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Ukraine has tried to forcibly deport the inhabitants of the Luhansk region, and Russian-speakers in Lysychansk protested before the Ukrainian army, according to a new false narrative carried by the Russian media. The narrative was published against the background of Russia being accused of deporting Ukrainians and forcing millions of people to flee, while advancing its troops and bombing of civilian targets.
NEWS: “A law on the forced deportation of people from the military zones could be adopted in Ukraine, Sergei Gaidai, the head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration, appointed by Kyiv, told Ukraine 24 live.
Civilians in the town of Lysychansk, in the front area of the Lugansk People's Republic, protested against this idea, while under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Gaidai said that in the city in the northwest of the People's Republic of Lugansk the situation of the Ukrainian military is very complicated, the fighting continues, and there are about 15 thousand people in the locality.
“There were proposals made by certain deputies to deport this city. I told them: very well, quickly adopt a bill on deportation and we will take them from here ”.[…]The residents say that “the Ukrainian troops are attacking them” and the Ukrainians are “killing our children”. The inhabitants of the city of Lysychansk, according to the television, “came out in front of the Ukrainian military forces that were going to deport them”.
NARRATIVE: The inhabitants of Luhansk will be deported by Kyiv
WHY THE NARRATIVE IS FALSE: The beginning and end of the news, published by RIA Novosti, shows that the author of the information does not know clearly whether Kyiv has tried to deport the inhabitants of the Luhansk region or whether this initiative is merely political talk. According to this false narrative, Kyiv is going to adopt a deportation law, then it says that the inhabitants of the city of Lysychansk came out in front of the Ukrainian military forces that “were going to deport them” without any law! It is not clear why a law would be needed if the deportation of Russian-speakers was to take place anyway.
Moreover, the Russian press writes that the city of Lysychansk is under the control of the armed forces of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic, but Russian-speakers fear a deportation law that can be adopted in Kyiv. It is not clear why the inhabitants of a city that is no longer under the control of Ukraine should fear a Ukrainian law. In reality, further fighting is taking place in Lysychansk and Ukrainian forces keep resisting.
Apart from a series of logical contradictions in the text of the news, Russian propaganda totally distorted the statement of the head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration. He did not say a deportation law was to be passed.
“There have been proposals from some people to forcibly evacuate the region. But this means deportation. Our state is called Ukraine, not Russia. We will not do it like that” , Gaidai said.
In other words, the official said that in Ukraine it is forbidden to deport civilians, unlike Russia, which is deporting Ukrainians. There is no bill on the Ukrainian Parliament’s website on the deportation or eviction of persons.
In fact, in late May, Ukraine reported on the forced deportation in Russia of 1.4 million Ukrainians . Kyiv has called on international organizations to monitor the situation of the Ukrainians forcibly deported to Russia.
Veridica has recently debunked a series of false narratives, according to which the Ukrainian troops are massacring Russian speakers during their withdrawal from Donbas , and the EU is accused of deporting refugee men to Ukraine to have them enlisted in the Ukrainian army.
The purpose of these narratives is to sow distrust among the population of eastern Ukraine towards the Ukrainian authorities and to discourage the process of territorial defense.
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