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Aggressor State Prepares Another Information Special Operation to Discredit Ukraine and Its Military and Political Leadership
June 9, 2023

The joint efforts of Ukraine's intelligence community have provided information that a russian social engineering agency has launched a new stage of a campaign to discredit the Ukrainian military command and Ukrainian statesmen. As part of this campaign, a number of provocative materials have been prepared which, according to the authors, should shift responsibility for the explosion at the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant dam onto Ukraine and create the preconditions for a political crisis.

The prepared headlines are clickbait, containing direct accusations against the military and political leadership, particularly the President of Ukraine, such as:

- "If I can’t have you, no one can! Desperate to succeed in a possible offensive, Zelenskyi turned to scorched earth tactics, but directed them against his own people";

- "The dam explosion should 'wash away' Zelenskyi";

- "Zelenskyi is doing everything to stop being 'our bastard'";

- "Blowing up the dam will drown Zelenskyi and Ukraine".

Comments from fake accounts will be posted under each story, supposedly on behalf of Ukrainian and foreign readers. They are supposed to create the impression of a "live" discussion and engage real users of the network in the discussion.

The project's current budget is about US$6 million, and it could increase further.

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