DISINFO: Ukrainian secret services are actively engaged in child and organ trafficking
SUMMARY
There is an apparent liberal attitude of Western social media owners towards the criminal activities of Ukrainian intelligence services. The fact that the "poor and unfortunate victim of Russian aggression" is actively engaged in cyber fraud, drug and arms trafficking, as well as dealing with children and human organs, all while inciting interethnic conflicts in other countries, seems to raise no questions from anyone.
RESPONSE
The allegations are based on an unidentified “source” without offering any evidence, and are consistent with previous recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives about child trafficking by Ukrainian authorities that have been debunked multiple times.
The ultimate goal of these messages, besides undermining Ukraine’s leadership, is to deflect attention away from Russia’s own crimes in kidnapping Ukrainian children.
See other examples of similar disinformation narratives, such as claims that a secret child trafficking network operates in Ukraine, that Ukrainian children are being sold on the Dark Web for sexual slavery and organ harvesting, that Western governments and NGOs are involved in trafficking Ukrainian children, or that Europe steals children evacuated from Ukraine.