French government officials on February 12 accused Russia of operating a long-running online manipulation campaign against Ukraine’s Western backers in the lead-up to the second anniversary of Moscow's military invasion of its neighbor. French Foreign Ministry officials said that Russia had stepped up efforts to manipulate information and spread deception, targeting Kyiv's allies in the West, including Poland, Germany, and France. They referred to messages on social-media platforms such as X, formerly Twitter, and websites like Sputnik as "massive in scope" and "complex in structure."
