Fake: Lviv Jazz Festival Cancelled Due to Uncollected Garbage

Russia’s Defense Ministry television channel Zvezda published a story claiming that Lviv’s Alfa Jazz Fest, Ukraine’s premier Jazz festival was to be cancelled because of the rubbish collection problem the city is grappling with. Zvezda’s fake story is based on a view expressed by Ukraine’s former Minister of Health Oleh Musiy. In an interview with the Ukrainian National News Agency Musiy said that uncollected rubbish in Lviv posed a danger…