Overnight, Russian media and social media propaganda spread a rumor that Zelenskyy had fled from Ukraine and was somewhere “safe” outside the country. An even larger flood of bots and propaganda accounts swooped in to express their disgust for how Zelenskyy had deserted Ukraine,
Then there was another flood of reports that Zelenskyy had ordered the Ukrainian military to lay down arms, and that anyone still fighting was disloyal.
Which promoted the Ukrainian president to release video putting paid to both rumors.
Translation: There's a lot of fake info telling that I ordered the Ukrainian army to surrender. So, listen here: I'm here. We are not putting our weapons down, we are going to protect our country. Our weapons are our truth, it's our country, our children and we will protect them