CIA Director Bill Burns testified Thursday that he believes Vladimir Putin is "losing the information war" in Ukraine, undermining the Russian leader's ability to rally support at home and abroad for his war of aggression.
Why it matters: Putin has spent two decades building a "propaganda bubble" and laundering disinformation through state media, Burns said. That's why the U.S. has adopted the novel approach of attempting to preemptively debunk Russia's narratives about Ukraine, blunting the impact of "false flag" operations that succeeded in the past.
