(56 000),"On the forefront"(49,000),"Evil journalist"(49,000),"Semyon Pegov | War GonzO "(45,000),"Boiling water"(41 000),"New 🅉 Ukraine"(36,000),"Look for crests 18+"(35,000),"Batkovich"(30,000) and"Objective Evgen"(28 000). Notes on the murder of the military commissar appeared on newspapers' sites "Moscow Komsomolets" And "Arguments and facts"(twice), "Public news service", As well News.ru, "Federal Press","DonPress","The main regional","Military Review" And "Reporter". In addition, history has become popular in public in VKontakte (examples here, here And here).
To begin with, it was “verified” to find the source of the news about the murder of an employee of the TCC in the village of Dubovka. The earliest publication that we managed to track appeared on January 22 at 17:18 Moscow time in the pro-Russian Telegram channel "Ukrop Fresh"(37,000 views), where they also placed the roller disassembled above. Besides, Authors many posts And Notes V Media I referred It is on this blog. Previously, Ukropsky Fresh repeatedly mentioned in our analysis, as well as in the refutations of other FACKERS.
With the help of a reverse search for the virus image, it was “verified” that the photo is genuine - it actually Published The press service of the Kharkov regional prosecutor's office. However, according to the department, the circumstances of the death of a man whose body is captured in the picture differ from those that replicate the pro -Russian media. Firstly, on the resources of Ukrainian government agencies reports about the murder and detention of the suspect appeared January 19, not the 21st. Secondly, in official reports there are no references to the fact that the victim worked in TCC, and the alleged killer took revenge for his mobilized son.
According to the Ukrainian prosecutor's office, the corpse of a 57-year-old man with traces of violent death was found on January 18 in the Kharkov district on railway tracks. It is reported that the murder was committed by a 70-year-old acquaintance of the victim. By versions The investigations, in the evening of January 17, men drank alcohol in a private house in the village of Dubovka. Between friends, a conflict arose on household grounds, during which one of them grabbed a kitchen knife and inflicted several blows to the neck, as a result of which the victim died on the spot. Then the suspect decided to disguise the crime under suicide: on the sled the corpse took the corpse to the railway station and threw it on the path so that the train crossed the body.
January 19 about this story also Reported The resources of the police of the Kharkov region, where they also indicated that the man stabbed his drinking companion during a quarrel. Two additional photos were also given: one from the scene, the other with a detainee in the department. Ukrainian Media at lighting crimes also Not mentioned Neither the place of work of the deceased, nor the presence of the suspect mobilized son of Astmatik.
Thus, the Kharkov law enforcement agencies did not report the detention of a 70-year-old man who had a reprisal against an employee of the TCC, responsible for the violent call of his son without a medical audit. According to the police and the prosecutor's office, the murder occurred during the domestic conflict of two comrades who drank alcohol.
Photo on the cover: collage "Checked" / Sotsa / Kharkivska Regional Prosecutor's Office
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