Anti-Fake 002

In the world of news feeds and social media, false news spreads quickly, often causing panic and misunderstanding among the public. Recently, three resonant and dramatic reports about the events in Kharkiv appeared, but later it turned out that these stories were just fakes. Let's find out what really happened.

1. Congratulations of the Russian "defenders" on February 23 by residents of one of the districts of Kharkov.

Speculation and outrage were caused by a message on social networks that residents of one of the districts of Kharkov congratulated Russian "defenders" on the occasion of February 23 - Defender of the Fatherland Day in Russia. Under the message there was a photo where small stickers with the Russian flag were pasted on the doors of buildings, on bulletin boards and vending machines with water.

The locations of these stickers are not very far from each other and all 4 places are accessible on foot.

This caused a great resonance among our community. But just look at the performance of this greeting...

We can conclude that such a style of making “postcards” indicates that it was an order, and not his own initiative.

Local residents rejected these accusations, confirming that it was only an attempt to incite hatred and disinformation.

2. Incredible discounts on real estate in Kharkiv due to the occupation of Adiivka

Another shocking message was information about extremely large discounts on real estate in Kharkiv, which appeared due to the occupation of Adiivka.

This caused a wave of speculation about the catastrophic state of the local real estate market and the threat to civilians.

The data was taken from this website

But after analyzing the real state of the real estate market, we found out that this message was completely false. Real estate prices in Kharkiv remained at the same level as before the occupation of Adiivka or any other military actions.

3. The disfigurement of the grave of our defender by Ukrainian collectors.

Another fake message has spread about the destruction of the grave of the Ukrainian defender by collectors. This story caused great outrage and deep concern among the public, because it looked like a manifestation of disrespect for the deceased and his family.

However, further investigation revealed that this story also turned out to be fake. We found the original photo of the monument of our Warrior, and saw some discrepancy.

The first thing that caught our eye was the change in the dates of death in photo 1 under the "paint collectors". The author claims that Igor Ivanovich died on 30.09.2023, but in the original we clearly see that the year of death was 2016. A corresponding "inscription" was written on top and this "creativity" was distributed through Telegram news channels.

In a world where information can be easily mixed with misinformation, it is important to always check sources and confirm information before believing in something that can cause negative consequences. After all, fakes can be prolonged and can cause strong emotions and undermine the public's faith in the reliability of information, trust in the media, as well as institutions and government structures.