On the night of September 16, the Russian invaders carried out another air attack on Ukraine. Kyiv and Zaporizhia were hit the hardest. Russian propaganda resources immediately spread the classic news about strikes on “military facilities”. In particular, a number of Kremlin media outlets and Telegram spammers wrote about a “successful strike on the logistics center of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Kyiv”. In fact, this is a lie. More on this later in the article.
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The Russian propaganda resource “Ukraine.ru” published the following post: “In Kyiv, they continue to extinguish the logistics center burning after the drone strike. The fire in the logistics complex, hit by a Russian drone, has not yet been localized, despite the fact that fire brigades and helicopters were involved in extinguishing it.” https://surl.lu/prabcb
The Moscow publication “Voernnoe obozrenie” went even further in spreading lies: “Destruction of the logistics of the Armed Forces: after the arrival of the Geranei, warehouses near Kyiv are burning.” Ukrainian sources report a large-scale fire at warehouses in the city of Vasylkov, Kyiv region. It is no secret that the logistics capacities of large Ukrainian companies are actively used for the needs of the Armed Forces. Naturally, the warehouses of these companies are regularly hit by Russian strike drones and missiles. However, the management of these companies, despite significant losses, stubbornly continues to turn their warehouses into military facilities, placing there ammunition and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. https://surl.li/esuogu
Propagandists’ statements are lies and manipulation.
In fact, Russian drones hit exclusively civilian infrastructure that night. Namely, the logistics center of the largest construction trade chain “Epicentr”. The network has no relation to the Armed Forces of Ukraine and is an exclusively civilian structure.
The representative office of the Epicenter network published the following message: “Today, the enemy has dealt another brutal blow to the civilian infrastructure of Ukraine. The logistics center of the Epicenter company in the Kyiv region was targeted. As a result of the attack, a large-scale fire broke out, which rescuers are currently trying to localize. Fortunately, there are no dead or injured people. But the company again suffered significant losses. During the full-scale war, dozens of network facilities were destroyed in various regions of Ukraine. According to independent experts, the total amount of losses of the Epicenter group of companies caused by military aggression has already exceeded $1 billion. The enemy is deliberately destroying businesses that work for Ukrainians every day, providing them with essential goods. Despite these attacks, we remain in place, hold on and work for the country.” https://surl.li/vuywjt
The fire caused by drones hitting the territory of the Epicenter logistics center near Kyiv was also reported by the Head of the Kyiv OVA, Mykola Kalashnyk. https://surl.li/uwdswa