In January 2025, Russian-speaking Telegram channels said that in Transcarpathia a mobilized local resident robbed the office of the head of the territorial package center (TCC). We checked the reliability of this information.
The news of the incident began to spread to Telegram on January 14. According to viral publications, "the man was taken on the street, brought to TCC, where he broke the door of the door and penetrated the office of the military commissar, where he stole money and fled through the window." At the same time, it was reported that, according to the victim, the stolen € 27,000 were collected for the purchase of drones for the army. This information appeared in many large Telegram channels, such as "KB"(248,000 views at the time of writing this analysis),"Zlaya Prof"(237 000), Colonelcassad (231,000), "Uncle Glory"(196 000),"Reviewer"(190 000),"Belarusian security officer", (160,000)," "Voblya • News"(146 000),"The first folk | News"(102 000).
Many Russian -speaking bloggers accompanied their publications with a screenshot post From Telegram channel People's Deputy of Ukraine Olga Vasilevskaya-Smaglyukwhich she laid out on January 14 at 13:51 Moscow time.
The message quickly dispersed through social networks, but soon the Transcarpathian regional TCC denied the statements of Vasilevskaya-Smaglyuk. “Information about the alleged detention of a recidivist who escaped and stole € 27,000 is a fake. None of the TCC of the Transcarpathian region was recorded such a case, ” - It is said In the post on the verified page of the department on Facebook.
Representative of the National Police of the Transcarpathian Region Anna Dan in the comments of the press also Disputed Information about the incident, emphasizing that no appeals for this incident were received by the police and the “interception” plan was introduced into the region. After the appearance of official refutations, Vasilevskaya-Smaglyuk deleted his post, but his screenshots continued to replicate the pro-Russian Telegram channels.
FACCHERS OF THE PROPECTS "VOKS Ukrainian" Installedthat the primary source of Fake was the publication of the user Tiktok @bob.ganga1, which posted the video with the news on January 12 (as “verified” at 20:44 Moscow time). However, later this post was also Remote, the account itself is now unavailable.
As an illustration for the news in the video, a stock photo was used, which was repeatedly illustrated by news about apartment thefts - for example, in Armenia In 2019, in Ukraine in 2017 and in Kazakhstan in 2021.
Thus, information about the theft of 27 thousand euros from the office of the head of the TCC in Transcarpathia is a fake created by an anonymous user Tiktok. This message does not find confirmation in any authoritative source, and the regional authorities refute its authenticity.
Photo on the cover: Groza News
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