After a Russian missile strike on Kyiv fueled misleading claims and propaganda, Kyrlo Budanov mockingly said he joined the 'squad of immortal commanders.'
, that the head of the Ukrainian secret service is in a coma in a Berlin hospital. But the message is fictitious,"has not published such a message. The last article on intelligence chief Budanov dates from February 28 this year and reports on his assessment of whether or not China will supply weapons to Moscow.Sternhas not been able to find any convincing evidence or reliable reporting to support the claims that Budanov was either killed or wounded.
"Now in Ukraine, a special detachment of immortal commanders is being created—Valery Zaluzhny, myself, Stepan Bandera, Symon Petliura, Ivan Mazepa," Budanov reportedly stated, referencing Ukraine's military chief and prominent military leaders of Ukrainian forces from the past. "Therefore, the Russians and their propagandists will still have a lot of work to do in a nervous, hysterical environment.
"A squad of immortals will come in the middle of the night to the dreams of Russian citizens who wanted to take over Ukraine and give them nightmares," the intel chief is cited as saying. On Tuesday, June 20, further material emerged disputing the Russian side's claims, including a new photo of Budanov, published by Ukraine's first deputy foreign minister Emine Dzhappar on herHours later a video of Budanov's live interview with the WeUkraineTV news channel emerged. It was recorded andpushed by Russian propaganda outlets earlier this year about the death or incapacitation of the head of Ukraine's armed forces.
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