Moscow launches new disinformation campaign to cover up POW abuses

Summary

Russia is running a new disinformation campaign to convince Western and domestic audiences that it treats Ukrainian prisoners of war humanely, according to Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation. As part of the effort, Moscow reportedly plans to stage Ukrainian POWs in comfortable conditions for media coverage and use released Russian POWs to allege abuse in Ukrainian captivity. While Ukraine allows media outlets, including the Kyiv Independent, as well as the UN and the Red Cross to access Russian POW camps, Moscow continues to block independent international monitors from visiting…

Description from The Kyiv Independent.