A photo of a fat soldier in camouflage uniform circulated on the Chinese Internet. According to reports, this is Pavel, a retired Russian general who was re-recruited to command the special forces in eastern Ukraine because of the heavy losses of the Russian army.

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Russia’s war against Ukraine has entered its 127th day.

A photo of a fat soldier wearing camouflage uniforms circulated on the Chinese Internet. According to reports, this is Pavel, a retired Russian general who was re-recruited because of the heavy losses of the Russian army and commanded the special forces in eastern Ukraine.

After verification, the relevant statement originated from a report by a British tabloid on June 25, but the photo had appeared on social media at least on June 5, and there was no evidence to prove that he was "General Pavel."

There are rumors circulating on the Chinese Internet that Russia has sent a fat retired general Pavel to command its special forces operating in eastern Ukraine due to insufficient current commanders.

is accompanied by a photo.

After the war in Ukraine broke out, many senior Russian general-level commanders were killed.

1, where did the relevant news come from? Search keywords

and you will find that the statement on the Chinese Internet about the obese Russian general originated from a report by the British tabloid "Daily Star" on June 25.

The report quoted "a senior intelligence source" as saying that Russia has drafted a fat retired general Pavel to command its special forces in eastern Ukraine due to insufficient current commanders.

"Daily Star" stated that Pavel is a retired Afghan war veteran who is 67 years old. After the Russian commander in eastern Ukraine was seriously injured in an artillery attack, the veteran was called up to the front line. Pavel has more than 540 years of military experience and was the commander of the Russian special forces 25 years ago. He also served in Syria, retired five years ago and lives in a suburb of Moscow. He was ordered to return to active duty last month.

reported that Pavel was very fat, weighing 127 kilograms. The uniform had to be specially made and two sets of body armor were needed to cover his belly. He needs to eat five meals a day and drink at least one liter of vodka to accompany his meals.

After the "Daily Star" published the so-called "exclusive report", "Daily Mail", "Daily Mirror", "Daily Express", "New York Post" and others also Relevant content has been released one after another.

However, the full name of "General Pavel" was not mentioned in all reports, and anonymous sources were cited, and the relevant evidence was all from the same photo.

2, where did the photos come from?

A search using image anti-search software shows that the photo has been circulating online since at least early June.

Further search revealed that the earlier publisher was the Twitter account named @ElectricReborn, which was posted on June 5. The relevant text did not call the protagonist of the photo "General Pavel", but called him " Commander-in-Chief of the Canteen.” If you look carefully at the photo, you will see that there is no military rank, collar insignia, etc. on the military uniform of "General Pavel".

This photo is also circulating on the Reddit forum, and users have done a lot of PS spoofing on the photo.

Search the Russian Ministry of Defense official website. There are two people with the word "Pavel" in their names: Popov Pavel Anatolyevich, Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation , Army Colonel General; Prat Pavel Vasilyevich, Assistant to the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Colonel. Neither of them is the "General Pavel" in the photo. Searching the list of retired Russian generals, there is no "General Pavel" that matches the relevant description.

The statement that "Russia recruited obese retired general Pavel to join the army to command the Russian special forces in eastern Ukraine" originated from a British tabloid report on June 25, but the relevant photos have appeared on social media at least on June 5 , there is no evidence to prove that the protagonist of the photo is "General Pavel", nor can it prove that "General Pavel" really exists.

Verifier: Evidenced

Source

https://weibo.com/5558990115/LzEO0FKPs

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/obese-russian- general-67-called-27326346

https: //www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10954233/Beast-East-Panicking-Putin-calls-OBESE-20st-retired-general-lead-forces-Ukraine.html

https://twitter.com/ElectricReborn/ status/1533351479641268224

https://www.reddit.com/r/AbsoluteUnits/comments/v615cv/this_russian_military_personel/

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