Russia spreading fake claim about Ukrainian soldiers killing woman and child in Pokrovsk

This was reported on Facebook by the Center for Countering Disinformation under Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, according to Ukrinform.

The Center emphasized that the so-called “news about atrocities by Ukrainian soldiers” contains no evidence: no photos or videos from the scene, no testimony from independent witnesses, and no confirmation from Ukrainian or international sources.

The only “proof” cited is the statement of a man presented as a local resident, quoted by a Russian state news agency. The story follows a typical propaganda pattern — a maximally brutal description of a crime without any verified facts.

Such fabrications are aimed at discrediting the Ukrainian army and diverting attention from the war crimes Russia systematically commits in the combat zone. The enemy also seeks to intimidate residents of frontline areas and impose the idea of Russian occupation as a form of “salvation,” the Center noted.

The Center has repeatedly debunked similar claims by Russian propagandists about supposed “atrocities” of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Donbas, all of which turned out to be fakes.

As Ukrinform reported, Russian propaganda is also spreading a fake claim that Russian hackers allegedly broke into the database of Ukraine’s General Staff and obtained information about “1.7 million killed and missing Ukrainian soldiers” since the start of the full-scale war.