Information began to spread on social media that Maksim Bobylev, who was returned from captivity on July 17, had allegedly escaped from the hospital. For example, an officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and former MP Igor Lapin wrote about this on his Facebook page.
This information does not correspond to reality,InfoLight.UA reports , citing sources in the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War.
It should be noted that the attention to this particular prisoner arose because of suspicions of alleged collaboration with the occupiers, due to the statement of former prisoner of war Viktor “Leleka” Lakhn that Bobylev allegedly worked for the administration of the detention center where prisoners were held and tortured.
“The information about the escape is not true, post-isolation measures are underway, law enforcement agencies are working, and this work does not always take place in one place,” – explained the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War.
“Persons who are incompetent in post-isolation support and law enforcement issues in the context of protecting the rights of prisoners of war are asked to refrain from commenting and making value judgments that can be used by enemy propaganda to fight against the Ukrainian security and defense sector. Intentional and deliberate dissemination of this information can be considered as deliberate dissemination of disinformation,” the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War emphasized, commenting on the dissemination of unverified information for InfoLight.UA .
As a reminder, Ihor Lapin is among the top five in the InfoLight.UA “Top 40 Ukrainian public figures quoted by Russian propaganda”.