"The kremlin is already and will likely continue to exploit the Hamas attacks in Israel to advance several information operations intended to reduce US and Western support and attention to Ukraine," - reported by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
"Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev claimed the United States and its allies should have been “busy with” working on “Palestinian-Israeli settlement” rather than “interfering” with Russia and providing Ukraine with military aid.
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The russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) accused the West of blocking efforts by a necessary "quartet" of russia, the US, the European Union, and the United Nations, leading to an escalation in violence, implicitly blaming the West for the current fighting," - ISW reports.
Within the framework of these information operations, pro-russian military bloggers have also focused on Hamas attacks in Israel, actively promoting kremlin narratives.
russian propagandists claim that russia benefits from the escalation, as the world "will take its mind off Ukraine for a while and get busy once again putting out the eternal fire in the Middle East."
Earlier, Defense Express reported, a massive rocket attacks were launched on the central and southern regions of Israel.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that the country is at war. The United States, the EU, Ukraine and a number of other countries have condemned the attacks on Israel.
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