Russian propaganda invents fake LEGO sets about Moldova and war in Ukraine

Russian propagandists have spread disinformation ahead of elections in Moldova and in an attempt to discredit the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

On social media, Russians are circulating images of an alleged LEGO set showing soldiers with the flags of Ukraine and Moldova. The posts claim the sets were supposedly created by Maksym Mitiakin, the designer of the LEGO model of Kyiv's "Motherland Monument." According to Russian propagandists, he wanted to "honor" the Moldovan army for supposedly fighting against Russia in Ukraine.

This is fake. Such a LEGO model does not exist. Maksym Mitiakin has not created such a project -- neither in cooperation with LEGO nor with United24. No Ukrainian media outlet has reported on such an initiative; only Russian Telegram channels have done so.

No such sets are listed on LEGO's official website in Ukraine.

It should also be noted that there is no official information whatsoever about Moldova's army participating in hostilities in Ukraine. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are independently repelling Russia's aggression. Foreigners serve only in the International Legion within the ranks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

In addition, Russians fabricated another fake LEGO-style line called "mourning bricks." In the images circulated by propagandists, figures of a mother and child are shown bringing flowers to the grave of the father, who was a soldier. In this way, Russian disinformation cynically suggests that, due to heavy losses at the front, Ukrainian children are supposedly being "prepared" for the deaths of their fathers.

This too is fake. Such a LEGO set does not exist. The brand name is fictitious and cannot be found anywhere online.

The source of the fake was the Facebook page of former Ukrainian Prime Minister and traitor Mykola Azarov, who is hiding in Russia.

In this way, Russia is attempting to undermine mobilization in Ukraine and discredit the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

At the same time, ahead of Moldova's parliamentary elections on September 28, Russians are exploiting the war in Ukraine to frighten Moldovan citizens with the idea of being dragged into military action and to push them toward supporting pro-Russian political forces.

As Ukrinform previously reported, Russian propaganda had earlier spread a fake story about the killing of Charlie Kirk and an alleged connection to Ukraine.

Andriy Olenin