Iltalehti said it had taken the "extraordinary" step after an investigation into the reporter's work, which it said included "reports, interviews, diary-like texts" as well as analysis about the conflict. "Other milbloggers argued that the raids in Belgorod Oblast are a Ukrainian effort to divert Russian forces away from important sectors of the front," the ISW added.Ī Finnish newspaper has removed 30 articles about the war from its website after a Ukrainian freelance reporter was found to have falsified information about the situation in Bakhmut - including sending pictures not taken by him. He also said the Kremlin will likely respond to the alleged Ukrainian operations "too late and that the public's support for the Russian leadership will wane by then." Mr Girkin reportedly "argued that these failures caused Ukraine to understand Russia's relative weaknesses and suggested that they emboldened Ukrainian forces to conduct operations within Russia itself".
The ISW said ex-Russian officer Igor Girkin has argued that increased activity within Russian territory is a result of Moscow's forces "wasting reserves" in the autumn. Others have "argued that the limited raids are precursors for Ukrainian counteroffensive operations", it added The US think tank said some Russian milbloggers have used the situation in Belgorod to criticise the leadership in Moscow. In its daily analysis of the conflict, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said there are several indications that the Kremlin is trying to use the raids to support the idea that the war is "existential" to Russia and Vladimir Putin and "garner domestic support for a protracted war". The response of Russian officials and milbloggers to the cross-border raids of Russia's Belgorod region expose a "continued heightened anxiety" about the war in Ukraine, military analysts have said.
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