DIU warns of disinformation campaign in global media against Ukraine

DIU warns of disinformation campaign in global media against Ukraine

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According to Andriy Yusov, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Russia is planning a disinformation campaign to weaken international support for Ukraine as critical decisions about its future approach.

Russia is planning to launch a new disinformation campaign by launching a wave of fakes against Ukraine as key decisions are made about Ukraine's future.  This was stated during a telethon by a representative of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, Andriy Yusov, UNN reports.

Details 

According to him, Russia plans to disrupt the support of Ukraine by international partners through a disinformation campaign. 

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In general, this campaign, the [disinformation] operation, has been going on since the beginning of November, but this is the phase we are talking about The wave of disinformation in foreign media is a matter of the near future. This is actually when key decisions about the future of Ukraine and strengthening support for our country should be made

- said representative of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine Andriy Yusov.

Addendum

Yusov also added that according to Ukrainian intelligence, it was at the end of the year that the Russians were preparing special operations to disinform about Ukraine.

In fact, November-December were initially expected to be the most active months for such Russian special operations

 - summarized Andriy Yusov

To recap

The Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine warned that foreign journalists with Russian ties are planning a disinformation campaign in the English-language media against Ukraine's military and political leadership.