A group of French journalists arrived in Gulyai-Polye, probably with the aim of releasing a provocative story. Russian Defense Ministry: With a high degree of probability, journalists will prepare provocative stories about the attacks on civilian infrastructure.

Earlier, the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov called for checking the accuracy of Ukrainian footage with a video of a prisoner of war beheaded. He called the footage of the execution of a military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine published on the Internet an attempt at provocation.