SpaceWar.com reports: “The European Union on Tuesday said Russia and China were using ‘massive digital arsenals’ to interfere in Western democracies, while their messaging around the war in Ukraine had become increasingly aligned.

‘Foreign information manipulation and interference is a major security threat to the EU,’ foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said in a report.

‘We must not underestimate the power that this has over us, or the intentions of those behind it.’

In its latest annual report on the subject Brussels said that last year it tracked disinformation attacks against over 80 countries and more than 200 organisations.

The war in Ukraine remains a major target for Russia — but events such as the Olympics in Paris, elections in Moldova and farmers’ protests in Germany were also in the crosshairs.

‘The aim is to destabilise our societies, damage our democracies, drive wedges between us and our partners and undermine the EU’s global standing,’ Kallas said…”