Jen Easterly, Director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said on November 4 that the agency has seen no evidence that disinformation can directly impact the results in the U.S. elections, despite a surge before election day.
Throughout the campaign Russia was accused of spreading false claims about a variety of topics surrounding the elections, including disinformation regarding the candidates and election safety.
On Nov. 2, FBI warned that fake videos circulated online, likely as part of a Russian-backed campaign to influence.
Microsoft and U.S. intelligence agencies have warned that foreign adversaries are engaging influence campaigns to mislead the voters ahead of 2024’s election.
Microsoft and the U.S. Government have both indicated that Russia supports former President Donald Trump while Iran supports Vice president Kamala Harris. U.S. intelligence officials said on October 22 that Russian disinformation groups were also linked to viral attacks against Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz.
A senior Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency told Reuters there was a very high probability that disinformation campaigns would continue until the results were formally certified in 2025.
Russia has a long history of spreading disinformation during U.S. presidential elections in 2016 and 2020.
Recent disinformation campaigns were seen in Moldova, where Russia tried to influence voters and drive them away from Moldova’s EU membership. Despite these efforts, the incumbent pro-EU president Maia Sandu narrowly beat pro-Russian Alexandr Stoianoglo.
At a conference held in Prague in early October, Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs Jan Lipavsky stated that Russia was responsible for 80% all foreign influence operations around the world. This is “four times as much as the rest of the globe combined.”
On November 4, Choe Son Hui, the North Korean foreign minister, met with Vladimir Putin, the Russian president in Moscow as Choe continues his state visit to Russia.
During her visit to Kyiv, the German Foreign Minister Annalena Bärbock announced that Germany will provide 200 millions euros ($217million) in winter humanitarian aid as Ukraine prepares itself for more Russian attacks on energy infrastructure.
Annalena Bärbock, the German Foreign Minister, said that she was arriving in Ukraine and that “we are fighting this brutality by our humanity and support so that Ukrainians not only survive winter but that their country can also survive.”
According to the document, Kyiv will produce drones, parts and components for them, as well as electronic warfare systems, together with Vilnius.
In his evening address, President Volodymyr Zelensky said: “We see a rise in the number North Koreans and we don’t see a rise in the reaction of our partner.”
The six-page document envisaged Ukraine reducing its military to 50,000 soldiers, five times fewer than it had by 2022. It also envisaged accepting the independence of eastern Donetsk, and Luhansk, oblasts that were by then partially occupied by Russia.
After a phone call with Justin Trudeau, Canadian Prime Minister, Volodymyr Zelensky, said: “We expect to get it by the end this year.”
According to Ukraine’s General Staff, Russia launched more than 2,00 strike drones in October, breaking its previous record of nearly 700 set in September.
In January, Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a decree that allows foreigners who served in the Russian Army for a year on a contract basis, as well as close relatives of those individuals, to apply for Russian citizenship using a simplified process.
In a television interview on November 4, Andriy Yeromak, head of Ukraine’s Presidential Office said that Ukraine does not hold direct talks with Russia about an energy ceasefire, but is open to the idea of a third party mediating the implementation the peace formula.
Another 15% of respondents said that they would be willing to endure the conflict for several more months. And 4% said that they could tolerate it for another six months.
“We are recording a higher supply of defense assistance packages.” “The situation with artillery is improving,” wrote President Volodymyr Zelensky on Telegram following a meeting of Supreme Commander-in Chief’s Staff.
Boris Johnson, referring to Trump’s “Make America great again” slogan, said: “I cannot believe a guy so passionate about his nation… would want to start his presidency by allowing the Soviet Empire be great once more.”
The attack caused damage to a supermarket, apartment buildings with multiple stories, commercial properties, and cars.
Kazem Jalali, the Iranian Ambassador to Russia, said on November 4 that Russia will launch two Iranian Satellites, Kowsar & Hodhod into orbit using a Soyuz Launcher on Nov. 5.
Overnight, Russia launched 80 Shaheds as well as other drones. Ukrainian air defenses shot off 50 of them, while 27 were “lost”, the Air Force reported.
According to reports, the instructions were distributed among Russian troops. According to Kyiv, Moscow’s losses have reached 700,000.
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