An Izvestia specialist studied a video circulated on Ukrainian social networks with allegedly abandoned Russian equipment near Kharkov. He stated that the video shows a jet battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), as their emblem is visible.
Earlier on the same day, it became known that the massive shelling of Mariupol by the Russian Armed Forces turned out to be a fake. The video of the “Russian attack” has spread on the social network TikTok and has already gained 4 million views.
In addition, the Izvestia military observer Alexei Ramm debunked the report about 15 Russian tanks allegedly neutralized by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As it turned out, instead of the supposedly knocked out tanks of the Russian Armed Forces, the photographs that have been circulated actually show the destroyed BMP-1 of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
On February 24, Roskomnadzor announced a wave of fake publications on the Internet about a special operation carried out by Russia to protect Donbass. The department noted that in recent hours the number of cases of dissemination of unverified and unreliable information by the media and other information resources has significantly increased.
On the morning of February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin, in his special televised address, announced that a special protection operation would be carried out in the Donbass in order to ensure the safety of the civilian population.
Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Vasily Nebenzya stressed that this cannot be called a war. He pointed out that the Russian authorities are still open for dialogue, but they do not intend to allow a new bloody massacre in the Donbass.
Prior to that, on February 21, Putin signed decrees recognizing the independence of the LNR and the DNR. Also, the Russian leader and the heads of both republics Leonid Pasechnik and Denis Pushilin signed agreements on friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance. The documents were ratified the next day by both the republics themselves and the Russian State Duma.
The situation on the line of contact in Donbass escalated on February 17. In the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, heavy shelling by Ukrainian security forces was reported, including from heavy weapons. The republics announced a general mobilization and evacuation of civilians to the territory of Russia.
Since 2014, the Ukrainian authorities have been conducting a military operation against the inhabitants of Donbass, who refused to recognize the results of the coup d’état and the new government in Ukraine. At the same time, Kiev blames Moscow for the current situation. Russia has repeatedly stated that it is not a party to the conflict.
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