"Maidan 3" is the most expensive Russian information operation against Ukraine since 2014 and the Revolution of Dignity. A total of $1.5 billion was spent on it; in particular, 250 million dollars were spent on Telegram.
"Maidan 3" incites enmity in Ukraine
The Russian information operation "Maidan 3", about which Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, is aimed at exacerbating the contradictions in Ukraine and spreading fear and panic.
A DIU representative, Col. Andrii Chernyak, said this.
"Maidan 3" became the most expensive Russian informational special operation against Ukraine since 2014 and the Revolution of Dignity, on which the Russians spent tens of millions of dollars to discredit. The total budget of the operation reached 1.5 billion dollars, and 250 million dollars went to Telegram for its management.
According to him, this is Russia's most expensive campaign since 2014, along with the Revolution of Dignity, on which the Russians spent tens of millions of dollars to discredit.
Information and information-psychological operations are carried out by units created in all Russian special services, particularly in the Main Directorate Intelligence of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (known as GRU) and the FSB, as well as under the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and the administration of President Putin.
For example, the first deputy of Putin's administration, Sergey Kirienko, is responsible for the fall-winter destabilization project in Ukraine.
Also, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Vladislav Surkov, who used to be the ideologist of the so-called "Novorossiya" project, is participating in the Kremlin's plan to shift the emphasis from the external threat to internal contradictions in Ukraine.
New information attack of the Russian Federation against Ukraine
On November 13, online.ua published an exclusive detailed material, "Panic, despondency, exasperation, attempts. Russia has launched a new "Maidan-3" information attack on Ukraine" about how Russian special services will try to destabilize the situation in Ukrainian society.
The events of recent days, such as the scandalous posts about Zaluzhnyy and the poisoning of Budanov's wife, only confirm the information in this material.
The timing of a new information attack by Russian special services on Ukraine is November-December 2023.
According to the audacious plans of the Russians, the operation will be carried out in different parts of the world. It will have a complex multi-vector nature to destabilize political life, provoke protest moods and conflicts in Ukraine, and influence the international anti-Putin coalition.
Attack of the Russian Federation against the military and political leadership of Ukraine
The first stages of this operation can already be observed both on Ukrainian and international information sites, including pro-Russian and Russian-speaking audiences.
New voices in the form of "canned" agents of influence (self-proclaimed "experts" and commentators) were joined by a specific part of Ukrainian politicians and opinion leaders who unknowingly spread Russian narratives for their PR.
Currently, the main information attack is aimed at discrediting certain state structures and representatives of the political and military leadership of Ukraine.
In particular, an imaginary "conflict" between various branches of government and specific government figures is being fanned.
According to sources, the biggest bet in Russia's information attacks is on propaganda in the Telegram messenger, which is of Russian origin.
Russian special services are preparing assassination attempts on the leadership of Ukraine
It is planned to organize a series of assassination attempts on several officials. Several groups of performers have been prepared for this.
Some participants are already in the territory of Ukraine; some are preparing to enter from the territory of "shadow allies" of Russia. Management of the operation will be carried out directly from the Russian Federation's territory.
According to sources, if the attempts are successful, some of them will be presented as evidence of Ukraine's "weakness" and inability to protect iconic figures. Other attempts will try to pass off as "internal Ukrainian showdowns" that have reached the extreme boiling point.
The special operation of the Russian special services should reach its peak on the anniversary of the beginning of the Revolution of Dignity. According to the "authors’" idea, it will add emotionality and symbolism to the events.
In addition, it is during this period that Russian missile attacks on Ukrainian civilian critical infrastructure are predicted to intensify.
Combining all components will naturally increase the psychological impact on Ukrainians and contribute to the emergence of panic and capitulation moods.
Ukrainian special services will resist such attacks, but all Ukrainians need to remember that the "war of attrition" is not only about mobilization, tanks and drones. This is resistance to internal confrontations, which Russia will actively provoke.
