In October 2024, the information dispersed on social networks that one of the street in the Ukrainian capital was named after Mark Rutte. We checked the reliability of such publications.
It was reported that the Kyiv authorities decided to perpetuate the name of the NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and rename the Street of Sevastopol Street in the west of the Ukrainian capital. Thus, officials allegedly hoped to achieve the favor of Western partners and stimulate the provision of military assistance. As evidence in the posts, a photograph of the relevant order in Ukrainian is given. This picture was distributed by Telegram channels "Uncle Glory"(188,000 views at the time of writing this analysis), Voblya (143,000), "Dmitry Vasilet"(136 000),"Ivan Utenkov | Kursk"(133,000),"Ostashko! Important"(109,000) and others.
Mark Rutte He took office NATO Secretary General October 1. Before that, he for 14 years He headed The Government of the Netherlands. As Prime Minister Rutte, Prime Minister has established himself as a consistent ally of Ukraine in the reflection of full-scale Russian aggression-for example, the kingdom Entered In the so-called coalition of fighters, coordinating efforts to transmit the APU F-16 aircraft.
It is not surprising that with its first official visit to the new position of Rutta Arrived It is in Kyiv on October 3. NATO Secretary General met with the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky and assured him to further support in the war with Russia.
The news about renaming the Street of the Heroes of Sevastopol in honor of Rutta appeared on social networks about a week later. However, “verified” did not find traces of its distribution in authoritative Ukrainian media.
In the upper part of the document used as evidence, the date of its signing (October 7) and the serial number (No. 267) are indicated. The Kiev regional administration is also mentioned there - apparently, it was she who decided to rename.
However, on her site Such an order is absent. It is also striking that the document is not mentioned Military The administration of the Kyiv region is exactly the same status Received Regional State Administration of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, on the first day of a full -scale Russian invasion. Since then, this is mandatory reflected in documents. In addition, the date and place of signing the order, as well as its number, are indicated in one line, without transfer.
The number of the alleged document also raises questions. The order of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration of September 13, 2024 has a number 1380, dated October 25 - 1620, that is, the document number of October 7 should be located between these numbers. However, judging by the documents laid out on the KOV website, the number 267 could only be a number March orders when Rutte was not yet NATO Secretary General (even if his candidacy then Actively discussed).
If you study the text of the viral document directly, then grammatical errors can be seen in it. In particular, one of the objects of renaming is indicated “Utromannia Dusoma VID of the Ministry of Economic partners” (judging by the context, “receiving help from international partners”). However, the phrase "exaggeration of the pretext" literally means "Content of assistance", but as "receipt" translated The very similar word "frying".
Moreover, in real orders The “Christmas trees” are used, while in the viral document-quotes-“paws”.
There are differences from the accepted standard and in the lower part of the document where the signature of the head of KOV is standing. Instead of the word "boss" in it is the "head of the administration" (a similar mistake is already allowed The creators of fakes about Ukraine), and instead of the name of Ruslan Kravchenko, his initials are indicated.
Finally, the most important thing is the Kiev Regional Military Administration is not authorized to make decisions to rename the streets of Kyiv. Ukrainian capital and Kyiv region - Two different The region of the country in accordance with its constitution. The city council of the Ukrainian capital is responsible for the toponymy of Kyiv. Actually, this body is back in February 2024 renamed A significant part of the Street of the Heroes of Sevastopol in honor of the surgeon Alexander Shalimov.
FACECHERS from the Ukrainian project Stopfake They turned to the Kyiv Regional Military Administration, and they confirmed that they did not issue an order from the viral photo. The representative of the department called the document distributed in Telegram channels.
According to TGSTAT, the first fake order was published on October 11 at 13:07 Moscow time pro-Russian Telegram channel "Kryminforum"(9500 views). A minute later it appeared in the channel "Shaman Rahu"(7000). Both of them are already Found In the analysis of "tested" as the primary sources of the spread of misinformation about Ukraine.
Thus, a viral document on the renaming of Kyiv Street Heroes of Sevastopol in honor of the new Secretary General of NATO - a fake. A significant part of this street was renamed back in February in honor of the Soviet and Ukrainian doctor and scientist.
Photo on the cover: Wikimedia Commons
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