Ukrainian security forces apprehend tik-toker who posted photos of Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment in Kyiv

Valentyna Romanenko - Monday, 21 March 2022, 19:10

The Security Service of Ukraine has once again called on citizens to pass on information about the Russian troops, and to abstain from publishing information on the Armed Forces of Ukrainian Armed Forces or results of Russian shelling.

Source: Security Service of Ukraine, on Facebook

Details: "The special services published a video of a conversation with an apprehended citizen who acknowledged posting information about the location of the Ukrainian military forces in Kyiv to the Tik-Tok community on 24 February. Ukrainian defenders were located next to the shopping centre, which was subsequently attacked by a Russian invaders’ powerful missile strike."

The Security Service commented that unknowingly or otherwise, this man worked as an artillery spotter for the Russian Federation, and an investigation will be conducted in this respect.

Quote: "We call on all citizens to abstain from publishing data on the movement of military equipment of Ukrainian Armed Forces, military facilities and the results of enemy strikes! This [information] is actually used by the invaders in planning further shelling.

We ask you to do the opposite: pass the information about the location of the enemy to us, and the Ukrainian military personnel will ensure its destruction!

One can send information about the movement of the invaders to the official channels:

Security Service of Ukraine chatbot

Partnering application ‘Bachu.info’, which transmits data even when you temporarily do not have access to the Internet."

Background: One of the shopping centres in the Podolsky disrict of Kyiv was shelled on 20 March. 8 people died as a result of the attack.