Russia responds to US and UK missiles with its best (non-nuclear) weapon: massive disinformation

The new argument for Russian fury would be the first Ukrainian launch of American-made long-range missiles (ATACMS) on Russian soil, in the Bryansk border region. The Kremlin maintains that there were six, they intercepted five and caused no deaths or material damage. The version leaked by some US officials to media such as Reuters is that there were eight, and only two were killed. At midday it was also learned that the Ukrainians have used the similar model provided by the British (the Storm Shadow). This time, to hit the Kursk region, partially controlled by resistance troops.

During the day, therefore, many details emerged about the imminent retaliation that the Russians were supposedly preparing, with the country’s updated nuclear doctrine. A hypothesis that spread at full speed, with millions of views on social networks such as . The idea would be to convey that the Kremlin does not threaten lightly, and that when it warns that it can respond with an atomic bomb against anyone who hits its territory, it is very serious. kyiv, in that sense, would be within reach.

The day passed and nothing exceptional happened. The Ukrainian authorities, in fact, protested. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs recalled that, “on this 1,001st day of the large-scale invasion,” the Russian threat “is just as relevant as in the previous 1,001 days.” The country’s military intelligence even denied an alleged statement it authored that warned of a “particularly massive” Russian offensive against Ukrainian cities. “This message is false and contains grammatical errors typical of Russian information and psychological operations”he added. “We urge you to trust only information from official sources.”

There is speculation about the reasons why Western diplomats feared that Russia would be tougher than usual, even coming to blows. On November 8, a suicide drone hit the personal home of Annely KolkEstonian ambassador to Ukraine, which led to the Foreign Minister of the Baltic Republic, Margus Tsahknato remember that Kolk “was lucky to escape unscathed” and that “we shouldn’t get used to this.”

The Russian climb

What is clearer is that, since February 2022, the Kremlin has tried to maintain the initiative on every front. Last Sunday, Russia carried out one of its cruelest attacks of the year. It fired 120 missiles and 90 drones in one hour against Ukraine. At least ten people died, but the objective was another: to crush, for one more day, the country’s electrical grid at the gates of one of its coldest winters. The purpose is clear and was summed up by the activist Olena Halushka in an interview for this newspaper: “How is an economy without electricity supposed to prosper in the 21st century?”

At this point, two out of three Ukrainian power plants are damaged, and authorities are preparing citizens for power outages of up to 20 hours.

Another reality is added to this reality. Russia’s collaboration with China, Iran and North Korea is increasingly closer. Western intelligence agencies are still cautious when targeting Xi Jinping. But the Ayatollah regime is supplying thousands of missiles and suicide drones to Putin’s troops for the invasion of a European country. Kim Jong-unFor its part, it is providing millions of howitzers and thousands of regular and elite soldiers: reports from NATO allies speak of up to 100,000 men at the Kremlin’s disposal.

The missiles used yesterday and the day before yesterday by Ukrainian troops with the approval of London and Washington were against weapons warehouses and other military targets, and there are no regular troops from Western powers fighting alongside the Ukrainians. The Kremlin, however, is trying to convince the Western public that it is defensive efforts against Russian attacks that are escalating the conflict. In this reading, it is Volodymyr Zelensky who drags the United States and Europe into a nuclear war against Russia.

Some American security experts maintain that the Biden Administration is trying to intensify its support for Ukraine before Trump takes office, so it is taking steps now that it opposed in the previous thousand days. Russia, meanwhile, focuses on psychological warfare to win due to the fear and exhaustion of its victim’s allies.