The Kremlin is deliberately cluttering the information space with false statements and information operations to conceal attacks against Europe. Russian special services are participating in cognitive warfare to spread confusion among Western countries and their populations.
The Kremlin deliberately clutters the information space with false statements and information operations, trying to create cover for open and covert attacks against Europe over the past few years, including recent Russian drone incursions into NATO airspace. This is stated in a material by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), reported by UNN.
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Analysts refer to a statement by the head of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), Alexander Bortnikov, who "falsely accused Great Britain of inciting 'hysteria' about the threat Russia poses to Europe, and stated that 'NATO intelligence services' were involved in recent drone incursions over European countries, which Russia actually carried out."
Bortnikov accused Great Britain of attempting to establish a naval blockade of the Kaliningrad region and the Baltic Sea and tried to discredit recent British sanctions against the Russian oil industry and shadow fleet as part of an alleged "blockade" campaign. Bortnikov also accused Great Britain of planning sabotage operations together with Ukrainian special services against the TurkStream pipeline and Russian critical infrastructure.
– ISW points out.
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They emphasize that Bortnikov's statements came after a statement by Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) that Great Britain plans for a group of pro-Ukrainian Russians fighting for Ukraine to attack a Ukrainian Navy ship or a foreign civilian vessel in a European port.
The SVR has increasingly published similar statements in recent weeks, which represents a new coordinated pattern of activity that is likely part of Russia's information-psychological "zero" phase, setting the stage for an increased level of conflict between NATO and Russia.
– analysts believe.
They suggest that the FSB and SVR are likely engaged in cognitive warfare aimed at sowing confusion among the European population and the international community regarding the entity responsible for various overt and covert attacks on NATO states, such as sabotage missions, electronic warfare interference, GPS jamming, drone incursions, and arson.
Recall
ISW assesses that the Kremlin continues to apply the same narratives to the Baltic states that Russia has used to justify its invasions of former Soviet republics over the past three decades.
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