After the helicopter carrying the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine crashed in Brovary on the morning of January 18, Russian propaganda created several disinformation "throw-ins" about this plane crash.

This is reported by the Center for Combating Disinformation.

A fake about the "shooting down of a helicopter by Ukrainian air defense". 

This was one of the first and least likely versions.

No extraneous object in the sky was recorded during the accident, so there can be no question of a "missile hit".

A fake about a "low-quality" rotorcraft purchased in 2018 by the former head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

All rotorcraft undergo a technical inspection before departure.

If a malfunction was detected, it would not be given permission to fly or would be replaced with a serviceable one.

A fake about a "contract" murder by the Russian special services.

The spread of this disinformation was supposed to cause panic and fear due to the defenselessness of "great Russia".

Fake "condolences" of the head of the "Wagner" PVK Yevgeny Prigozhin.

The cynical manipulation is that the mercenaries of Prigozhin's private army continue to kill Ukrainians on the front line.

As previously reported, the SBU is investigating the helicopter crash in Brovary, which killed 16 people, including Minister of Internal Affairs Denys Monastyrskyi, his deputy Yevgeny Yenin, and State Secretary Yuriy Lubkovich.

Currently, the investigation has several versions: violation of flight rules;

technical malfunction of the helicopter;

intentional actions to destroy a vehicle.

It will be recalled that the acting Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko promised that the causes of the disaster in Brovary will be established as soon as possible.

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