ZSU on the Kremlin’s factory of lies exposed by the journalistic consortium: “we know that our documents are forged”

The Armed Forces of Ukraine know that fake orders of the Ukrainian military leadership are being created in Russia, and to detect a fake, they are advised to read the contents carefully. This is stated in the response of the Main Directorate of Communications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the request of the “Schemes” project (Radio Liberty).

“Yes, we know that official documents of the leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are being forged in the Russian Federation. In the conditions of Russian aggression, since 2014, from time to time, “insider” versions of allegedly “official documents” of the leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine appear in the information space on various resources,” the answer states.

The falsification of Ukrainian official documents, in particular orders of the Armed Forces, by the Russian disinformation company “Schemy” was written on September 16 within the framework of the international journalistic project “Fake Factory”. In it, Schemy, together with other European editorials, exposed the Russian company “Social Design Agency” for creating and spreading disinformation about Ukraine, as well as forging Ukrainian official documents.

Among them is a fabricated order of the alleged commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi equating surrender by military personnel to treason. According to the description of the fake, the aim is to “discredit the military-political leadership of Ukraine and demoralize the Armed Forces.”

The Main Directorate of Communications emphasized that “official documents of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are made public on official resources and have clear requirements for registration”, and fakes created by the Russian “Agency of Social Design”, copies of which the journalists of “Scheme” sent to the department, “do not meet these requirements” respond”.

“For an average Internet user, it is important to carefully read the content of the “document” in order to understand that it is another Russian forgery,” the ZSU noted.

“Schemes” within the framework of the international journalistic consortium received internal documents of the “Agency of Social Design” or “ASD” sanctioned in the EU and the USA, whose work, according to American law enforcement officers, is overseen by the Kremlin. The German media Süddeutsche Zeitung, NDR and WDR, as well as the Estonian online publication Delfi, provided access to the leaked Schema files. American law enforcement officers also published some of these documents at the beginning of September.

As part of the “Fake Factory” project, journalists discovered that “ASD” uses disinformation to discredit Ukraine, its top leadership and citizens, as well as leaders of Western countries who support it, and promotes the interests of Russia and European politicians who support them.