Russian propagandists are preparing the population for war failures – General Staff

KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO – THURSDAY, 30 JUNE 2022, 18:03

The Armed Forces of Ukraine are carrying out a counter offensive in some areas of the front, and Russian propagandists have begun to prepare the Russian population for potential military failures.

Source: Oleksiy Hromov, deputy head of the General Staff's main operative directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, at the "Ukraine-Ukrinform" media centre briefing

Quote: "Despite being in a position of defence all along the front line, in some areas our forces are trying to carry out small offensives and are successfully attacking the opponent.

For example, this week, the village of Potomkino was liberated and taken under control on Kryvyi Rih front, as was the village of Pavlivka on the Kurakhiv front. Our missile and artillery divisions have launched attacks on command posts, ammunition stores, and fuel and lubricant stores. The opponent is suffering big losses."

Details: Hromov also reported that in the city of Kyiv and in Kyiv Oblast, Ukrainian military forces continue to strengthen the fortification system, as well as set up and improve visual reconnaissance and warning systems.

Moreover, he pointed out the change in rhetoric among Russian propagandists.

Quote: "Since the beginning of Russia’s large-scale military aggression against our country, propagandists have changed their rhetoric concerning the war in Ukraine multiple times. The transformation of their narrative shows that not one of the Kremlin's plans concerning the invasion of Ukraine has been completed to date.

It’s June. The failure of the so-called lightning-fast liberation of Donbas has once again pushed propagandists to change their arguments. A third phase of the "special operation" has been announced with the goal of displacing Ukrainian troops from the territories of Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts.

Meanwhile, propagandists have started to prepare the Russian population for military failures. Of course, the defeat hasn’t been publicly announced, but reports about the complicated situation on the fronts and even mistakes made by the military command have begun to appear."