The russian federation is spreading the "news" about the mass mobilization of housing and communal services workers in Volyn, which increases the risk of infectious diseases associated with rats. This is reported by the Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security, UNN reports.
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Pro-kremlin media sources are spreading a fake about the mass mobilization of utility workers in Volyn, which has led to an increased risk of infectious diseases associated with rats.
However, in its message, russian propaganda uses incorrect information about the city of Rivne, calling it the Volyn (not Rivne) Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
It is also important to note that the fake is based on outdated and irrelevant information dated May 2023, while pro-kremlin sources are trying to present it as relevant as of March 2024.
As for the photo used in the "news", the picture was taken during the garbage crisis in Lviv in 2017, and not in Volyn, as russian propaganda tries to claim.
Therefore, this message from the russians is a common manipulation, the main purpose of which is to promote the narrative of a "humanitarian crisis" in Ukraine, to try to intimidate Ukrainians, and to hinder the mobilization process in the country.