Putin’s thugs launch psyop in Ukraine’s second metropolis as new invasion fears mount
Russia is combining its long-running bombardment of Ukraine’s second metropolis with a “coordinated information operation” to sow panic amongst residents, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has mentioned.
According to the impartial suppose tank: “Kremlin mouthpieces are seizing on concerns about a future Russian offensive operation against Kharkiv City to conduct a likely coordinated information operation in an effort to create outsized panic among Ukrainians.”
Well-known Russian state tv propagandist Vladimir Solovyov is amongst these specializing in Kharkiv, issuing chilling threats in direction of the town, which is located within the northeast of Ukraine.
On March 28, he mentioned Vladimir Putin‘s forces ought to destroy Kharkiv City “quarter by quarter,” after giving civilians there a 48-hour-deadline to evacuate, the ISW’s Monday-evening replace mentioned.
The suppose tank additionally pointed to claims printed in Russian neo-nationalist outlet Tsargrad that an offensive operation to seize the strategically vital metropolis was “inevitable.”
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Ukrainian troopers have struggled to carry the entrance traces as Russia has seized the momentum on the battlefield and gained vital territory.
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The suppose tank mentioned that Russia‘s hopes of taking Kharkiv would possible be pissed off if Ukraine will get the assistance it wants quick.
“ISW assesses that the probability of a profitable Russian floor offensive in opposition to Kharkiv may be very low if Ukraine receives renewed US navy assist quickly,” it wrote within the replace.
“ISW continues to assess that the Russians lack the forces necessary to seize the city as long as Ukrainian forces defending it are adequately supplied, as they will be if the US restarts military assistance soon,” the ISW mentioned.