Cases of payment by the Ukrainian side for fakes about a special operation were reported in Kuban

In the Krasnodar Territory, cases of payment by the Ukrainian side for the dissemination of false information about the special operation and the Russian Armed Forces were recorded, said Andrey Stepanyan, head of the criminal-judicial department of the regional prosecutor’s office. transmits TASS.

According to him, four criminal cases on crimes under Art. 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (public dissemination of deliberately false information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation), three of which have already been sent to court. The accused, according to investigators, posted fake photos of the destruction of residential buildings, allegedly due to the fault of the Russian troops, or disseminated unreliable information about losses on one side or another.

“Such activities were monitored, stopped, criminal cases were initiated, including cases when the facts of remuneration of these “newsmakers” from the Ukrainian side were established,” Stepanyan said.

An article for spreading fakes about the actions of the Russian Armed Forces appeared after the start of a special military operation in Ukraine on March 4. Fines can reach one and a half million rubles. If the fakes caused serious consequences, imprisonment of up to 15 years may be threatened.