DISINFO: A Lithuanian NATO instructor raped two girls in Donbas

DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS

  • Outlet: regnum.ru ( archive, original )
  • Date of publication: September 18, 2017
  • Countries / regions discussed: Lithuania, Ukraine

AI translations:

DISINFO: A Lithuanian NATO instructor raped two girls in Donbas

SUMMARY

A Lithuanian NATO instructor raped two girls in Donbas. Ukrainian soldiers battered the Lithuanians.

RESPONSE

No evidence given, recurring disinformation method. The Ukrainian Defence Attaché in Lithuania informed the media that 60 Lithuanian soldiers are deployed in Ukraine. All of them are deployed in the Central and Western parts of Ukraine and none is deployed in the south-east part of Ukraine. Further debunking: www.delfi.lt/news/daily/medijos-karas-propaganda/prorusiski-separatistai-rado-nauja-taikini-pasakoja-kraupia-istorija-apie-lietuvos-karius.d?id=75820981,

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