{"id":15523,"date":"2023-12-26T13:34:41","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T13:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/2023\/12\/26\/the-enemy-uses-reznikov-s-fake-channel-to-spread-disinformation-about-the-ukrainian-defense-forces-study\/"},"modified":"2024-08-20T21:46:47","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T21:46:47","slug":"the-enemy-uses-reznikov-s-fake-channel-to-spread-disinformation-about-the-ukrainian-defense-forces-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/en\/2023\/12\/26\/the-enemy-uses-reznikov-s-fake-channel-to-spread-disinformation-about-the-ukrainian-defense-forces-study\/","title":{"rendered":"The enemy uses Reznikov&#8217;s fake channel to spread disinformation about the Ukrainian Defense Forces: study."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today, the infamous telegram channel &#8220;Cherchevyi OOS&#8221;, which was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrinform.ua\/rubric-society\/3276465-telegramkanali-nacstabu-ta-cergovij-oos-e-rosijskimi-proektami-nacgvardia.html\">recognized <\/a>as pro-Russian back in 2021 but was actively advertised in Ukraine, has returned to the information space after being &#8220;rebranded&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n<p>As a reminder, in 2021, the National Guard of Ukraine <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ng_ukraine\/status\/1412645031064768513\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tweeted<\/a> that  <em>&#8220;The NachStab and Cherchevyi OOS Telegram channels are Russian projects that have nothing to do with the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In order to mislead users, these channels are presented as Ukrainian-language, but they are not Ukrainian.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p>So, on December 22, 2023, the channel &#8220;Chervonyi OOS&#8221; was renamed to &#8220;Reznikov&#8217;s Memoirs&#8221;.  <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zobrazhennia_2023-12-26_151152937-883x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14626\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<p>A couple of days later, disinformation was posted about the case of the poisoning of the wife of the Chief of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, Kyrylo Budanov, Marianna.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"798\" height=\"963\" src=\"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zobrazhennia_2023-12-26_151439599.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zobrazhennia_2023-12-26_151439599.jpg 798w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zobrazhennia_2023-12-26_151439599-600x724.jpg 600w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zobrazhennia_2023-12-26_151439599-768x927.jpg 768w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zobrazhennia_2023-12-26_151439599-249x300.jpg 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>However, the peculiarity of Telegram is that there are services that allow you to see the entire history of the channel, and even deleted posts.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/screenshot-2023-12-26-135511-1024x648.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/screenshot-2023-12-26-135511-1024x648.png 1024w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/screenshot-2023-12-26-135511-600x380.png 600w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/screenshot-2023-12-26-135511-1000x633.png 1000w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/screenshot-2023-12-26-135511-1500x950.png 1500w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/screenshot-2023-12-26-135511-768x486.png 768w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/screenshot-2023-12-26-135511-1536x973.png 1536w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/screenshot-2023-12-26-135511-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/screenshot-2023-12-26-135511-860x545.png 860w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/screenshot-2023-12-26-135511.png 1658w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>As you can see, this channel is cited by the so-called &#8220;z-publics&#8221; and Russian propagandists (among the 697 channels that cite this channel, there are no pro-Ukrainian channels at all, but there are channels by &#8220;Vladlen Tatarsky&#8221;, &#8220;Gorkin&#8221; and others).<\/p>\n\n<p>On the other hand, the channel disseminates posts and information from channels related to the Azov regiment and individual representatives of the Azov movement. This is a typical Russian technique, which, on the one hand, is to fill the channel with patriotic content, and on the other hand, to provoke conflicts, since, if you do not look into it in detail, you can assume that it is the Azov people who are the administrators of this channel.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"578\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"14632\" src=\"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/screenshot-2023-12-26-151848-578x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/screenshot-2023-12-26-151848-578x1024.png 578w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/screenshot-2023-12-26-151848-600x1063.png 600w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/screenshot-2023-12-26-151848-565x1000.png 565w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/screenshot-2023-12-26-151848-768x1360.png 768w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/screenshot-2023-12-26-151848-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/screenshot-2023-12-26-151848.png 804w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"518\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"14634\" src=\"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/screenshot-2023-12-26-151920-518x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/screenshot-2023-12-26-151920-518x1024.png 518w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/screenshot-2023-12-26-151920-600x1187.png 600w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/screenshot-2023-12-26-151920-506x1000.png 506w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/screenshot-2023-12-26-151920-758x1500.png 758w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/screenshot-2023-12-26-151920-768x1519.png 768w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/screenshot-2023-12-26-151920-777x1536.png 777w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/screenshot-2023-12-26-151920-152x300.png 152w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/screenshot-2023-12-26-151920.png 807w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<p>However, we found many posts where the channel, back when it was &#8220;Chervonyi OOS&#8221;, was advertised in the selections of openly hostile channels.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"494\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/screenshot-2023-12-26-140924-494x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/screenshot-2023-12-26-140924-494x1024.png 494w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/screenshot-2023-12-26-140924-600x1243.png 600w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/screenshot-2023-12-26-140924-483x1000.png 483w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/screenshot-2023-12-26-140924-724x1500.png 724w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/screenshot-2023-12-26-140924-768x1591.png 768w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/screenshot-2023-12-26-140924-741x1536.png 741w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/screenshot-2023-12-26-140924-145x300.png 145w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/screenshot-2023-12-26-140924.png 779w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>You can also see, for example, who quoted posts from this channel on the day of the full-scale invasion.  <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zobrazhennia_2023-12-26_152844513-706x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14638\" style=\"width:770px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<p>And what content was reposted.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"747\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zobrazhennia_2023-12-26_153300298.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zobrazhennia_2023-12-26_153300298.jpg 747w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zobrazhennia_2023-12-26_153300298-600x438.jpg 600w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zobrazhennia_2023-12-26_153300298-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>We will be monitoring the development of the &#8220;reincarnation&#8221; of this Russian propaganda platform, and we urge readers and journalists to practice information hygiene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the infamous telegram channel &#8220;Cherchevyi OOS&#8221;, which was recognized as pro-Russian back in 2021 but was actively advertised in 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