Russia has long used propaganda as a weapon, and recent reports say its president has been spreading disinformation to the Ukrainian people about his war.
However, Northwestern University political science professor William Reno said that trying to overwhelmingly convert the Ukrainian public's thinking may not be the ultimate goal for Russia's disinformation campaign.
The professor said this line of thinking is similar to fake social media accounts that provoke people into getting angry over"even the most implausible and absurd stories" as a result of false information that is spread with the right combination of hashtags.
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