The Ukrainian authorities are concerned that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is vulnerable to the Kremlin’s Russian disinformation campaign, which will seek to undermine his authority.
This was reported by Bloomberg with a link to an anonymous person familiar with Zelenskyy’s opinion.
According to the individual, Kyiv is preparing for a Kremlin-sponsored narrative that will try to use doubts about the president’s authority to destabilize public trust, including among the Ukrainian military.
Central to the Kremlin’s efforts will be an attempt to undermine Zelenskyy’s democratic legitimacy in the public eye as his five-year term comes to an end without a vote for re-election.
The Ukrainian leader made it clear that he expects the Kremlin to seize on this issue even during the Russian presidential “elections” this month.
“This is not the opinion of Western partners or, perhaps, someone inside Ukraine, but the narrative and program of the Russian Federation,” Zelenskyy said earlier. He said G7 intelligence agencies had received documents confirming the Kremlin’s plan.