Here's an older story about fake stories of fake money in the still-very-real war in Ukraine. Found via News & Notes from the Society of Paper Money Collectors (Volume XI, Number 28, December 23, 2025).
-Editor
Russian propaganda continues to create absurd lies about life in Kherson and the Kherson region. For example, recently information appeared that the occupiers are dropping American money over the right bank of Kherson region.
To understand why they would do this, you need to try to switch off your own logic. The bills are supposedly not counterfeit and are used to force Ukrainian soldiers to surrender, because the dollars have a special QR code.
According to the propagandists, the surrender of Ukrainian military personnel in the indicated directions is «massive», although this is not confirmed by any photo or video evidence. Narratives about greed and moral degradation within the ranks of the AFU are common for Russian propaganda, so there is practically nothing new here.
And here is what is really interesting: the fake about dollars scattered over Kherson is a mirror reflection of another lie – allegedly the Ukrainian side floods the left bank of Kherson region with rubles that contain similar QR codes.
According to the propagandists, the surrender of Ukrainian military personnel in the indicated directions is «massive», although this is not confirmed by any photo or video evidence. Narratives about greed and moral degradation within the ranks of the AFU are common for Russian propaganda, so there is practically nothing new here.
And here is what is really interesting: the fake about dollars scattered over Kherson is a mirror reflection of another lie – allegedly the Ukrainian side floods the left bank of Kherson region with rubles that contain similar QR codes.
To read the complete article, see:
The Russians lied that their troops were allegedly tossing U.S. dollars over Kherson
(https://most.ks.ua/en/news/url/rosijani-zbrehali-pro-te-scho-jihni-vijskovi-nibito-rozkidajut-nad-hersonom-amerikanski-dolarirosijani-zbrehali-pro-te-scho-jihni-vijskovi-nibito-rozkidajut-nad-hersonom-amerikanski-dolari/)
Wayne Homren, Editor
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