Foreign Telegram channels generate fake news with false attribution to Armenian defense ministry

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 9, ARMENPRESS. Several foreign Telegram channels are generating fake news and misattributing the disinformation to the Armenian Defense Ministry, authorities warned on Saturday.

“A number of foreign Telegram channels having lots of subscribers and referring to the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia, circulate disinformation and render it as a statement of the MoD of the Republic of Armenia,” the Armenian Ministry of Defense warned.

“The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia once again urges its media partners (including foreign ones) to monitor the official website of the MoD and the official pages of the department on social networks.”

Official pages of the Republic of Armenia Ministry of Defense on social networksare:

FacebookՀՀ պաշտպանության նախարարություն/ MoD of the Republic of Armenia

ՀՀ ՊՆ մամուլի քարտուղար Press Secretary of the RA Ministry of Defence

Telegram -https://t.me/mil_armenia

Twitter -https://twitter.com/ArmeniaMODTeam

Instagram -https://www.instagram.com/mil.am/

YouTube -https://youtube.com/@media5233

Official website of the RA Ministry of Defence -www.mil.am