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- It focuses on disinformation in relation to the Russian armed aggression of Ukraine, including actors, tools and narratives used to justify the invasion and maintain support for the war.
www.oecd-ilibrary.org/governance/disinformation-and-russia-s-war-of-aggression-against-ukraine_37186bde-en
Feb 20, 2022 · Western leaders said Russia was following a “playbook of deception” to justify an invasion of Ukraine, amid intensifying clashes in the east of the country between Ukrainian forces and...
- Philip Georgiadis
Aug 4, 2022 · What is shocking is how the “free press” in the “free world”, which to its credit has helped reveal much of the official deception in the past as in the “Pentagon Papers” and the ...
- Marwan Bishara
Sep 8, 2022 · Such deception operations raise the issue of whether Ukraine is committing acts of perfidy prohibited by the law of armed conflict or conducting lawful ruses long permitted in war. This post provides a brief overview of how the law of armed conflict regulates military deception and explains why Ukraine’s use of mannequins and decoys is lawful.
- Deception Is Still Possible in Conflict
- Precision Strikes Facilitate Depth and Produces Cascading Effects
- War Remains A Continuation of Politics
Modern war takes place during an open-source intelligence revolution in which commercial satellite photos and a constant stream of social media facts and fiction bombard politicians, soldiers and citizens. This flood of information makes hiding large military formations increasingly difficult, if not impossible. Yet, Ukrainians have shown the world...
At a more tactical level, Ukraine has proven a master of using precision strikes to hamper the movement of Russian troops. Kyiv has employed swarms of “loitering munitions”– airborne drones that locate and then attack targets – alongside a mix of anti-tank guided missiles as well as traditional armored formations and artillery to pressure Russian g...
A political timeline drove the sequence and setting of Ukraine’s recent counteroffensive. Kyiv needed to disrupt the ability of Russia to hold an illegitimate referendum in Kherson and occupied territory in the east – the same playbook Moscow used to seize Ukrainian territory in 2014 through the Minsk agreement. Moscow wanted to use the referendum ...
- Benjamin Jensen
Sep 3, 2022 · There have been numerous reports that the Ukrainian military is outfoxing the Russians on the battlefield in a modern adaptation of deception tactics that go back to ancient times.
Nov 9, 2022 · Russia’s war in Ukraine is being fought with the blunt force of artillery bombardments, airstrikes and infantry assaults. But it is also a battle of wits — waged between generals sending ...
Nov 30, 2022 · Russia planned to invade Ukraine over a 10-day period and thereafter occupy the country to enable annexation by August 2022. The Russian plan presupposed that speed, and the use of deception to keep Ukrainian forces away from Kyiv, could enable the rapid seizure of the capital.
