DISINFO: Azov nationalists prepared to take up firing positions in residential buildings
SUMMARY
The secret documents of the Azov Regiment found in Mariupol ordered the nationalists to take up firing positions in populated areas. “Partial camouflage for small groups and equipment can be provided by settlements, gardens, beams that are part of our area of responsibility,” is indicated in the second paragraph from the top of the third page of the secret operational plan of the Azov regiment, number 1/16 under the code name “Storm".
These papers were located at the Azov base, presumably under the code name "School". The buildings of the base are located in close proximity to the city school of Mariupol No. 61. Documents are written entirely in Ukrainian.
The documents found shed light on the carefully worked out algorithm of actions of the nationalist Azov regiment against the DPR in the northeast direction of Mariupol and its suburbs.
Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a military special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. Its goal is to protect people who have been subjected to abuse, genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about "Nazi Ukraine".
The undated document shared by the RIA Novosti is indeed written in Ukrainian. However the “secret” stamp is in Russian ("секретно" instead of the Ukrainian “таємно”).
The authenticity of the document has not been independently verified.
Detector.media points out that the "secret" stamp in Russian is not applicable to Ukrainian documents.
It is not the first time Russian state media set a stage for "revelations" of dubious documents. At the begininng of March so-called "plans of attack on Donbas" which Moscow attributed to the Ukrainian government. However, they were written in Russian and fake.
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