France on Tuesday accused Russia of carrying out a vast digital jamming operation by publishing false articles from leading French newspapers hostile to Ukraine, a new episode in Moscow’s hybrid war against Westerners.
These are “actions unworthy of a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council,” according to the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
“French authorities have revealed the existence of a digital information manipulation campaign against France involving Russian actors and in which state entities or entities affiliated with the Russian state have participated in amplifying false information,” Catherine Colonna said in a statement read by his spokesman, adding that Paris was in “close ties” with its allies “to defeat the Russian-led hybrid warfare.”
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Source: BFM TV
