"Stork" or "Tisza Cursion": The Armed Forces advertise "Contract 18-24" a video about video games (video)

To spread: A video appeared on the social networks of the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after King Daniel, advertising accession to the Armed Forces of Ukraine under the contract "Contract 18-24". In it, the decision is compared with the choice of a character in a computer game. The press service of the 24th OMB of the Armed Forces posted a video on Facebook on April 28. "18-24! Don't choose a character-choose yourself!" - They signed the video in the brigade.

In the video, the gamer chooses between the characters "Tisza", "Burshtin digger", "painter in Poland" and "Storkhovik" or "Scout" in the 24th OMBR. The press service of the unit explained the idea of ​​advertising, noting that although life may resemble a computer game, real war is not a game. The only similarity is that everyone can choose their own path, complexity and destiny, added in the brigade.

"Are you an elite fighter or a sofa expert? The hero of memes or firing power? Fugitive or support for loved ones? Recall that on April 17, the head of the Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security, Igor Solovey, commented on public resonance, which caused the video "One Report - One Blow". The video showed the media's accusations of Russian attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure.

After indignation of the journalistic community, the video was removed from the pages of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, the Main Directorate of Communications of the Armed Forces and the Ministry of Defense. On April 16, the TV Army published an advertisement "18-24" in Tiktok-style, which described the benefits of a contractual annual service for Ukrainian youth, including 90 days of military training, payment of two million hryvnias and a mortgage under zero percent.