In June 2024, a video appeared in the media and social networks, which was allegedly shot at an event dedicated to a month of pride. The record shows a van with the logo of the Ukrainian military unit and support words to Ukraine. We checked the reliability of such messages.
The viral 8-second video spreads along the rune since June 4. It captures a blue van, on the door of which it was as if the logo of the Azov team of the National Guard of Ukraine in the colors of the LGBT Flag is applied. Also on the door of the car there is an English -language inscription "LGBTK+ supports Ukraine." Behind the frame is a male voice that pronounces in Ukrainian: “Yes, today on the style. Well, how do you like the Western support? "
According to the TGSTAT service, about 150 channels wrote about this video in Telegram, whose posts in total gained almost 1.4 million views. Moreover, the authors commented on the video differently. For example, in the signature of the TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov (179,000 views at the time of writing this analysis) states: "Azov fighters" are actively undergoing retraining in the United States. " Channel for the host Ruslan Ostashko (86,000 views) spoke out differently: “In the West, the LGBT movement decided to support Azov militants. Some authors complement: “What a regiment, such support” - although at the beginning of 2023 the Azov regiment was Reorganized To the brigade. Similar publications can be found in Telegram channels "Uncle Glory"(181,000 views), Voblya (141 000), "The first folk"(104 000),"Mordor's voice"(41 000) and"Freshness"(40,000), on YouTube and in the media, including Pravda.ru (Telegram And "VKontakte").
On June 6, a continuation of this plot appeared on the Web. It was reported that the Azov brigade appreciated the “gesture of support from American minorities”, published a viral video in her Telegram channel and put an avatar with a rainbow flag in honor of the month of pride. Channel "Three heroes and Zelensky addict”(140,000 views) writes (spelling and punctuation preserved):“ True, they quickly corrected. Not everyone agreed to support LBGT. Like, a neo -Nazi battalion cannot support gays and lesbians. As a result, the record and avatar quickly rubbed, but everything was preserved on the Internet. ” As evidence, screenshots of the post in the Azov channel were given. In total, Telegram appeared less than 20 similar posts that have gained a little more than 250,000 views. For example, the channel wrote about this "Urgently, now"(52,000 views) and IA" Reginum "(Telegram, "VKontakte" And "Classmates").
It was “verified” that in the lower part of the viral roller there is not only the inscription “LGBTQ+ StANDS with Ukraine”. For example, on the right you can notice the phrase "Esearch MHF Pharmacy". We suggested that the letter R missing in the English word Research should be on the door, but it already says about the support of Ukraine (and with other font).
By searching by keywords, “verified” found that in this case, the MHF decrypted as Men's Health Foundation (“Male Health Fund”) is an American non -profit organization that provides primary medical care. Company clarifiesThat all men can turn there, but specializes in working with gays. In 2024, the fund really participated in several prides - one of them Passed In mid-May in the city of Long Beach (California). “Verified” studied the publications on the social networks of MHF and found many photos and videos from that event. In one of rollers A similar blue van is captured.
On YouTube we found Video report From the same pride, where the van from the viral video was shot in the same place, but from a slightly different angle. Facts from the project "Without Brechni", in turn, Found The initial two -minute Record, the edited passage of which is distributed in the pro-Kremlin media and Telegram channels.
In both videos behind the scenes, no Ukrainian speech is heard, and on the door of the car there is neither the emblem of the Azov brigade in rainbow colors, nor words in the support of Ukraine. In fact, a medical research advertisement was applied to the van Mills Clinical Research - Instead of the logo of the Ukrainian military unit, a running man is shown there and an English -language inscription "Live longer, happier and healthier is placed."
As for the alleged post with fake video in the Azov Telegram channel, in most publications two screenshots are given at once. One of them contains a record in the TGSTAT service, which indicates that the post appeared on June 6 at 00:31 Moscow time and was deleted at 00:34. The second picture of the screen is allegedly taken in the messenger application at 00:32 - this image shows that the brigade channel changed the avatar.
“Verified” studied both images and came to the conclusion that they were fabricated. Firstly, in the TGSTAT service on page The brigade of such a record is not saved. Secondly, in the upper part of the second screenshot, part is visible postpublished on June 4 at 17:05, but then there is no mark on the change of date (“June 6”), which should have been before the record of the change in the avatar. Thirdly, the same image shows views at the post of June 4 (36,700), however, according to statistics This publication in TGSTAT, by 00:32 on June 6, it was read more than a number of times. This number of views at the record was June 5 from 18:00 to 19:00 - this is also consistent with the number of subscribers, which was then at the channel (273 032). Apparently, the screenshot, which served as the basis for fake, was made at that time.
We add that June 12 calling itself a satirical Telegram channel "Biden's panties"(8900 views) published a third screenshot of the alleged post in the Azov channel, but there is no additional information on it.
Thus, the emblem of the Azov brigade was not applied to the van who participated in the Pride in the United States. The initial video published on YouTube was edited - it follows from the original record that the Minivan’s advertising clinic was posted. The screenshots of the non-existent post of the Azov brigade in her Telegram channel are fabricated.
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