Ukraine Braced for Russian Disinformation Attacks on Zelenskiy

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Volodymyr Zelenskiy during a ceremony marking Ukraine’s Independence Day last year.Photographer: Sergei Chuzakov/AFP/Getty Images
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Ukrainian authorities are worried that President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is vulnerable to a Russian disinformation campaign that will seek to undermine his authority.

Kyiv is bracing for a Kremlin-sponsored narrative that will seek to exploit doubts about the president’s standing in an effort to destabilize public trust, particularly among Ukrainian frontline troops, according to a person familiar with Zelenskiy’s thinking who spoke on condition of anonymity.