Russia has launched aggressive phase of information operation against Ukraine, - Foreign Intelligence Service
The Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine records the transition to an acute phase of the hostile information operation conducted by Russia against Ukraine.
This was reported by Censor.NET with reference to the FISU website.
The purpose of the operation is to eliminate Ukrainian statehood not on the battlefield, but in people's minds: by delegitimizing the Ukrainian government, devaluing democratic institutions and imposing an external political scenario with signs of controlled surrender. The operation is being carried out with the involvement of the special services of the Russian Federation - FSB, SVR, and General Staff - under the overall coordination of the Russian Presidential Administration.
What is the essence of the Russian information operation?
Under the guise of "peacekeeping initiatives" and "analytical discourse", the following ideas are being imposed on Ukrainian and international society
- the alleged loss of legitimacy of the Ukrainian government due to the failure to hold elections during martial law;
- the need for an "interim administration" under the auspices of the UN, the US, the EU, or even the "Quartet format" with Russia;
- the impossibility of Russia concluding a peace agreement with the Ukrainian authorities, which, according to the enemy, should become a casus belli for changing the political course.
The FISU emphasizes that such narratives are not just disinformation, but an element of a special operation to force Ukraine to political surrender under the guise of a "peaceful settlement."
The operation is conducted through:
- Formally Western or "neutral" media outlets that act as proxies for Russian theses. These include: Magyar Nemzet, Magyar Hirlap, Pesti Srácok (Hungary): promoting the idea of "Ukraine's inability to govern itself"; Salon24.pl (Poland): published a fake blog by an anonymous author "MarcinWi", which, under the guise of "expert analysis", supported the narrative of a "split" between the military and political leadership of Ukraine; Réseau International (France): promotes theories about Ukraine's alleged inability to conduct combat operations on its own and a "deep strategic gap between the Ukrainian political leadership and the General Staff".
- anonymous telegram channels posing as "insiders" in the Armed Forces or political leadership;
- a coordinated wave of emotional videos on TikTok and YouTube with narratives such as "the West no longer supports Ukraine", "we have been deceived", "we need changes in the government", as well as "time for change", "we need another government for peace";
- massive dissemination of destructive materials with the same theses in (Telegram /Strana.ua, Scott Ritter/, X /RothLindberg, DougAMacgregor/, Facebook /Florian Filippo, Fernand Kartheiser/) with the connection of botnets and accounts associated with pro-Russian structures in Europe and Latin America. They publish pseudo-documents, statements and "analytical notes" that question the authority of the Ukrainian government;
- quoting pro-Russian "experts" with the titles of "former diplomats", "independent political scientists", "UN veterans" who promote the thesis that "even the West needs a different Ukraine";
- using Ukrainian defendants in high treason cases to legitimize narratives (including publications and comments by representatives of former pro-Russian political structures).
"These actions are accompanied by the infiltration of Kremlin narratives into the structures of influence of Ukraine's partner countries, in particular through the organization of public "discussions" on the legitimacy of the government, the prospects for negotiations without Ukraine's participation, and the alleged "loss of confidence" in Kyiv," the statement said.
