The Russian Armed Forces are expanding the number of IPSO units.
This was reported by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
The GUR noted that special information influence units appeared, in particular, as part of the 3rd and 51st combined arms armies of the Russian Armed Forces.
It is reported that in April 2024, the government of the aggressor state introduced a separate group of military specialties - "Information Confrontation" - to staff the newly created units.
The GUR said that training of specialists in the field of ITS takes place at the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces and the Mozhaisky Military Space Academy. The transfer of such specialists between military units without the consent of the headquarters of the military districts is prohibited.
"The expansion of the number of information influence units in the structure of the army of the aggressor state of Russia indicates the enemy's intention to increase the scale of information and psychological attacks against Ukraine, our Security and Defense Forces, and Ukrainian society," the intelligence officers are convinced.