Russian Perun PsyOp against Ukraine enters active phase – Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence
Pravda Ukraine
The special operation of Russian propagandists called Perun is now in its active phase. It will reach its peak on the day of the so-called presidential election in Russia and will last until 30 June.
Source: Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) press service
Quote: “The propagandists of the aggressor country continue the active phase of the Perun information operation. It is aimed at undermining the political situation in Ukraine and Western countries and ‘creating conditions for accomplishing the tasks’ of the so-called ‘special military operation’ (war against Ukraine – ed.). Operation Perun is also being conducted on the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine and in most regions of the Russian Federation.”
Details: DIU said that the Russian Guard (Rosgvardia) units and spies are involved in this operation.
Kremlin propagandists instruct them to discredit Ukrainian and Western pro-Ukrainian politicians, accusing them of corruption and betrayal of Ukraine’s interests; justify Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and portray the situation around Ukraine in a way that is favourable to the Kremlin; spread disinformation in the media about the alleged “coming back to normal life” in the occupied territories, with the direct involvement of the Russian leadership; and create the image of “Ukrainian Nazis” in the Russian and European media.
In addition, the Kremlin’s guidelines insist that their government agents should talk about the events in Ukraine in the first half of 2024 using fake narratives, such as “planning a coup in Kyiv”, accusing Ukraine of starting hostilities in Donbas, “massacre of pro-Russian activists in Odesa”, etc.
DIU says the day of the so-called Russian presidential election is set to be the peak of propaganda activities. The Russians plan to complete the Perun operation by 30 June this year.
Reminder: At the end of February 2024, the Ukrainian President’s Intelligence Committee stated that the Russian psychological operation against Ukraine would conclude in the coming weeks, and Russia expects to shake the situation and inflict a military defeat on Ukraine in its east by the first half of June.
Background:
- On 16 November 2023, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia was seeking to split Ukrainian society, wreak havoc inside the country and ultimately overthrow the president. According to Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence, this plan is called Maidan-3 in Russia.
- On 21 November, Zelenskyy said that Russia wanted to remove him from the position of President of Ukraine by the end of 2023, for which it came up with a destabilisation plan codenamed Maidan-3.
- Kyrylo Budanov, the head of Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence, stated that the main goal of the Russian operation Maidan-3 is to sow doubts about the legitimacy of Ukrainian authorities within the country, but that operation is failing.
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