Mykolaiv Explosion: Fake News Debunked Amid Ongoing Conflict

The Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council confirmed the explosion in Mykolaiv on February 14 that killed two people. However, the information that it was the "revenge" of the TCC for the mobilization of the victim's son is not true.

This was reported by the Center for Countering Disinformation.

Fake news was spread on social media that the woman allegedly deliberately blew herself up near the military in response to her son's mobilization. However, the LAC reports that the deceased had no children of mobilization age. She is survived by two sons, born in 2001 and 2011, and the older one is not a military man.

Such fakes are part of the information warfare. The Center emphasizes that Russian special services are actively recruiting Ukrainian citizens to carry out sabotage against the military and government agencies.

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Intent wrote that on the afternoon of February 14, an explosion occurred in a catering establishment in Mykolaiv. The tragedy killed two people and injured at least eight others. According to police, the explosion was caused by an unknown object.

According to the press service of the National Police of Mykolaiv, the explosion occurred on Pogranichna Street near a catering establishment. Two people were killed in the explosion. According to preliminary information, eight more people were injured.

Recently, the police of Bashtanka district received a report about the hospitalization of a 9-year-old resident of Novyi Buh. The child was diagnosed with a serious injury to his hand, which led to the amputation of his fingers. The police found out that the boy had found an explosive device while home alone and picked it up. This caused the explosion.

Since February 2022, 1,083 civilians in the de-occupied territories of Ukraine have been injured by Russian anti-personnel mines. Among them, 333 people were killed and 750 were injured. Kharkiv, Kherson, and Mykolaiv regions remain the most mine-contaminated regions.

Андрій Колісніченко