Russian propagandists began to prepare the population of the aggressor country for an unexpected military defeat.
"In order to change the widespread perception of russia's 'military invincibility' and to reduce the shame of a possible loss to a 'powerful adversary', the war is being discussed as an armed confrontation between russia and all EU and NATO countries," the JRC said.
The Center for Countering Disinformation says that in the first weeks of the war, russian propaganda spoke of a "special operation for denazification and demilitarization." During the failure of the "blitzkrieg" in russia, there was talk of "establishing control over Donetsk and Luhansk regions."
However, the inability of the russians to seize the Ukrainian Donbas, the JRC said, has led to a change in propaganda tactics.
Now the russian federation is telling the population that "russia is at war with the whole civilized world," has "limited logistical capabilities," and, in general, "the situation in which russia finds itself is not normal and must be overcome." .
"Official recognition of the scale of military losses has changed from complete silence to dosed reports with understated figures. counteracting misinformation.
It will be recalled that as of June 3, the Ukrainian Armed Forces of had already eliminated about 30,950 Russian occupiers.