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Russian MoD: "Several nations preparing information attack to target Russian Military leadership"

28 December 2019 02:34 (UTC +04:00)

Russian Ministry of Defence has information that several nations are preparing an information attack to target the country's Armed Forces leadership, the Russian Defence Deputy minister, Ruslan Tsalikov, said in an interview with the military's official newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda on Friday, APA reports citing Sputnik.

"We have reliable information about how separate nations through the mass media are engaged in coordinated work to discredit Russian politicians, public persons and journalists", Tsalikov said.

Earlier, the Russian Armed Forces said they had detected 34 foreign jets that were engaged in reconnaissance activities close to Russia's airspace last week.