The Kremlin has pushed divisive narratives about the war in Ukraine on its disinformation networks since the election of Donald Trump
This article is published as part of The Globe’s initiative to cover dis- and misinformation. E-mail us to share tips or feedback atdefences, Russia is playing a different game: spreading disinformation aimed at eroding U.S. support for Ukraine before Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
Other versions – just as fake – depict Ukrainian soldiers burning Mr. Trump’s books or calling him a coward. In the weeks after the election, the clips spread far beyond Ukraine and Russia, circulating among Trump supporters and believers in QAnon, the conspiracy theory that claims Mr. Trump is fighting a war against a Satanic cabal of powerful world leaders.
“It’s planted by the Russians, this idea that ‘Ukraine is so corrupt it shouldn’t even be a state, and we are the right people to be running this place,’” said Rupert Smith, a retired British general and former NATO deputy supreme commander who now leads a Brussels-based consulting firm calledThe fake video claiming to show Ukrainian soldiers firing on the Trump mannequin spread on platforms such as X, Telegram and YouTube, getting an early boost from pro-Kremlin news sites before migrating to...
It’s easy to understand Russia’s motives in trying to cut off that supply of aid, said Joshua Tucker, a New York University professor and Russia expert who studies online disinformation. What’s harder to gauge, he said, is the effectiveness of Russian disinformation, especially on social-media platforms already crowded with false, bizarre and debunked claims.
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