Top PSYOPs of the week (April 13 – April 19, 2026): Ukraine dug a tunnel to Tallinn; "CIA advisors" settled in a university; Orban as the Gaddafi of the "Russian World"

This "cinematic hallucination" is a perfect example of how real politics turns into a low-grade Hollywood script. The virus of fakes has no borders — it infects both high offices in Washington and Kremlin printing houses of lies. Hegseth quotes a fictional Bible, while TASS quotes a fictional… "underground" in Dnipro.

This report analyzes the most prominent Russian psychological operations (PSYOPs) and disinformation campaigns observed between April 13 and April 19, 2026. Key cases include:

Tactical Deception: How Russian state media (TASS) uses the presence of German civilian medical evacuation aircraft (ADAC) to fabricate claims about the deaths of "CIA advisors" in Dnipro, justifying missile strikes on educational institutions.

Geographical Absurdity: Debunking claims that Finland and the Baltics provide airspace for Ukrainian drones, highlighting the lack of a direct border.

Economic Manipulation: Analysis of "Big Oil" windfall profit narratives and the recycling of the "Gaddafi's Libya" legend to create a false image of a "socialist paradise" under Viktor Orban in Hungary.

Political Framing: Identifying the use of old pro-Russian (Medvedchuk-style) rhetoric to promote corruption as an acceptable trade-off for "cheap gas and stability."

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