The Russians are spreading yet another PSYOP alleging that the Ukrainian military are allegedly killing residents of the Pokrovsk district. The enemy wants to use civilians as human shields.
This was reported by the Center for Countering Disinformation.
‘Russian propaganda continues its information operation aimed at discrediting Ukrainian servicemen performing tasks in the Pokrovsk area. In particular, new fakes about ‘mass killings of civilians’ are being spread,’ the agency said in a statement.
‘Russian propagandists are spreading another fake alleging that the Ukrainian military are ‘killing civilians who are heading towards Russian positions in search of salvation’.
‘The spread of such fakes is an information component of the Russian troops' operation in the Pokrovsk area. The enemy is trying to turn the local population against the Armed Forces of Ukraine,’ the CCD added.
The agency emphasises that the Russian army wants to use the residents of the Pokrovsk district as a human shield through propaganda.
At the end of December 2024, Kremlin propaganda spread a fake about the Ukrainian military preparing a false flag operation with the massacre of civilians in Pokrovsk, Donetsk Region.