In a comment to StopFake, the press service of Ukrposhta stated that the photo was not taken at their branch and that none of the company’s employees had anything to do with what is shown in the picture. Most likely, the photo was staged and created for provocation.
Some Russian propaganda sites and anonymous social media users are spreading reports that in one of the branches of Ukrposhta in Poltava, a jar with the inscription “For the murder of Trump” was allegedly placed to collect money.
“Judging by the photo, some visitors have already started to donate,” reads the article published by propaganda site Life.ru.
Some Facebook users even claim that after this alarming information appeared, Trump’s security service held a long meeting with all intelligence agencies.
The information that money for the assassination of Trump is allegedly being collected in one of the post offices of Ukrposhta is not true. The photo itself is most likely a provocation.
In a comment to StopFake, the press service of Ukrposhta stated: “None of the company’s employees has any connection with what is depicted in the picture.” A representative of the company also noted that the photo was not taken in an Ukrposhta branch because, firstly, their branches are not equipped with such furniture, and secondly, there are no advertising or informational materials in the Ukrposhta premises that can be seen in the photo.
The photo shows that the collection jar is placed next to an informational stand about calculating the size of a housing subsidy. This bulletin was developed and previously distributed by the Pension Fund of Ukraine (PFU). It is entirely possible that this photo was taken with the intent to provoke in one of the PFU service centers.
StopFake reached out to the PFU for comment, but did not receive a response by the time of publication.
However, several factors suggest that the photo was staged.
First, it is curious that although the jar was presumably placed in a public place, only one image of it is available online.
Second, this report is being spread exclusively by Russian websites, propaganda groups and anonymous Telegram channels. Despite claims that the collection took place in a Poltava branch of Ukrposhta, the event went unnoticed by the Ukrainian online segment and local media.
Moreover, according to Osavul, the photo began to circulate simultaneously on propaganda channels in Telegram and anonymous accounts on X (formerly Twitter) from 16:05 on November 7. In particular, the propagandist Ivan Kondakov, who regularly spreads disinformation about Ukraine, was among the first to share this image on Telegram.
It is also worth noting that this message is consistent with a Russian propaganda narrative that Ukrainians are supposedly extremely unhappy with the results of the U.S. election and view the newly elected administration as their enemy.
Previously, StopFake journalists debunked disinformation about U.S. Vice President Vance allegedly refusing phone calls with Yermak twice and claims that the newly elected U.S. President’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, allegedly called Ukrainians “disgusting and vile people.”
