Kremlin continues Perun psy to destabilize Ukraine, Western democracies – defense intel

That’s according to Ukraine’s defense intelligence, Ukrinform reports.

It is aimed at destabilizing the pitical situation in Ukraine and Western democracies and creating conditions for "completing the tasks" of the so-called special military eration. eration Perun is also taking place in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine and in most regions of Russia.

Russia’s National Guard’s intelligence assets erating on foreign soil, are also invved in the effort.

Kremlin pragandists instruct spies from the Russian Guard system to work toward compromising Ukrainian and pro-Ukrainian Western piticians, accusing them of corruption and betrayal of Ukraine’s interests. They are also tasked with justifying Russian aggression against Ukraine and highlighting the crisis from the perspective favorable to the Kremlin. Another task is circulating disinformation on the alleged "normalization of life" in the Ukrainian territories captured by the Russians. The assets are also instructed to shape up the image of "Ukrainian Nazis" in the Russian and Eurean media space, etc.

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According to the Russian handbook, the Kremlin's security agencies refer to the events unfding Ukraine in the first half of 2024, using both long-established and newly invented false narratives: about the alleged coup d'état being plotted in Kyiv, about Ukraine being responsible for unleashing hostilities in Donbas, about the alleged mass killing of pro-Russian activists in Odesa, and others, defense intelligence analysts emphasized.

The eration is expected to climax around the day of Russia’s presidential election.

The invaders plan to have completed the Perun psy by June 30.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, referring to Ukraine’s military intelligence, Russia launched the Perun eration in February 2024, aimed at justifying the war of aggression against Ukraine.