'Ukraine may attempt to assassinate officials with chemicals': Russian fakes for August 27

According to the National Security and Defense Council's Center for Countering Disinformation, on August 27, Russian propaganda spread two significant fakes.

Fake: The head of the Russian Armed Forces' radiation, chemical and biological defense troops, Kirilov, said: "the Russian Defense Ministry does not rule out attempts to assassinate officials of new Russian regions using chemical agents from Ukraine's Armed Forces".

Rebuttal: Ukraine adheres to the Chemical Weapons Convention, so all such accusations are absurd and have nothing to do with reality.

Fake: Several Russian Telegram channels spread the message: "In Kryvyi Rih, the place of accommodation of foreign instructors in the Aurora hotel was hit.”

Rebuttal: Another attempt by the Russians to absolve themselves of responsibility for a missile attack on a civilian infrastructure facility where civilians were present.

• On August 27, information was circulated online that a fire had allegedly broken out after the explosion at the Rivne Nuclear Power Plant, causing radiation to exceed the normal level. This is not true.