To carry out information campaigns, the Russians were building their network abroad long before the start of a full-scale invasion, but with the onset of the great war, the concentration of these networks increased significantly. The special services of the partner countries are still identifying people who are either agents of Russia or "agents of influence" of Russia.

Andrii Cherniak, a representative of the Main Directorate of Intelligence under the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, reports that the Russians are very interested in blocking the supply of weapons from our partners, because they understand that it will be very difficult for Ukraine without their military-technical assistance.

That is why propagandists discredit the Armed Forces of Ukraine: they are trying to make it impossible for weapons to reach Ukraine by any means. Space reconnaissance, an intelligence network, and all means of political and economic blackmail are involved.

“The Russians are working with the media to carry out information operations, such as the fictitious sale of Western weapons by Ukraine or the use of a “dirty bomb” by our Armed Forces”, said the representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense.

Russia spends millions of dollars to finance such a campaign. However, according to Andrii Cherniak, it is large-scale and inefficient. However, Russia does not stop trying to influence the West in this way.