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Ukraine sees surge of fake reports on X aimed at undermining military draft


A spike in disinformation operations aimed at discrediting mobilization in Ukraine is being recorded in the English-speaking segment of the X platform. — Ukrinform.

The Center for Countering Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine reported this on Facebook, Ukrinform saw. These posts spread unconfirmed figures about the alleged number of "forcefully mobilized men", branding Ukraine a "dictatorship". For example, these include videos of people being detained who are in fact soldiers in AWOL; random street fights, not involving draft officers; and regular crime suspects being arrested etc.

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