ANALYSIS – Theorized and orchestrated in Moscow, the information struggle constitutes the background noise of the war in Ukraine, well beyond the front lines.
Russian propaganda would come to a halt. In Ukraine, it would not have achieved its objectives, according to a document “intercepted” in early June by the SBU, the Ukrainian intelligence service. This report would come from the FSB, the Russian service responsible in particular for influence operations. Nothing proves the authenticity of the document, even if the American firm Recorded Future, specializing in intelligence and cyber, is inclined to believe it according to an analysis published in early July. In information warfare, doubt is a weapon. This is a basic tactic for every belligerent.
The information struggle constitutes the background noise of the war in Ukraine by going far beyond the limits of the front lines. Theorized and orchestrated in Moscow, it targets Russian public opinion, which must be convinced of the legitimacy of the war, Ukrainian society, which must be demoralized, Europe, which must be divided, and the rest of the world, which must disassociate itself from the fight.
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