Information influence targeting Ukrainian refugees: Russia is preparing a multi-vector information operation in Europe - GUR
Kyiv • UNN
August 21 2024, 11:37 AM • 30398 views
Russia is planning new propaganda operations in Europe aimed at Ukrainian refugees. The goal is to persuade people who fled Ukraine because of the war not to return, according to the GUR.
In an attempt to convince people who left Ukraine because of the war not to return, Russia is preparing new propaganda materials. This was reported by Vadym Skibitskyi, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, during a discussion within the New Country project, UNN reports.
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Russia is preparing new propaganda operations against Ukraine in Europe.
New information operations of the Russian Federation in European countries, aimed, in particular, against Ukrainian refugees.
Representatives of Russia are working with refugees who fled Ukraine at the beginning of the war.
“This includes the creation of various societies, children's education, the church - all of which are used to make our Ukrainians lose their identity,” explained a representative of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine.
The goal is to convince people who fled the country because of the war not to return, said Vadym Skibitskyi.
Currently, the Kremlin is also using its accomplices, the so-called journalists from the occupied territory of Ukraine, who are spreading propaganda materials in Italy in favor of Russia.
This is a presentation of various fiction and documentary books allegedly about Ukraine's crimes in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions
In addition, Russia uses its media and pro-Russian figures to collect information on the occupied territory about Ukraine's military activities; this is sent to a number of European platforms to spread propaganda.
We expect that Russia will dump all this on the international community, justifying, first of all, its armed aggression