The Center for Countering Disinformation debunked the fake report about prisoners escaping from a penal colony in the Kharkiv region
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The Center for Countering Disinformation and the State Criminal and Executive Service of Ukraine debunked reports about the escape of convicts, prisoners, or prisoners of war from a facility in the Kharkiv region. There were no escapes.
Information is being circulated online and in some media about the alleged escape of convicted prisoners, detainees, or prisoners of war from penal colonies in the Kharkiv region; however, this information is untrue. The Center for Countering Disinformation of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine reports this, according to UNN.
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Reports are circulating online and in some media about the alleged escape of convicted prisoners, detainees, or prisoners of war from a penal institution in the Kharkiv region. This information is untrue
According to the CCD, the State Criminal and Executive Service of Ukraine officially denied these claims and reported that no escapes had occurred from institutions of the SCES system.
The dissemination of such fabrications during wartime plays into the enemy’s hands, causing artificial public outcry and anxiety among citizens
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