Russians intensify anti-Ukrainian propaganda around the world and plan to inflict defeat on the eastern direction in early summer - intelligence

In the coming weeks, the enemy will spread narratives destructive to global security to the maximum extent possible, and in the first half of June 2024, it plans to take advantage of the shaken situation and inflict a military defeat in the east.

Source. This was stated by the Intelligence Committee under the President of Ukraine, Interfax-Ukraine reports.

"In the context of a deliberate distraction of world public attention from the long and bloody Russian-Ukrainian war, the leadership of the aggressor country has resorted to a plan of planned sabotage, information operations and outright provocations," the committee said in a statement posted on the SBU's telegram channel.

The statement notes that the main directions and goals of the enemy are to disrupt Ukrainian mobilisation, spread disinformation about Ukraine's inability to win, create and spread fakes about "fatigue from Ukraine" among partners and allies in the world.

"The global international goal of the Russians is to reduce the support for our country from the pro-Ukrainian coalition in the world," the statement said.

According to the statement, the goal of the Russians inside Ukraine is "to demoralise Ukrainians, sow panic among the population, drive a wedge between the military and civilians, and set everyone at odds with everyone, including representatives of the country's political leadership and civil society".

The statement notes that Russian special services have extensive experience in hybrid warfare and spend no less on information attacks against Ukraine than on conventional warfare.

In particular, according to the committee, in November last year, as part of the Maidan-3 special operation, Russia spent almost $250 million on spreading anti-Ukrainian sentiment on Telegram alone.

"The Maidan-3 special operation will culminate in March-May 2024, and in the coming weeks the enemy will make every effort to spread narratives destructive to global security and attempts to foment conflicts – both inside Ukraine and in other parts of the world where there is effective support for Ukraine," the statement said.

The statement clarifies that the methodology of the campaign is traditional for Russian special services: "to question the legitimacy of government decisions made in Ukraine after 20 May, to spread panic and disbelief, to artificially oppose civilians and the military, to quarrel us with our allies, and to spread all sorts of 'conspiracy theories' in society."

Also, as stated in the text of the statement, Russia, through its own agents of influence in Ukraine and around the world, will rely on organising various protest actions and deliberately discredit the process of prisoner of war exchange.

"As planned by the enemy, the situation in our country will be shaken in the first half of June, and then, taking advantage of this, Ukraine will suffer a military defeat in the east, which is the key idea of their operation," the committee's statement concludes.

In this regard, the Intelligence Committee under the President of Ukraine calls on Ukrainian society, international partners and allies to "strengthen joint resistance and comprehensive security measures, especially in the information space, to effectively counter global threats and challenges of the new global hybrid war".