The main task of the enemy is to demotivate society from within: Yusov on Russia's information operations against Ukraine
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Russia is conducting an information campaign on social media to demotivate Ukrainian society from within, as it cannot break the will to resist or defeat the Ukrainian military forces.
Russia is conducting a social media campaign to demotivate Ukrainian society from within, realizing that it cannot break the will to resist, break the Ukrainian Security and Defense Forces. This was stated by a representative of the Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate, Andriy Yusov, UNN reports.
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We are actually watching this online with you. On social media and other platforms. The main task of the enemy is to demotivate society from within, realizing that they cannot break the will to resist, break the Ukrainian Security and Defense Forces, they are trying to spend enormous resources to "undermine" Ukrainian people. This internal front that Russia has opened is very dangerous. The question of what goes viral, what products go viral, what content is spread by Russian propaganda allegedly on behalf of Ukrainians is very important. This is a challenge for each of us
He recalled that the last topics of the Russian IPSO were issues related to the legitimacy of the authorities and the disruption of mobilization.
"In fact, there are quite a few such topics," Yusov added.
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The Kremlin is conducting a targeted propaganda campaign on social media, spreading videos of Ukrainian men allegedly vacationing abroad. The goal of this IPSO is to disrupt mobilization and increase tension in society.