Ukrainian military call to lay down arms and not resist Russian army: new Russian fake

A new Russian fake is spreading on the social network TikTok, alleging that one of the brigades of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces is calling on other soldiers to lay down their arms

This was reported by the Center for Strategic Communications.

It is allegedly the soldiers with the 119th Detached Brigade of the Territorial Defence Forces who recorded a video calling on the military from other brigades to lay down their arms and stop defending Ukraine from Russian invaders. 

SPRAVDI reported that the 119th Brigade refuted the fake: "The persons depicted in this video have never been and are not members of our brigade! They have nothing to do with our army or other components of the Ukrainian Defence Forces."

Photo: SPRAVDI

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• On the evening of February 18, the editorial offices of Ukrainska Pravda and Liga.net reported a hacker attack on social network X. Unknown persons spread fake news about Avdiivka.