Russia is planning new disinformation campaigns against Ukrainian refugees in Europe, Vadym Skibitskyi, the deputy head of Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (HUR), said during an event in Kyiv on Aug. 21. Around 4.2 million Ukrainian refugees reside in the European Union under temporary protection status, of which almost 1 million took shelter in Poland. There have been multiple Russian disinformation operations in the West, but alarms have been raised with particular concern in recent months. The goal of Russia’s new operations is to convince people who left Ukraine because of the war no…
