Kovalenko noted that these rumors are intensifying against the backdrop of statements by some politicians about the need for negotiations.

The Russians are using “fear propaganda” tactics to intimidate Ukrainians – so they spread rumors of new offensives and threaten mass shelling. The head of the Center for Combating Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council, Andrei Kovalenko, spoke about this on the air of the “Topic with Moseychuk” project.

“Russia carries out the so-called “propaganda of fear”. Constantly rumors about an offensive from the north, constant rumors about 350 thousand troops who will go to Kharkov, Solovyov’s statements about the shelling of Kiev, Kharkov – this is a strategy to scare, including the Ukrainians,” he said He.

The expert noted that these rumors are intensifying against the backdrop of statements by some politicians about the need for negotiations.

“This is an attempt to increase the percentage of people inside Ukraine who, under this fear, will agree to peace at any cost,” Kovalenko explained.

Fakes about a new offensive on Kharkov

The Russian publication Meduza, citing sources in the Russian government, disseminated information that Vladimir Putin sets himself the goal of capturing Kharkov and gradually ending the war.

Chairman of the Kharkov OVA Oleg Sinegubov said that information about a possible attack on Kharkov is an information and psychological special operation aimed at sowing panic among citizens and diverting the attention of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.