Russia intensifies disinformation campaign to discredit Ukraine in Middle East, - Defence Intelligence of Ukraine
The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine of the Ministry of Defense has warned that Russia has intensified its disinformation campaign against Ukraine in the Middle East.
This was reported by Censor.NET with reference to the press service of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine.
Tasks of Russian propaganda
As noted, the Kremlin's hybrid operation has several objectives:
- to justify the war against Ukraine
- discredit Ukraine and Western countries;
- to impose unacceptable terms of negotiations for Ukraine;
- improve its own position in the Middle East;
- to reduce the economic and political pressure that Russia is experiencing because of its aggression and war crimes.
Kremlin's instructions
The press service said that to achieve these goals, Moscow is intensively using its agent network, propaganda tools, and diplomatic missions.
"Thus, employees of the Russian embassy in Egypt received instructions from the Kremlin to hold a series of meetings under diplomatic cover to spread disinformation about the war and carry out recruitment activities," the DIU noted.
As part of the operation, the Russians are also sending propaganda materials to the embassies of other states in Cairo, which justify the war of aggression against Ukraine, the agency said.
According to the Ukrainian intelligence, these are, in particular, two papers that present "Putin's version of the history of Ukraine since the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the terrorist aggressive Russian Federation is presented as a victim."
The DIU added that "the key idea promoted by the Kremlin in the Middle East is the lack of alternatives to the scenario it imposed to end the war."
"It includes depriving Ukraine of military assistance from the West, the cessation of hostilities by the Security and Defense Forces of our state, Moscow's retention of control over the occupied Ukrainian territories, and other nonsense like "eternal non-aligned status", "denazification" and "demilitarization", the agency added.
