The pamphlets depicted in several virus social media posts claim that Russian labs advise soldier wives to refrain from domestic abuse.
The contents of the pamphlet, translated from Russian to English by the Euroneuz verification team, advise women not to publicize their suffering on social media, “make up bruises,” avoiding “colorful clothes and makeup,” and not “inducing even more” her husband.
“Why did your husband attack you? How did you provoke him? I asked your husband for forgiveness,” reads the photo pamphlet.
“Silence is not weakness, it is wisdom,” he adds.
The post containing the photo spread to the virus last week with the virus, with several social media users accusing Moscow of normalizing violence against women.
We investigated by conducting reverse image searches that search the Internet for identical and similar matches of the same photographs.
However, the pamphlet is written in Ukrainians and targets the wives of Ukrainian soldiers, and implicitly makes the same allegations against the Ukrainian state and government in Kiev.
A comparison of both pamphlets shows that the content is exactly the same when translated. Both employ the same cartoon photos, with the women coloring the colors of the Russian and Ukrainian flags respectively.
Ukrainian Centres to Counter Disinformation, a Government Agency; I said In August, “There is no such pamphlet,” the work of a “hostile” telegram channel that addresses “trust Ukrainian military, distorting the attitudes of families towards family values, and undermining trust in the military.”
Ukrainian media also widely reported that the brochure, which was considered a pamphlet, is part of the Adjusted Campaign On the Pro Kremlin Telegram Channel.
The Russian Institute refuses claim
The Russian version of the brochure has the “Academy of Communications” logo and title, and the QR code is linked to the Academy’s Psychological Help Center website.
The website is no longer accessible, but the archives show that on September 2nd it contains the same guidance found in the photo brochure.
In the video Posted Arenacechurina, who introduces herself as the academy’s director by a telegram account that appears to belong to the Academy of Communications, claims that the website has been “hacked” and “false information” has been released.
in statement The academy, published on the same telegram account, claims that the fake pamphlet was distributed to bloggers, demanding that the “false information” be brought to justice.
“On September 1, 2025, Alena Vitalyevna Chechulina, founder of the LLC Academy of Communications, discovered that the organization’s website, AC-RSY.com.ru, was hacked and discredited the organization and its participants in special military operations (SMOs).
“The phone numbers listed in our organization’s contacts have also been hacked, and call forwarding has been set to an unknown party.”
Euroverify was able to find the company’s logs in the Russian state’s legal entity register. The new website under Domain Ac.com.ru, slightly different from that linked to the QR code in the brochure, is accessible and provides information about the academy’s services.
Signs of a targeted disinformation campaign
Our verification team was unable to detect the first instance of any version of the brochure that is distributed on Telegram due to platform search restrictions.
However, while we saw some instances of the Ukrainian version of the brochure shared on Instagram, X and Reddit around August 12th, the Russian version of the brochure has recently been in circulation in early September.
The Ukrainian version of the pamphlet was widely shared by media located in the pro-Lucia and the Kremlin, including the Zov/Pravda network, and known Russian propagandists operating primarily in telegrams.
While it is not possible to see which version of the brochure was first produced, there are strong indications of the Russian propaganda campaign that sparked a counter campaign targeting Moscow.