Russia prepares provocation against Ukraine: Intelligence discloses the date
The enemy seeks to provoke public outrage, demoralization, and undermine trust in the government. This operation is personally overseen by Putin, with its culmination being the dissemination of fake lists of the deceased.
Vladimir Putin near the Kremlin
Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine (FISU) has warned that next week, Russia plans to escalate a campaign aimed at discrediting the state in the context of ongoing exchanges.
This was stated in a release on the FISU website.
Goals of Russia’s campaign to discredit Ukraine:
- Provoke public outrage (among the military and their families) against the government’s actions,
- Demoralize society,
- Discredit Ukraine in the eyes of the international community as a party that fails to honor its commitments.
According to intelligence, the decision to launch the campaign was made personally by Russian president Vladimir Putin. Coordination of officials’ actions and the immediate “response” of Russian media are handled by one of the first deputy heads of the Russian presidential administration.
Details of Russia’s campaign to discredit Ukraine
According to intelligence, the campaign maximally engages the entire pool of pro-Kremlin resources in the hostile information space — from propagandists like Margarita Simonyan and Vladimir Solovyov to various war correspondents and bloggers.
“They continuously produce emotionally charged content, manipulate statistical data, and immediately and unequivocally interpret any technical delays in the exchange process as deliberate actions by the Ukrainian government and unwillingness to return its citizens,” the FISU statement said.
It is noted that pro-Russian proxy outlets — marginal European information resources — have also joined the campaign:
- Hungarian outlets Magyar Nemzet and Magyar Hírlap,
- Czech CZ24.news,
- Slovak Jednotné Slovensko,
- French-language Réseau International.
According to intelligence, these resources are tasked with spreading Russian narratives and imposing Russia’s interpretation of the ongoing exchange.
Among such narratives:
- “Ukraine refuses to accept the bodies of its deceased,”
- “The bodies of nearly six thousand soldiers have not yet been returned to Ukraine,”
- “Relatives of the deceased will have to wait longer due to the inaction of the Ukrainian government.”
The FISU emphasizes that the campaign’s culmination is planned for the final days of the exchanges (tentatively June 20). As a finale, the enemy plans to “release” distorted (false) lists of allegedly identified deceased Ukrainian military personnel and civilians into the media.
“In this way, Russia hopes to provoke a wave of panic and outrage in Ukrainian society and shift responsibility for its crimes onto the Ukrainian government,” the intelligence service explains.