In its Telegram post, HUR claims that the key narratives of the information campaign include slogans such as “The West betrayed Ukraine,” “Neither Moscow nor Washington cares about the opinion of Europeans and Ukrainians,” or that “the Ukrainian government is illegitimate” — a narrative that has been pushed in recent days not only by the Kremlin, but also by the White House.
Trump has repeatedly attacked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the past week, calling him incompetent and a “dictator without elections” who had tricked the U.S. into spending billions of dollars in military aid. According to Kyiv’s military intelligence, American aid to Ukraine will also be a main target point of the Kremlin’s propaganda.
“In addition, Russia is preparing to declare an alleged ‘victory’ in the war against Ukraine by the ’round date’ of Feb. 24, 2025, the third anniversary of the beginning of the full-scale war,” the HUR claims.
“These plans may also include a ‘Russian victory over NATO,’ as Moscow propaganda has long portrayed the war against Ukraine as a war with the alliance.”
According to the military intelligence, the Kremlin’s further goal is to discredit Ukraine’s European partners, who are aiming to shore up Kyiv’s position amid ongoing Russian-American talks with a €6 billion military aid package. “For such European governments, the Kremlin is slapping on the ‘enemies of peace’ label,” HUR warned.