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Russia works to end France’s aid to Ukraine
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1-1-2024 10:00 p.m. EST
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Russia has intensified efforts to influence the political environment and society in France with the aim of ending Paris’s support for Ukraine, reports The Washington Post.
According to Kremlin documents and interviews with European security officials and far-right political figures, Russia is escalating efforts to undermine support for Ukraine in France.
The Kremlin’s maneuvering and connections with various far-right parties across Europe, including in France, are causing concern among European officials ahead of the upcoming European Parliament elections in June. As noted by the EU’s chief of foreign affairs, Josep Borrell, the upcoming elections could be “as dangerous as American ones.”
According to Kremlin documents, Sergei Kiriyenko, the first deputy chief of Vladimir Putin’s administration, instructed Kremlin political technologists to promote political discord in France through social media and French political figures, opinion leaders, and activists.
“Those figures were not identified by name in the documents seen by The Post. Moscow’s goal is to undermine support for Ukraine and weaken NATO resolve, the documents show. The effort parallels similar interference in Germany, where the Kremlin has attempted to marry the far right and the far left in an antiwar alliance,” The Washington Post explains.
Among the points that Kremlin strategists aim to reinforce are:
Assertions that Western sanctions against Russia have harmed the French economy by reducing trade volumes. They claim that this situation puts the country at risk of the “the deepest social and economic crisis of recent years.” This includes the claim that supplying weapons to Ukraine left France defenseless.
Claims that aim to increase the number of those in France who do not want to “pay for another country’s war.” Additionally, they target those who fear a direct war with Russia and the onset of the Third World War.
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At night, 35 of 35 enemy “Shaheds” were destroyed, - Air Force
News Censor.NET War in Ukraine
02.01.24 06:25
https://censor.net/en/n3465075
On the night of January 2, 35 Shahed-136/131 enemy drones were destroyed in the sky over Ukraine.
This was informed by Censor.NET with the reference to the press center of Air Force Command.
“On the night of January 2, 2024, the occupiers attacked with 35 Shahed-136/131 attack UAVs from Cape Chauda in Crimea and Primorsko-Akhtarsk region in Russia. All enemy attack UAVs were destroyed by the forces and means of the Air Force and the Defense Forces of Ukraine,” the statement said.