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The Kremlin's special services used reconnaissance drones to spread disinformation in Kharkiv


The Russians have distributed numerous fake text messages through Leer-3 systems, which simulate cellular base stations and are connected to the Orlan-10 long-range reconnaissance drone. According to Reuters, the FSB, and GRU have used such tactics and spread disinformation via SMS and Telegram when Russian troops advanced in the Kharkiv region. Russians also actively used […]

The Russians have distributed numerous fake text messages through Leer-3 systems, which simulate cellular base stations and are connected to the Orlan-10 long-range reconnaissance drone. According to Reuters, the FSB, and GRU have used such tactics and spread disinformation via SMS and Telegram when Russian troops advanced in the Kharkiv region. By the way, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Ukrainian special services have blocked the activities of 86 Russian bot farms in Ukraine, which controlled three million accounts on social networks.

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