Andrey Boechko is sure that The New York Times Magazine journalists published false information about the Ukrainian hero Ruslan Kornutich, who is currently undergoing treatment.
Journalists of the British media The New York Times Magazine were accused of publishing unreliable information about the Ukrainian military Ruslan Kornutych. Journalist and volunteer Andrei Boechko, who knows the veteran personally, wrote about this on his Facebook page.
Boechko wrote that the story published in the media about the fate and current state of the Ukrainian military (journalists wrote that after the psychological trauma the man stopped talking) is not true.
“The New York Times again publishes unverified information. Ruslan is my friend, so I cannot remain silent, and I must refute all this nonsense. He never told any of the doctors or journalists,” the volunteer wrote.
Boechko said that, together with a team of volunteers, he has been helping Ruslan’s unit from the first day of the full-scale aggression of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine.
“Yes, after two months in hell itself near Bakhmut, it’s hard for him. Injuries and concussions have not helped anyone in life yet. And Ruslan is no exception. what is written in the material (The New York Times Magazine, – ed.) is not true,” the volunteer emphasized.
Boechko turned to social media users and asked them to help spread this publication. And he urged foreign journalists to “stop fantasizing.”
Volunteer Andriy Boechko denied NYT information about Ukrainian sapper Ruslan Kornutych
Photo: Andrey Boechko/Facebook
The New York Times Magazine scandal: what preceded it
Media on March 14 published a photo report from the department of the Kyiv City Psychiatric Hospital No. 1 named after Ivan Pavlov, where Ukrainian soldiers who returned from the front are being treated and rehabilitated.
The material told about the everyday life of the hospital department, in which doctors provide medical assistance and psychological support to the military.
In particular, the journalists told the story of a fighter who, after the death of his comrades on the front line, cannot talk.
“One fighter, even a month after the tragedy, does not speak at all. The doctor told his story: “There were four of them. They shot down a Russian drone from the sky. Small victory. Then its fragments rushed down, pieces of torn metal crashed into the people below. “The fighter is the only one who survived then, and he had to hold the position next to the dead all night and the next day. Since he was found, he has been silent,” says in the material.
Under this part of the material, the publication published a photo of sapper Ruslan Kornutich.
The British media published in its material a photo of the Ukrainian military Ruslan Kornutich
Photo: NYT
Ruslan Kornutych: what is known about the Ukrainian military
Ruslan Kornutych (call sign “Bely”) is a teacher, teacher at the Faculty of Arts of the Kiev-Pechersk Academy. He took part in the Revolution of Dignity. After the start of the anti-terrorist operation in Donbass, he signed up as a volunteer in the Aidar battalion, as he had previously received the military specialty of a sapper and took part in the hostilities on the territory of Bosnia.
In Ukraine, he was a participant in the battles for the Donetsk airport. He went through battles in Lutugino, Khryashchevaty, Lugansk airport, Novosvetlovka, Shchastia, Trekhizbenka, Severodonetsk.
On June 23, 2015, Ruslan Kornutych was awarded the title of “People’s Hero of Ukraine” and was awarded the first non-state award – the Order of “People’s Hero of Ukraine”.
Recall that in early February, journalist Mikhail Tkach apologized to the dismissed top official of the Ministry of Defense Alexander Liyev for his published material. The journalist of “Ukrainska Pravda” published in the publication the news that Liev allegedly has a passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation.
We also wrote that in early January 2023, the NYTimes media accidentally framed Russian soldiers, forgetting to delete their phone numbers. Some of these people were highly critical of their superiors, including Russian President Vladimir Putin.
