Russia launches propaganda campaign in Europe “Russia is not my enemy”
www.ukrinform.net
Russia has launched a propaganda campaign in Europe under the slogan “Russia is not my enemy.” Stickers with this message have appeared in Romania, France, and Italy. — Ukrinform.

Stickers with the slogan ““Russia is not my enemy” have appeared in Romania, France, and Italy.

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“Russia has launched the propaganda campaign ‘Russia is not my enemy,’ which has reached Romania. Stickers with this message are appearing in cities as part of the Kremlin’s hybrid campaign aimed at creating the illusion of a ‘peaceful partnership.’ Through such tools of influence, Russia seeks to portray itself as a peacemaker, downplay its own crimes, and sow discord within European societies,” the statement by the Center for Countering Disinformation under Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council said.

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The Center added that the purpose of the campaign is to undermine citizens’ trust in the rule of law and democratic institutions in their countries, cast doubt on the Euro-Atlantic course, and discredit support for Ukraine.

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Russia has significantly intensified hybrid attacks on the EU’s critical infrastructure since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

  • tinman@lemmy.mlEnglish
    71·
    6 hours ago

    Are you telling me the average opinion on .ml is in favor of Russia invading Ukraine?

    And … ugh I’m taking the bait but wtf, whatever nazi militia shit was stirring pre-invasion, Russia went directly for Kiev on day one. It’s impossible to deny the imperialist, genocidal objective of Russia in prosecuting this war against Ukraine - the evidence for it is public, well established, and Russia doesn’t even deny it, they claim it as their own!

    I’m not one to stick my head in the sand, but I sure would like to hear someone else disagree with the assessment that I’ve joined a fully delusional instance.

    • TassieTosser@aussie.zoneEnglish
      61·
      6 hours ago

      Lemmy.ml, lemmygrad and hexbear are the big three tankie instances. ml is the most moderate of the three with a bigger portion of normal people because it’s the most visible instance. But the core membership of all three are basically staunch anti-western to the point that any tinpot dictator can do no wrong as long as they oppose the US and its allies.

      • tinman@lemmy.mlEnglish
        21·
        5 hours ago

        This is disheartening.

        My hope was that federated communities would mean smaller scale and therefore higher social accountability – meaning both fewer propagandists and bots, but also some kind of forcing function to make discourse actually make sense, like accountability to the other members of the group to maintain a shared understanding of reality. I guess I was missing the fact that people regularly disagree about what real even is.

        I don’t actually know where that optimism came from. Maybe I’ll stick around for a minute, but idk, I can’t in good conscience legitimize tankie rhetoric by making actual sense while wearing a tankie uniform.

        Thanks for the heads up