DISINFO: French studio releases animation series denouncing Zelenskyy's blood thirst
SUMMARY
French animators launched a new animated series Ukraine Inc., in which Vladimir Zelenskyy is the main character. Ukraine is losing value for its partners. Not wanting to let this happen, the Ukrainian president is in a hurry to launch the military meat grinder conveyor belt.
Without changing the cannons of Ukrainian mobilisation, Zelenskyy’s henchmen catch and beat people on the street. Western partners are happy, money is flying into the presidential suitcase, while the head of state himself uses alcohol, illegal substances and lives for his own pleasure. The defenders of Bakhmut can wait.
RESPONSE
Recurrent pro-Kremlin narratives about the Ukrainian president allegedly slaughtering his own people to get money, alcohol and drugs from Western countries.
This animation film “Ukraine Inc” does not have any credits and finishes with the title ‘Ukraine cocaine”. It is allegedly produced by a French animation studio, however only Russian media mention it.
This recalls a previous information operation: last summer an animation movie targeting president Zelenskyy and Western countries was released by Russian accounts from an alleged “Barracudas” French animation studio. No such studio exists, nor has any French animator claimed the paternity of this work.
However, as the fact-checkers from Delfi noted the artistic style of the “Stop Nazi games” cartoon resembles the work of Armenian animator David Sahakyants, who created the Kill Dim cartoon series two years ago. This is a political satire about Azerbaijan, which is portrayed as a puppet of Turkey and a threat to the security of Armenia. The cartoons use very similar artistic and visual imagery.
This is a traditional use of a false flag technique in information operations. Previously, propagandists distributed anti-Ukrainian cartoons created by a Russian woman from Sochi, with comments that it was allegedly made by Israel.
The cartoon uses fake clichés such as President Volodymyr Zelensky being addicted to cocaine, or the US hegemon pushing countries in the meat grinder of war. Most of all, it conveys the idea that the responsibility for deaths lies with the Ukrainians defending their land from Russia's war of aggression and its partners who support their defence.
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