While summer is upon us, accompanied by scorching heatwaves in several parts of the globe, including in Russia, pro-Kremlin outlets continue to produce disinformation at full steam. Speaking of steam, there were quite some falsehoods about the incident with UK warship HMS Defender in the Black Sea. For example, we noted that the UK flagrantly violated Russia’s maritime border with a destroyer, which only left after warning shots. After just two weeks, these falsehoods have already become repetitive for those initiated in the world of disinformation. The portrayal of the 2021 Sea Breeze exercises as a primitive intimidation of Russia is related to the incident. On the same topic, but more imaginatively, we saw a story claiming the actual purpose of the military exercises is to rehearse the takeover of Crimea.
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EUvsDisinfo: Hot air on Sea Breeze
US army servicemen take part in the Sea Breeze drills at the shooting range in the Kherson region of Ukraine on July 2, 2021.
