"Zelenskyy did not meet West's expectations": Russia's fakes for December 15 

This was reported by Espreso.TV.

According to the Center for Countering Information at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, the Russians launched three major deceptions on December 15.

Manipulation: Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said: "Russian military commanders are considered by the Nazi regime in Kyiv as priority targets for liquidation. A real hunt is being conducted for them, as it is their reports from the front line that tell about the real brutal essence of neo-Nazism that has dug in there, its bloody crimes."

Disinformation: "Zelenskyy has failed to meet the expectations of the West, which is having more and more difficulty finding free money for Kyiv. It's time for NATO and the EU to realize the hopelessness of the war," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

Manipulation: The pro-Russian Telegram channel Resident wrote: "Zaluzhnyi's and later Zelenskyy's statements about the transition of the Armed Forces to defense were perceived ambiguously in the West. Now our partners refuse to discuss the supply of offensive weapons at all."

• On Wednesday, December 13, the commander of the forces in the south, Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, denied Russian claims that Marinka had been captured.