A quote from an interview with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the BBC’s “We did not invade Ukraine, we announced a special military operation” is today the main Kremlin narrative promoted by the Russian media.
the Center for Combating Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine reports in a Telegram .
“The interview with the BBC’s Laurel Channel is an attempt to influence the population of Western countries and sow the seeds of doubt in their minds.
Lavrov’s interviews also included narratives that “Ukraine led the war on its own and Russia had no other choice”, “Russian language is banned in Ukraine”, “there was no annexation of Crimea” and “neo-Nazi regime in Ukraine”.
“Russia needs such ‘alternative statements’ to manipulate its own population, as well as to refer to past fake statements and build disinformation campaigns,” the JRS said.
Russian propagandists are trying to convince that the goal of the leaders of France, Italy, Germany and Romania during their visit to Kyiv on June 16 was to persuade Ukraine to negotiate with Russia .
