Strained Polish-Ukrainian “friendship”: Russia launches  disinformation campaign about its war on Ukraine

This was reported by the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.

This week, Russia launched a new batch of fake news. The Center identified seven facts of false information.

One of them is that Russia has severely impeded Ukraine’s capabilities, implying that Western nations should consider initiating negotiations for a so-called peaceful resolution to the war. At the same time, if there is no escalation, as some propagandists claim, the "conflict" in Ukraine could end this year due to the complete exhaustion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This information is also false.

Another false narrative highlighted by the Center for Countering Disinformation was the claim that the authorities in Warsaw were supposedly becoming weary of the Polish-Ukrainian “pseudo-friendship.” This suggestion aimed to imply potential conflicts between the leadership of the two nations. The Center underlines that this information is fake.

Other fake news that has been spread in Russian and international media include:

• Claims that following the counteroffensive, Ukraine will suffer more than 60,000 casualties without any available replacements.

• Speculation about the loyalty of the Ukrainian military towards President Zelenskyy, suggesting the possibility of their taking matters into their own hands to remove him from power.

• Misleading narratives suggesting that the destruction of modern Western-supplied weaponry in Ukraine acts as effective advertisement for Russian weaponry, highlighting the West's alleged technological inferiority to Russia.

• False allegations that the United States has provided financial support to the Ukrainian government, which is falsely characterized as a direct inheritor of the Nazi regime, engaging in a war against its own Russian-speaking citizens.

Earlier, Espreso reported on a selection of fake stories that Russia produced on August 18.