{"id":8137,"date":"2026-04-15T05:37:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T05:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/?p=8137"},"modified":"2026-04-15T05:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T05:37:15","slug":"is-russia-using-the-war-in-the-middle-east-to-spread-disinformation-about-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/2026\/04\/15\/is-russia-using-the-war-in-the-middle-east-to-spread-disinformation-about-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Russia using the war in the Middle East to spread disinformation about Ukraine?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Euronews reports that pro\u2011Russian actors are increasingly blending narratives about the Middle East war with Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine, aiming to discredit Ukraine and suggest it is losing international attention and support. A recurring claim pushed in Russian and Telegram messaging is that the Middle East conflict will divert Western focus and military resources such as air and missile defence away from Ukraine, with some propagandists even implying without evidence that Kyiv might stage incidents to regain the spotlight. The article notes European leaders have rejected the idea that the Middle East crisis should weaken support for Ukraine, while also describing policy tensions among allies as energy pressures rise and debates continue over sanctions and engagement with Moscow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> March 17, 2026. <strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2026\/03\/17\/is-russia-using-the-war-in-the-middle-east-to-spread-disinformation-about-ukraine\">euronews.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Euronews reports that pro\u2011Russian actors are increasingly blending narratives about the Middle East war with Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine, aiming to discredit Ukraine and suggest it is losing international attention and support. A recurring claim pushed in Russian and Telegram messaging is that the Middle East conflict will divert Western focus and military resources such [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":9122,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eroding-trust"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8137"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9255,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8137\/revisions\/9255"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}