The Volyn regional TCC and JV responded to the situation in Kovel, where yesterday people gathered near the TCC and called for a riot against the actions of the military. The TCC noted that the conflict was used by russian special services. UNN writes about this with reference to the statement of the Volyn Regional TCC and JV.
Details
The statement of the institution explains that during the check of military records, three men were found who did not have the relevant documents. They were invited to the Kovel TCC to check their relation to military service. The report emphasizes that, as provided by law, the detention and delivery of such citizens to the TCC and the JCC is carried out exclusively by representatives of the national police.
However, some citizens interpret the laws as they see fit. Calls to riot that spread yesterday on social media in Kovel territorial community and Volyn region were noticed by hostile propaganda channels, which successfully used it for their own purposes
It is also noted that the circumstances of the situation in Kovel indicate that the conflict was supported and directed in the "necessary direction" by russian special services through the relevant "information systems".
This is also evidenced by the following methods of their work: emotional swings, manipulation of the minds of citizens, incitement to disobedience. Hundreds of bots whose activity has been detected in social networks indicate that enemy propaganda will use your every word, call, action to destabilize the situation in Ukraine with your own hands
They added that the situation was provoked in order to discredit the current government and counter mobilization measures, as well as to obstruct the legitimate activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations. It will also have legal consequences for those who incited citizens to illegal actions and those who took the most active part in it.
Context
A number of videos are circulating on social media from under the building of the shopping center in Kovel, where a crowd gathered on August 3 to demand the release of three men who had been taken to the building to check their military records. The local media outlet Kovel Media, citing eyewitnesses, reports that as a result of the conflict, TCC employees released the men.