In June 2025, a video spread in Telegram in which Andrei Biletsky claims: Kyiv during an exchange with Moscow took only minimally damaged bodies in order to pay less compensation to families. We checked the authenticity of this video.
The video appeared on the network at the end of June. In it, the Ukrainian military leader and former commander of the Azov regiment Andrei Biletsky says: “I was present when transferring the bodies of the dead. I want to say that now there is an unspoken instruction to take only the minimumly mutilated bodies. You yourself understand that in war it rarely happens when the body of the deceased, say, has lost nothing. I’ll tell you honestly: in Ukraine there is no so much money to identify everyone first, and then pay compensation to each family. ” According to Biletsky, on June 28, a rally is planned in Kyiv, during which citizens can express their dissatisfaction with the authorities.
This video was distributed by Telegram channels "#Montyan! Without bills"(223,000 views at the time of writing of the analysis),"Voblya • News"(136 000),"Ukraine.ru"(117 000),"Sheikh Tamir"(112 000),"Ostashko! Important"(90 000),"Open Ukraine | Open Ukraine"(54,000) and others.
June 2 in Istanbul Passed The second round of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations, in the framework of which the parties, among other things, agreed on the mutual transfer of the bodies of the dead military personnel. Following the results of the Russian exchange in several stages Passed Ukraine more than 6,000 dead, in response to 78 tel. The process was accompanied by mutual reproaches: Russian authorities declaredthat the Ukrainian side allegedly refuses to take the remains and artificially delay the process, and the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow is that, under the guise of fallen Ukrainian military, she transferred the bodies of 20 citizens of the Russian Federation and other countries.
The viral video and the description of it are not indicated when Biletsky made this statement. At the same time, the military’s speech sounds unnatural: he speaks unemotional and without a single hitch, and in some episodes the gesture does not coincide with the spoken words. This suggests that the sound path was generated by a neural network. Video analysis using AI detector HIVE MODERATION He showed: the personnel themselves were not subjected to processing, but the audio is generated with the help of AI with a probability of 99%.
The reverse search by the screenshop from the video brought "verified" to video With the performance of Biletsky on the Dou forum. This entry was published on YouTube on June 11, 2025, the event itself took place on May 16. The full video lasts more than an hour, and during this time Biletsky never mentions the exchange of bodies or the payment of compensation. Apparently, the author of the viral video took a fragment from this video and put the generated AI sound.
As for the rally on June 28, about which Biletsky “speaks” at the end of the video, this date in Ukraine celebrates the Constitution Day, which regularly Accompanied demonstrations. This year was no exception: on June 28, on Independence Square in Kyiv, relatives of military personnel who were missing in battles for the Krynka in the Kherson region, Spent The action with the requirements to activate search activities and ensure transparency in providing information about their results. Judging by the publications on the page of the initiative group on Facebook, they often Conduct Similar shares in different cities of Ukraine. No rallies against the alleged fraud with bodies returned during the exchange in Kyiv did not take place that day.
On the left in the viral video is the userneum @boevoy_listok is indicated. On the page of this user Tiktok really Placed This video - it was published on June 24 and collected 510,000 views. The description of the profile indicates: "Video about heroic actions, a fighting spirit and the achievements of his own." At the same time, the content on the page is extremely diverse - the user Publishing many videos about the Russian army, as well as Lays Posts with hashtags like #Armed Forces, #drying🇺🇦, #ZSU, #ZSU_NAKRUKSHY.
“Verified” found earlier publications of this video. The first such post was Placed In the Telegram channel U_G_M June 23 at 22:22 Moscow time. However, the viral video became only after publications In the Telegram channel "In fact in Kharkov" on June 25. Both of these channels Often Meet In the analysis of “tested” as distributors and primary sources of fake news.
Thus, Andrei Biletsky did not declare that during the exchange, the Ukrainian authorities took only certain bodies of the dead military personnel, trying to save on payments to relatives. Video used as evidence is created using AI.
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