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Apr 21 • 11 tweets • 10 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
Russia canceled some of this year's Victory Day parades while the armed forces continue to escalate fighting on the front lines. Meanwhile, two Russian prisoners recounted killing civilians, including children, on Wagner's orders.

#RussianWarReport🇷🇺 🧵⬇️ atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atla…
The Russian army's offensive actions in Eastern Ukraine continue. In recent days, there has been an escalation of attacks on Ukrainian positions near Marinka, Avdiivka, and Bakhmut.

Also this week, a Russian plane accidentally bombed Belgorod in Russia. apnews.com/article/russia…
The head of the Republic of Bashkortostan announced the republic’s volunteer formations would undergo reformation to create a new regiment.

Like many ethnic regions of Russia, Bashkorstostan has been subjected to targeted military recruitment to replenish Russian forces.
Russian-language media reported hundreds of Russian soldiers had re-enlisted with Wagner Group. News outlets inside Russia described the situation as “volunteer enrollment.” However, later reporting indicated that this enrollment may have been forced. arbat.media/exo-moskvy/mob…
Russia’s Ministry of Defense canceled Victory Day parades in annexed Ukrainian territory and adjacent Russian territory because of security concerns. Parades will still occur in Moscow and major cities.

@AtlanticCouncil's #UkraineAlert with more: atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainea…
@AtlanticCouncil Pro-Kremlin media are amplifying a false story about the Russian army allegedly destroying a bunker in Lviv occupied by NATO officers. Except, they didn’t.

@snopes debunked the story as early as April 3, labeling it as “a lazy piece of obvious propaganda.”snopes.com/fact-check/nat…
@AtlanticCouncil @snopes The released testimonies of two Russian former prisoners, who allegedly fought in Ukraine within Wagner Group, reported the killing of Ukrainian civilians, including children, allegedly on personal orders from Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin.
@AtlanticCouncil @snopes Following the publication of said claims, Yevgeny Prigozhin publicly addressed one of the former fighters and demanded that he explain “why he spoke falsehoods, who was behind it, how he was blackmailed.”

The ex-fighters' testified remarks have not been independently verified.
@AtlanticCouncil @snopes The @WSJ ID'ed the individual allegedly behind the pro-Russian social media persona “Donbas Devushka” as a 37 year old US Navy veteran from New Jersey.

@TheJusticeDept is currently investigating her for allegedly disseminating leaked classified documents.
wsj.com/articles/socia…
@AtlanticCouncil @snopes @WSJ @TheJusticeDept The #RussianWarReport🇷🇺 is published weekly on the
@AtlanticCouncil. Read our previous coverage here: atlanticcouncil.org/category/conte…
@AtlanticCouncil @snopes @WSJ @TheJusticeDept Today's #RussianWarReport🇷🇺 was contributed to by: @ruslantrad, @gyron_bydton, @nikaaleksejeva, @EtoBuziashvili, @GGigitashvili_, and @MejlumyanAni. atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atla…

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Apr 21
A @DFRLab analysis of three state controlled media networks found that following a change in @Twitter's policy on the promotion of state affiliated media accounts, the once hemorrhaging accounts saw a dramatic uptick in followers.

@AlyssaKann reports 🧵👇 dfrlab.org/2023/04/21/sta…
@Twitter @AlyssaKann RT has at least nine Twitter accounts that until April 20 were labeled as “government-affiliated” on the platform. The three most followed RT accounts have followings in the millions. Two, RT Arabic and general RT, saw dramatic increases in followers starting in late March. ImageImage
@Twitter @AlyssaKann China's CGTN operates at least 28 Twitter accounts labeled as state-affiliated. Several accounts appear to benefit from Twitter’s new policy, seeing a sharp upticks of followers.

@cgtnamerica, for example, experienced an uptick in average followers per day beginning March 29. Image
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Apr 19
Part two of @DFRLab's coverage on social media manipulation and violence in Sudan. A network of Twitter accounts is promoting #RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, aka Hemedti, by posting copied content and duplicate replies on Hemedti related content. 🧵👇 dfrlab.org/2023/04/19/sus…
The network’s content appears to fall into three categories:

• Tweets copied directly from the official Twitter accounts of the RSF or Hemedti
• Seemingly original content posts promoting Hemedti and the RSF
• Replies to tweets posted by the RSF and Hemedti.
Before the conflict between the RSF and Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) began, the accounts portrayed Hemedti as a reformist general and potential leader. After fighting started, as a hero. Often the accounts posted identical content, including replies, within seconds of one another.
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Apr 18
As fighting continues in Khartoum, @DFRLab discovered 900+ Twitter accounts that appear to have been hijacked and refurbished to boost content supportive of #Hemedti and the #RSF, making the paramilitary force appear more popular than they may be. 🧵👇 dfrlab.org/2023/04/18/pot…
Our team reviewed 4,882 accounts and found that some very old accounts, most of which had been dormant for many years, suddenly began tweeting between December 2022 and February 2023 at what appeared to be a random combination of words and a date Image
After the random posts, accounts started liking content posted by Hemedti/RSF. However, almost none of the 900 accounts actually followed Hemedti or the RSF. Trying to appear authentic, accounts sometimes tweeted out Quran verses and inspirational quotes, often simultaneously.
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Mar 17
This week, @DFRLab confirmed aerial strikes north of #Bakhmut, looked at the battle for #Vuhledar, examined a Russian amplified video of the Quran being desecrated, and recaps tank training received by Ukrainian forces.

More in the #RussianWarReport🇷🇺🧵⬇️ atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atla…
.@DFRLab collected open-source satellite imagery to document missile strikes on an industrial plant in the north of #Bakhmut. Analysis of the damage inflicted reveals that potential missiles struck buildings in two different industrial plants.

Red: Russia, Blue: Ukraine
Possibly driven by a desire to produce better results than the Wagner Group, Russian forces continue to advance on Vuhledar and Bakhmut. A UK report purports that the ongoing offensive operations are provoking a competition between the different units.
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Mar 3
March 3 | #RussianWarReport🇷🇺

• Russian increases Air Force activity ✈️
• Russia continues to pressure Bakhmut 💣
• Russians fighting for Ukraine infiltrate Bryansk 🇺🇦

These and more🧵⬇️ atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atla…
The @DFRLab confirmed Russia has intensified its air power in recent weeks. Satellite imagery indicated Russia’s air force have increased aerial activity in Crimea.
These findings are consistent with @bradyafr who identified seven different instances of aircraft located in southern Ukraine.
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Feb 24
On the first anniversary of the war in Ukraine, #RussianWarReport🇷🇺 shares the top lines of @DFRLab's new reports on Russian narratives. Even a year later, Russia is pushing narratives meant to undermine Ukraine and foment further regional conflicts. 🧵👇atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atla…
The first of @DFRLab's two new reports, “Narrative Warfare” examines how the Kremlin and Russian news outlets justified a war of aggression through employing false and misleading narratives for the weeks and months leading up to the invasion. atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-resea…
The narratives laid out in the report served as Putin’s cases belli and were referenced hundreds of times throughout his February 24, 2022 speech announcing Russia’s “special military operation."

@DFRLab broke down his speech to expose these narratives: atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atla…
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