Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said the attack was a strategic provocation to provide Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka with a “casus belli” to move troops into Ukraine. On March 11, the Kyiv Independent reported that a Russian aircraft attacked the Belarusian border village of Kopani from Ukrainian airspace in an attempt to make it appear that Ukraine had attacked Belarus. Russia unable to establish legitimacy in captured cities Russian false-flag operation seeks to drag Belarus into Ukraine war Kremlin media ignores protests in occupied Kherson against ‘Russian occupiers and fascists’ War crimes and human rights abuses Kremlin media quote “Breitbart readers” to give the impression that Americans support Putin blocking Facebook Documenting dissent Russian Ministry of Defense claims to kill 180 foreign fighters in Ukraine Ukraine says morale of Belarusian and Russian troops decreasing Russia spreads false narrative claiming Zelenskyy fled Kyiv Russian false-flag operation seeks to drag Belarus into Ukraine war With more than five years of experience monitoring the situation in Ukraine, as well as Russia’s use of propaganda and disinformation to undermine the US, NATO, and the European Union, DFRLab’s global team presents the latest installment of the Russian War Report.

As Russia expands its assault on Ukraine, the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) is keeping a close eye on Russia’s movements across the military, cyber, and information domains.

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