Thread by @EUvsDisinfo

Year 2022 was a busy year for the pro-Kremlin disinformation machinery. Russia launched an unprovoked war of aggression against its peaceful neighbour Ukraine, covering the heinous act with a thick layer of #disinformation and information manipulation #DontBeDeceived

During the coming days, let’s recap some of the most brazen and shameless moments of lies and deceit by the pro-Kremlin #disinformation in 2022 👇

Before we get into specifics, it’s important to recall that the Kremlin has been stoking tensions and spreading harmful lies about Ukraine for years before the all-out attack on 24 February
#DontBeDeceived #StandWithUkraine
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One of the more heinous lies, sustained by the Kremlin throughout 2022 was the #disinformation trope that as there is no war, only a “special military operation”, there cannot be any war crimes. #DontBeDeceived
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The self-delusion of Russian propagandists was exposed early on, when some over-zealous pro-Kremlin pundit, believing their own trope of “three day war” actually published a pre-prepared article already celebrating Russian victory on 26 February.
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When the war was not won in three days, the pro-Kremlin #disinformation pundits scrambled to brand the ongoing atrocities with visual identity and symbolism fit for mass consumption. And so the hodgepodge “Z” campaign was born to rally the mobniks.
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Another pro-Kremlin #disinformation trope emerging repeatedly has been the incessant false allegation of Nazism reborn in Ukraine and the consequent portrayal of Putin as the tamer of neo-Nazism.
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So, unsurprisingly, when the Russian invaders deliberately bombed a maternity hospital in #Mariupol, the pro-Kremlin #disinformation, unable to deny the crime, conveniently blamed it on the Nazis once again. No one was fooled.
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