Is the advertisement of an Odessa store selling overhead breasts for those who wish to avoid mobilization?

In July 2024, an advertising video spread on social networks, the authors of which offered an unusual tool for evading service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. We checked the authenticity of this video.

The video is decorated as a story on Instagram and is accompanied by a geotag of Odessa, while the user user is smeared. As follows from an advertisement in Ukrainian, an overhead breast worth 4800 UAH (about $ 116) "will help to avoid mobilization." The video published such Telegram channels as "Putin in Telegram"(189,000 views at the time of writing this analysis),"Uncle Glory"(175 000), Voblya (134,000), Ukraine.ru (117 000) and "Sokolov"(47 000).

Viral video. Source: Telegram

May 18 in Ukraine Entered By virtue of the new law on mobilization. According to this document, all liable for military military service, from 18 to 60 years, were supposed to update their personal data in the territorial assembly centers (TCC, local analogues of military commissariats), in the centers of the provision of administrative services or through a special application. By state On July 14, this was done by about 4 million Ukrainians. At the same time, the network is distributed Big quantity video, on which TCC employees in different cities of the country by force detain potential conscripts.

“Verified” did not find any evidence of the spread of this video on Ukrainian -language resources or at least on the Russian -language pages of Ukrainian sites. Neither local media nor Ukrainian users of social networks wrote about the unusual action of the Odessa store. It was also not possible to find such an ad on Instagram.

The announcement indicates the telephone number 073647789. Code 073 corresponds Ukrainian operator Life :). “Verified” did not find this number in open sources, although a really existing store would be interested in distributing its contact details when promoting goods. Replenish the account tied to this number through some Specialized Services It does not work: comes answerthat the client is not found or the number does not exist. Moreover, it is not attached to accounts in the messengers popular in Ukraine: WhatsApp, Viber and Telegram. Thewathing of the userneum while maintaining the number also looks strange.

Patch breasts of a "Timo" type, Similar presented in the video, you can AcquisitionSty. in many online stores. Most likely, the basis of the viral video was the advertisement of such a product on one of the marketplaces.

According to the TGSTAT service, the first video with the corresponding description was posted by the Telegram channel "Freshness"July 16 at 17:43 Moscow time (362 reposts). Earlier he repeatedly mentioned in parsing "Checked" how The source misinformation related to Ukraine.

Thus, there is not a single evidence confirming the authenticity of the Ukrainian announcement of false breasts “for the blades”. At the same time, several elements of the viral video, as well as the history of its spread, indicate that it was falsified.

However, the authors of the likely fake could spend a little more time and find that in the Ukrainian online store Shafa.ua Sold Silicone breasts, in the description of which, among the possible methods of use, is really called “Masque from TCC”. This lining is a quarter cheaper than an analogue from a viral video.

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Most likely not true

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