Russia is spreading more fake news to damage Ukraine’s relations with Azerbaijan and Armenia.
This was reported by the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine.
The agency notes that in the Armenian information space, particularly on Telegram channels, fake news is being spread accusing the Defence Intelligence of allegedly attempting to “inspire or facilitate the outbreak of an armed conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia”.
“The disseminators of disinformation ‘justify’ this by claiming that a new Azerbaijani-Armenian war would force Russia to open a ‘second front’ and thus disperse its military forces, which would benefit Ukraine,” the statement said.
The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine emphasises that the basis for this information operation is a fake report, allegedly from the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, addressed to Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine Ivan Havrylyuk.
“The document being circulated contains several gross errors (Yivan instead of Ivan, SSR instead of USREOU (Unified State Register of Enterprises and Organisations of Ukraine), etc.) and does not meet the requirements for official documents of Ukraine,” the Defence Intelligence explained.
This information operation is aimed at discrediting Ukraine and undermining Ukrainian-Armenian and Ukrainian-Azerbaijani relations, serving Russia’s interests.