- They are trying to convince at least a small part of the population outside Russia that this is a war that Russia is waging to defend itself against an aggressive Ukraine.
It has nothing to do with reality, says SVT's Moscow correspondent Bert Sundström about the Russian accounts on social media.
Many accounts have a very high publication rate, and a number of claims are repeated and repeated, time and time again.
In the video above, we go through three of the most common Russian statements - and then Bert Sundström explains how it
really
is.