Disinfo: Ukraine plans to send an LGBT battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to Donbas

Summary

The Armed Forces of Ukraine announced recruitment to one of the motorized rifle units, where an LGBT batallion will be formed.

Disproof

Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation about the war in Ukraine attempting to denigrate the Armed Forces of Ukraine but playing with a sensitive topic.

There is no separate LGBT battalion or similar unit in the Ukrainian Army and the Armed Forces of Ukraine does not plan to create a separate LGBT unit. An official army spokesperson told 24 TV channel that this information is not true.

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  • Reported in: Issue 235
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 09/03/2021
  • Article language(s) Russian
  • Countries and/or Regions discussed in the disinformation: Ukraine
  • Keywords: War in Ukraine, Donbas, LGBT
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