Russian propagandists spread fake news about a "hantavirus outbreak" among AFU servicemen
Kyiv • UNN
Russian propaganda spread a fake story about a hantavirus outbreak and losses in the Ukrainian army. Official sources refute these claims due to a lack of evidence.
Russian state agencies TASS and RIA Novosti have spread false information about an alleged mass outbreak of hantavirus among Ukrainian military personnel in the Kharkiv, Sumy, and Lviv regions. There is no evidence to support these claims. This was reported by Russian propaganda media, according to UNN.
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The publications, citing a "source in the Russian security forces," claim that due to hantavirus, Ukrainian units are allegedly "suffering non-combat losses," and AFU commanders "prohibit providing medical assistance to the sick."
Hantavirus is spreading en masse in the Kharkiv, Sumy, and Lviv regions. Because of it, Ukrainian units in the Kharkiv and Sumy regions are suffering non-combat losses
Ukrainian media have called these reports fake and lacking any confirmation.
The fake appeared after a real hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship
The Russian Federation's information campaign began after the World Health Organization reported a hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship Hondius in the Atlantic Ocean on May 4.
Against the backdrop of this news, reports began to spread in Russian public groups about an alleged "threat of the virus spreading" from Ukraine to the border regions of the Russian Federation. There is also no official confirmation of this.