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Russia is recruiting in Africa with promises of jobs, education, and a better future. But many end up on the frontlines in Ukraine or inside Russia’s war industry. Watch Business of Despair: Russia’s War Recruitment in Africa below:

The Kremlin’s educational reforms reveal a broader ambition: education is no longer only about alignment with official positions; militarised narratives now begin significantly earlier.   Children who are still learning basic reading skills are being introduced to concepts of sacrifice, enemies of the Motherland, and patriotic duty.   The line between education and mobilisation continues to blur.

Kremlin-affiliated outlets continue to selectively distort remarks made by Volodymyr Zelenskyy to advance the claim that Ukraine, a non-nuclear state, poses a nuclear threat to Russia. This inverts the basic reality of the war: Russia, a nuclear power, has regularly resorted to nuclear blackmail to deter support and aid for Ukraine.

Le Mécanisme de réponse rapide du G7 approuve le cadre des modes opératoires informationnels pour renforcer la coordination face aux menaces étrangères en évolution. Pour en savoir plus : international.canada.ca/fr/affaires-mo…

Russia's unjustified interference in other countries’ affairs is well documented. Russia now claims that seizures of oil tankers from its sanctioned shadow fleet, used to fuel its war machine, are ‘unjustified interference’.   The irony…

The G7 Rapid Response Mechanism endorses the Information Manipulation Set framework to strengthen coordination against evolving foreign information threats. Read more: international.canada.ca/en/global-affa…

In reality, the sowing season has not been cancelled, and the pace of work is broadly comparable to last year’s campaign. Ukraine’s food security remains fully ensured. kmu.gov.ua/news/taras-vys…

In a disinformation piece intended to reinforce false narratives of Ukraine’s imminent capitulation and deflect from Russia’s continued mining of agricultural land and targeting of grain storage and export infrastructure, Kremlin-aligned outlets now falsely claim that the sowing season has been cancelled in Ukraine.

The Kremlin’s information war now begins in preschool.    Starting in 2026, Russian authorities will introduce ‘patriotic’ classes for children as young as three years old, teaching narratives about ‘traditional values, loyalty to the state, and defending the Motherland’ before many children can even read.

The very same Kremlin-aligned outlets that routinely deny the existence of Ukrainian national identity and language are now continuing their long-running campaign to portray Latvia as ‘Russophobic’, all on the grounds of Latvia’s immigration law requiring Russian nationals seeking long-term EU residence to demonstrate basic Latvian proficiency.

A breakdown of how Russia indoctrinates children: euvsdisinfo.eu/from-preschool…

In Russian schools, some classes teaching foreign languages are being replaced with classes on ‘spiritual and moral culture’ centred around ‘traditional Russian values’ and state-approved patriotism. Isolation and indoctrination increasingly go hand in hand.

Read more on EUvsDisinfo: euvsdisinfo.eu/from-preschool…

In one of its toughest actions to date, the UK yesterday sanctioned 85 individuals and entities involved in the forced deportation, indoctrination, and militarisation of Ukrainian children. Among those sanctioned is the infamous ‘Centre for Military Sports Training and Patriotic Education of Youth’, where Ukrainian children are forcibly subjected to military training and ‘ideological re-education’.

More on the Russian victory parade that shrank: euvsdisinfo.eu/the-parade-tha…

One of the Kremlin’s central Victory Day narratives this year was that Russia is once again ‘fighting fascism’ through its unjustified invasion of Ukraine.   By merging WWII memories with today’s war, Russian state messaging attempts to frame a war of aggression as a noble, necessary act. It is not. It never will be.

A breakdown of Russia’s disinformation on this topic: euvsdisinfo.eu/report/evacuat…

One detail cuts through every Russian attempt to portray the deportation of Ukrainian children as ‘humanitarian’:   Putin’s children’s rights commissioner, Maria Lvova-Belova, publicly stated that she adopted a child taken from occupied Mariupol.   The same official is wanted by the International Criminal Court for the unlawful deportation and forcible transfer of Ukrainian children.

In an unintentionally comedic FIMI campaign, Kremlin outlets are now devoting extensive coverage to Russia’s supposedly ‘excellent’ air defence systems, praising them as the world’s most capable, a claim increasingly difficult to reconcile with reality.

The baseless Kremlin claim that Ukraine is a ‘threat to its neighbours’ serves one purpose: to pressure European audiences into questioning continued support for Ukraine, especially now that its defence efforts are becoming increasingly effective.

Read more on EUvsDisinfo: euvsdisinfo.eu/report/europe-…

A typical Kremlin move is projection – accusing others of exactly what Russia itself is doing, or denying its actions altogether. State-affiliated Russian outlets are now devoting extensive coverage to the entirely fictitious ‘Ukrainian nuclear blackmail’, even going as far as to construct an elaborate timeline for it.