Pro-Russian actors behind rallies against “rights viations in Ukraine” – watchdog

That’s according to the Center for Countering Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Ukrinform reports.

It has been established that the accounts on X, calling for rallies in Cogne, Berlin, and Paris, are run by pro-Russian actors or have been associated with Russia’s praganda machine.

Some of those allegedly belong to Ukrainians “who fled mobilization” but they have either been inactive or circulated overtly pro-Russian content.

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"The goal of this provocation is to undermine support for Ukraine abroad, supposedly demonstrate Ukrainians' discontent with the authorities, and discredit the mobilization campaign. This is a typical tactic applied by Russian praganda to spread disinformation in Eure," the watchdog explained.

As reported earlier, reports circulated across social media on "rallies against human rights viations in Ukraine" scheduled to be held in Cogne, Paris, and Berlin on December 21, and calls were made to "anti-war comrades, regardless of nationality," to join in organizing the same events in other cities.