"Shelled" village and "hostages of Azov": the center at the National Security and Defense Council collected fakes of the Russian propaganda against Ukraine as of the morning of April 19

This is stated in the CСD Telegram channel.

The Russians are whipping up anti-Ukrainian sentiments in Russia. The governor of the Belgorod region said that "the settlement of Golovchyne was shelled from the side of Ukraine, there is destruction and victims", The Center at the National Security and Defense Council called it manipulation.

Also, Russian propagandists say that the fighters of the Azov battalion are allegedly holding hostage civilians of all ages, including children.

"According to the invader, this is being done in order to ensure the retreat of the military under cover of the hostages through the green corridor in the future. We warn you: this is a fake!"

Russian propaganda media spread the thesis that allegedly "the investigative committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case on the fact of genocide by Ukraine" against residents of the temporarily occupied Shchastya in the Luhansk region.

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