On March 16, a cover of the British daily newspaper Hull Daily Mail was actively shared on Russian- and Georgian-language Facebook accounts (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) The image features the following caption: “70,000 Ukrainian soldiers in the Kursk region died in vain.” According to the date shown on the image, this issue was supposedly published on March 13, 2025. The accounts claim that Western media is outraged by the deaths of Ukrainian soldiers and the waste of European taxpayers’ money.
The cover being circulated under the name Hull Daily Mail is falsified. The newspaper did not use such a cover on March 13 or any other day.
No such cover can be found on Hull Daily Mail’s website or social media accounts. The newspaper is published daily, and an issue was released on March 13, but its cover is different from the one being circulated. No similar cover exists in the newspaper’s archives either. Additionally, no such visual appears on the publication’s official website or social media pages Facebook, Instagram, X).
The actual cover of the March 13 issue does not mention Ukraine at all, while the main headline of the issue reads: “Boy found guilty of attempting to murder a girl with a sword.”
Source: pressreader.com
According to The Times, on March 15, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer stated in a virtual meeting with Western leaders that the so-called “Coalition of the Willing” will form a contingent, and more than 10,000 peacekeepers will be sent to Ukraine to guarantee peace. It is worth noting that Starmer has previously discussed deploying troops to Ukraine. On February 17, he also stated that the UK was ready to send its troops to Ukraine to ensure the implementation of a peace agreement.
About the source:
One of the individuals posting the fake cover is Andrii Telizhenko, a former Ukrainian government official who has repeatedly spread disinformation in the past. Due to his ties with Russia, Telizhenko has been sanctioned by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
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