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Launching of the Iranian ballistic missile Khorramshahr-4 during tests. Photo for illustration: irishexaminer.com
The network is spreading false information that Iran allegedly threatens with missile strikes against Kyiv, Lviv, and Odesa. Telegram channels publish a screenshot from Iranian television showing Ukrainian cities marked. However, the image turned out to be forged, and the report of a threat does not correspond to reality.
This was reported by News.LIVE with reference to the Center for Combating Disinformation.
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Fakes on the network
According to the Center for Countering Disinformation, messages about supposedly threats by Iran to strike Ukrainian cities appeared in Telegram channels. It is claimed that Tehran may attack Kyiv, Lviv, and Odesa in response to a possible US strike. As proof, authors of the posts use a screenshot that is presented as a frame from the Iranian TV broadcast. It shows a map of Europe with Ukrainian cities marked.
What the CCDD established
The Center for Countering Disinformation checked the circulated image and compared it with the original broadcast. It turned out that during the broadcast there was no discussion of possible Iranian missile strikes on Ukraine. In addition, the broadcast actually showed a different image.
“The screenshot circulating on the network is a forgery,” emphasized the Center for Countering Disinformation.
The Center for Countering Disinformation showed a forged screenshot with threats from Iran and the real frame of a television broadcast. Photo: CCDD.
The Center explained that such messages are meant to sow panic among Ukrainians. To this end, they spread fictional information about a threat of missile strikes from Iran.
“Such fakes aim to spread panic among Ukrainians by creating an imagined threat of missile strikes from Iran,” noted the Center for Countering Disinformation.
In Telegram, a fake frame of Iranian television with supposedly threats of missile strikes against Ukrainian cities was spread. Photo: CCDD.
Earlier, News.LIVE reported that Russian propagandists circulated a forged screenshot from the ProZorro system. It alleged that the Ministry of Defense was allegedly purchasing 150 thousand women’s winter jackets for preparing women for mobilization. The Center for Countering Disinformation checked the information and found that such a tender does not exist.
Earlier, News.LIVE reported that a supposed statement by Mikhail Drapaty’s wife about conflicts in military leadership circulated on social networks. The Center for Countering Disinformation said that there is no confirmation of the authenticity of such a message. Mikhail Drapaty himself emphasized that members of his family do not make public statements on his behalf.
News.LIVE also reported that Russia uses artificial intelligence to create false videos about the Ukrainian Armed Forces. According to Andriy Kovalenko, head of the CCDD, propagandists take photographs of real servicemen from social networks and create forged statements in their name. Such materials are spread to undermine trust in the command and demotivate Ukrainian defenders.
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