Analyzing Russia's 'not your enemy' messages: the logic behind writing to Ukrainians

"Remember: I am not your enemy," a long-forgotten relative wrote to a girl. Her entire family are defenders of Ukraine. This relative is a Russian soldier.

The sudden desire to resume the relationship that was cut off nine years ago is part of a Russian information operation. Russian psyops go beyond bizarre headlines about combat mosquitoes, Valerii Zaluzhnyi's injury, or the murder of spy chief Kyrylo Budanov. This is much more subtle work.

Russia spares neither financial nor informational resources to implement such operations. They resort to all means available, Andriy Yusov, a representative of Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence, tells LIGA.net.