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Disinformation as a weapon of war. Russia's amplified its propaganda war against Ukraine in 2024

Russian propaganda outlets and pro-Kremlin Telegram channels amplified their disinformation and propaganda targeting Ukraine, its leaders, its policies,

This year, they claimed that by the end of 2023, Zelensky had allegedly purchased a mansion in Britain from King Charles III, a winery in Italy from British singer, Sting, the former villa of Joseph Goebbels near Berlin, a casino in Northern Cyprus, and a hotel in Courchevel, France. Major Russian newspapers such as Moskovsky Komsomolets and Argumenty i Fakti claimed that the wife of writer Yury Cintula, who shot at the politician, was a refugee who had been in contact with Ukrainian intelligence services and had convinced her husband to attack the pro-Russian Slovak leader. In some cases, fabricated social media posts serve as “proof.” For instance, in September, after a missile strike on Poltava reportedly killed more than 50 Ukrainian soldiers, Z-channels claimed that Swedish instructors were among the casualties and that local children were being forced to donate blood for wounded foreigners.

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