Defence Minister Rustem Umerov reacted to a Facebook post by European Solidarity MP Volodymyr Ariyev about the alleged resignation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces C’n’C Valeriy Zaluzhnyy.
On his page on the same social network, Umerov called it "another hoax information".
"Some unscrupulous politicians are trying to split Ukrainian society today - it is not any better than what Russian propagandists are doing. Information warfare is part of Russia's aggression against Ukraine. We should not become pawns in it, let alone assistants," the head of the Ukrainian Defence Ministry stressed.
Umerov called for "focusing on defence issues and doing everything to strengthen our state".
Earlier, Ariyev first wrote that Umerov had submitted a motion to dismiss the Chief of Defence. However, he later deleted the post, and in a new one said that according to "other sources" there would be no resignation.
The other day, Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Ihor Zhovkva criticised Gen Zaluzhnyy for his article in The Economist. He said it would allegedly help the Russian invasion.
Later, the NYT published an article suggesting a rift between the military and civilian leadership at an already difficult time for Ukraine.