Russian propagandists lie about hitting command posts in southern Ukraine/collage from Channel 24
Russian propaganda is losing its effectiveness and constantly changing. With fake messages, propagandists are trying to divert the attention of the domestic audience from the failures in the war against Ukraine and civilian killings.
On Thursday, June 30, the Armed Forces of Ukraine finally liberated Zmeiny Island, in the Black Sea, from the invaders. Also, the Defense Forces managed to de-occupy several settlements.
Against the backdrop of failures and shelling of the civilian population of Ukraine, Russian propagandists decided to disperse the information that allegedly got through the command posts and the location of military units in southern Ukraine. about their hit on peaceful civilian targets and the killing of children, – said the Yug operational command.
How the rhetoric of Russian propaganda has changed
Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexei Gromov briefing said that propagandists have changed their rhetoric since the start of the full-scale war.
The transformation of their narratives indicates that none of the Kremlin’s plans to seize Ukraine have been implemented at the moment,” he stated.
Gromov noted that in late February, propagandists disseminated messages aimed at intimidating and disorienting the population of Ukraine with simultaneous messages about the inevitability of surrender and captivity of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
After Ukraine did not fall, already in March, propagandists announced that it was not so easy to capture a country of 40 million people. Currently, the Russian military leadership reported no casualties at the front.
Back in April, Russian propaganda tried to convince its audience that the so-called “special operation” was going according to plan
But depending on how their blitzkrieg failed, how the columns of infidels burned, the rhetoric about justifying the delay in the so-called “special operation” also changed, Gromov said.
As noted in the Ministry of Defense, propagandists began to claim the alleged destruction of the military potential of Ukraine and the alleged lack of resistance from the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
the so-called “special operation” has almost been achieved and this is a planned maneuver.
After that, according to Gromov, the second stage began, the purpose of which was declared to be control over the Donetsk and Lugansk regions.
In June, the failure of the so-called “lightning dismissal” of Donbass once again prompted propagandists to change the argumentation theme. The third stage of a “special operation” was announced to oust Ukrainian troops from the Luhansk and Donetsk regions,” he said.
The head of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said that propagandists began to prepare their population for possible military failures. No one spoke openly about the defeat, however, there was information about the serious condition and even the mistakes of the military leadership.
