Propaganda got confused in the details, reporting that the incident took place either in Ternopil or Kharkiv region, although no such incident took place in any of the mentioned places. This information was spread only by Russian media, and none of the credible media wrote about this incident, although a similar incident that occurred earlier was widely covered.

Some netizens, followed by Russian news media, spread the news that an incident involving an Ukrainian soldier had occurred in Ukraine, allegedly when he entered a church and began attacking female parishioners, and then attacked the priest himself.

«Most likely, the Banderite is a follower of yet another satanic doctrine that is now flourishing in Ukraine with the connivance of the authorities. For obvious reasons, there are especially many such Satanists in the Armed Forces,» writes one of the propaganda outlets.

Russian propaganda has been actively discrediting the image of Ukrainian soldiers for a long time, actively covering any conflict cases or simply inventing them. For example, in the case of the «attack on the priest,» it is significant that this video was initially spread by Russian Telegram channels, but with the indication that the incident allegedly took place in Ternopil. At the same time, the parishioners, like the military man himself, speak Russian.

But then the video began to be actively shared with a completely different location – Kharkiv region. Nevertheless, StopFake checked the regional news of both regions, and nowhere did the reputable media report such an incident. There were no reports of any attack on the official websites of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, the Kyiv Patriarchate, or the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, where such an incident could have occurred. Nor did relevant religious media, such as the Religious Information Service of Ukraine, write anything about such an incident. There is no information about such an attack on the police website either. For example, back in 2022, a man in military uniform beat a priest of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate in Vinnytsia region, the police launched an investigation into the case, and many media outlets wrote about the incident. StopFake also sent a request to the police in Kharkiv region, but at the time of publication of the article had not yet received a response.
Thus, it is likely that the video spread on social media is another production of Russian propaganda aimed at discrediting the Ukrainian military. Earlier, StopFake debunked the fake that Ukraine allegedly intends to destroy the Church of the Tithes.