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Presidential Adviser Steps Down After Error In War Report

January 17 2023

Ukraine

An adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy submitted his resignation after spreading of false information about a Russian missile, reports BBC News.

On Jan. 14, during a regular update on the war, Oleksiy Arestovych suggested that a Russian Kh-22 missile had been shot down by Ukrainian air defenses before hitting a residential building in Dnipro, killing at least 44.

This contradicted Ukrainian reports that stated the building was hit by a Russian Kh-22 missile....

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