Center for Countering Disinformation denies Russian fake about 'killing Pentagon and German officers' in Odesa strike

The New Voice of Ukraine
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Rescuers at the site of a Russian missile attack in Odesa, March 15
Rescuers at the site of a Russian missile attack in Odesa, March 15

Russians are spreading fake about the alleged killing of Pentagon and German officers during strike on Odesa, the Center for Countering Disinformation SPRAVDI said on Telegram on March 20.

Propagandists claimed that Russian army hit "instructor bases in Odesa" with missiles and killed officers of the Pentagon and the German Defense Ministry.

Center for Countering Disinformation said that statements about the destruction of "Western instructors" and "NATO mercenaries" are a common Russian tactic to provide information support for war crimes when civilians are killed.

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It is noted that such statements have already been made after the attack on a pizzeria in Kramatorsk and the village of Groza in Kharkiv Oblast, where 53 civilians were killed.

"In fact, a Russian missile strike on Odesa on March 15 killed 21 people, including rescuer Denys Kolesnikov, former deputy mayor Serhiy Tetyukhin, commander of the Tsunami police regiment Oleksandr Gostyshchev, and civilians," the statement said.

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Center for Countering Disinformation explained that Russia is spreading fakes about the alleged destruction of foreign military during strikes on Ukrainian cities in order to promote the narrative of Russian war not with Ukraine only but and entire NATO.

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On March 15, Russian army launches a missile attack on Odesa, allegedly with two Iskander missiles, killing 21 people. The spokeswoman for the Southern Defense Forces, Natalia Humenyuk, said that the missiles were launched from the temporarily occupied Crimea. The second strike killed and injured rescuers and medics who arrived at the scene after the first one.

This strike destroyed a three-story building of a recreational facility, damaged at least ten private houses and a service station. Gas and electricity supply lines were also damaged.

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