Kyiv urges not to believe the statement of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation about the start of a counteroffensive, says the message of the Strategic Communications Department of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“On Russian telegram channels and social networks, it is planned to intensify the spread of unreliable information about the combat operations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. And of their own formations. In order to demoralize Ukrainians and mislead the community (including their own population), Russian propagandists will spread false information about the counteroffensive, its directions, and the losses of the Ukrainian army. Even if there is no counterattack. For this, old videos and photos have been prepared, which show damaged vehicles, dead and captured. As well as other fake materials,” the Stratcom reports.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation previously announced that on the morning of June 4, the Ukrainian army went on the attack in five sections of the front. The department claims that the attempted attack was allegedly futile.
The day before, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine published a video in which, on behalf of the Ukrainian military, it appealed to observe the information policy. It says that the offensive of the Armed Forces will begin without an announcement. The same statement was made on Sunday by the Deputy Minister of Defense Anna Painter.