KYIV. UkraineGate . 3. September . 2022 | Society.
In Russia, false narratives are being promoted to convince the population that the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the south of Ukraine will allegedly fail. This was reported by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) .
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In particular, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on September 2 that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi planned the operation in the Kherson region solely in order to create the illusion of “Western curators” that Ukrainian forces could conduct an effective counteroffensive.
Also, the self-proclaimed president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, announced on September 1 that a quarrel is brewing between Zelenskyi and the military, and therefore the “military conflict” (war – ed.) will end.
According to American analysts, Russian propagandists reinforced these narratives on September 1-2, as Ukraine in the information space maintains a “mode of silence” regarding the success and pace of the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces.
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“Russian sources will continue to spread false narratives in order to exploit the silence of the Ukrainian military. As ISW previously noted, complex counteroffensives cannot be carried out instantly or in a few days, and the Russian interpretation of a rapid Ukrainian failure due to the lack of permanent territorial gains is a deliberate obfuscation of reality,” they stated. in ISW.
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CNN reported that the administration of US President Joe Biden was helping the Ukrainian military prepare for a counteroffensive by fulfilling specific requests for arms.
Source: Ukrgate