France blocks fake website urging French citizens to enlist for Ukraine
Reportedon one origin only: 1 distinct origin, 1 tied to no party.
The dataset records that France blocked a fake enlistment website for the war in Ukraine, which it says was meant to fan fears of France joining the conflict. It codes the incident as influence operation, apparent goal compromise domestic / EU politics, target internet / Social media / News, location France; the dataset dates it only to March 2024, so the date shown is the first of the month. The Leiden dataset includes incidents linked to Russia by officials, incidents fitting a pattern of officially suspected attacks, or incidents backed by journalistic evidence, and its authors call the data speculative and subject to change.
- When
- 1 March 2024
- Where
- France, France
- What
- other
- Acting party
- Government of Russia
- Attribution
- Attributed by independent sources. Listed as a Russian operation in the Leiden University Russian Operations Against Europe dataset; the dataset links the incident to Russia, citing a source this draft could not open (see gaps).
- In the record
- Published 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC · revision 1 · leiden
Sources
History
| When | Field | From | To | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC | status | null | reported | P1 leiden: researched from cited sources and graded by the one rule |
Cite or reuse
The War Record, "France blocks fake website urging French citizens to enlist for Ukraine", ev-20261027-m2aq, revision 1, https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261027-m2aq/