The Security Service of Ukraine reported suspicion to a former television journalist and his accomplices who called for armed resistance to mobilization, and were also involved in discrediting territorial recruitment and social support centers (TCC and SP).
Discreditation of the TCC and mobilization in Ukraine
According to the SBU and the Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office, the ex-TV journalist was the organizer of a criminal group that operated in the Kyiv, Odessa, Kharkov and Transcarpathian regions.
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Law enforcement officers did not name the detainee, but earlier information appeared about SBU searches in Zhan Novoseltsev’s apartment.
The former journalist recruited seven accomplices, with whom he called for armed resistance against TCC employees and law enforcement officers — This was proven by linguistic examination. His group spread fake news about Ukrainian defenders.
The figures created a network of channels and pages on YouTube, Telegram and Facebook, where in total they gathered more than 600 thousand audience members to distribute propaganda content.
On these accounts on social networks, members of the criminal group published streams and messages in which they gave instructions on forceful methods of evading conscription.
The defendants created a website where they published personal data of the Ukrainian military, in particular, representatives of the TCC and law enforcement officers. They pretended to be journalists using the identities of unregistered publications, the SBU claims.
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Law enforcement officers detained Zhan Novoseltsev and his pseudo-expert accomplice, who were declared suspected of obstructing the legitimate activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations. The actions of two more pseudo-experts of the group were classified under the same article.
Suspicions are also being prepared for all other persons involved in discrediting the TCC and mobilization in Ukraine. The sanction of the article provides for up to eight years in prison.
