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NEW: The volume of Russian disinformation seeking to frame Ukraine as a threat to justify military action by Russia has more than doubled in the past week, western officials have said
UK Foreign Secretary @trussliz told #MCS2022 there'd been a 2-fold rise in 🇷🇺disinformation
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UK Foreign Secretary @trussliz told #MCS2022 there'd been a 2-fold rise in 🇷🇺disinformation
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This includes a ramping up of output by Russian state-linked media of what western officials believe to be reports on false provocations blamed on the Ukrainian military in an attempt to create pretexts for Russia to invade.
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“This is an information operation co-ordinated by Russia,” a western official said.
“Unfortunately for them, they are not as good as they think they are,” the official said, describing some of the material as “shoddy fakes”.
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“Unfortunately for them, they are not as good as they think they are,” the official said, describing some of the material as “shoddy fakes”.
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