Ukrainian President Zelenskyy's video presentation to Congress pointed out the power of effective information operations. We need to do a better job of helping the Ukrainians tell the truth.
Make no mistake, the Ukrainians are doing well: they’re already winning the information war, which has followed – and in some cases, preceded – their progress on the ground. We’ve all heard the stories: from Ukrainians contacting Russian soldiers on Tinder to the cellphone videos we see on the nightly news. Yet they’ve done this all on their own, without the might of the American tech and cyberwarfare communities.
I’ve been calling on the Biden administration to do more on the information front for months, first in private, classified briefings and more recently in public. Putin did not hesitate to tell lies directly to American voters through Facebook in an attempt to undermine the 2016 election; why are we hesitating to tell the Russian people the truth about his war? The U.S. must get ahead in the information space, and it can do so on a number of fronts.
First, we need to define the terms of the debate. President Zelenskyy made a plea to Congress to establish a no-fly zone, but Biden is right to not go that far. Putin has already made it clear that Americans shooting down Russian planes will escalate the war, which might be exactly what Putin wants since his war is going poorly.
And in doing so, Biden should get out in front and say that sending advanced anti-aircraft systems to Ukraine, to protect Ukrainian civilians, isNext, we need to do what we can to speak truth to the Russian people about the costs of this war and just how poorly it’s really going. During World War II, the allies dropped leaflets over Germany. During the Cold War. Radio Free Europe broadcasted America’s message to audiences behind the Iron Curtain.
The U.S. and our allies must support the Ukrainians on many fronts: from physical weaponry to humanitarian aid to communicating directly to those who are committing this violence or perpetuating it by not believing it’s actually happening. Democrat Seth Moulton represents Massachusetts' 6th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives.
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