The Ministry of Defense warns that fake news, aimed at manipulating public opinion, about a “secret agreement between the governments of Romania and the United States to build a military base in the Danube Delta” is spreading in the Romanian public space from sources associated with pro-Russian propaganda.

In a message published on Facebook on Saturday, the Ministry of Defense signals the appearance in the public space of false news about the construction of a “military base in the Danube Delta” by agreement between our country and the United States.

The “new military base” will have state-of-the-art nuclear missiles and will be used to “control the new open front in Transnistria.” For this, “Americans need the Bastro channel,” says MApN fake news.

• “We report on fake news that, without any real basis, supports the idea that the governments of Romania and the United States have entered into a secret agreement to build a military base in the Danube Delta. Such an agreement was never discussed.
• This attempt to manipulate public opinion and perception is consistent with the alarmist and panic narratives that have recently been increasingly disseminated in the Romanian public space by sources linked to pro-Russian propaganda, in the context of the situation caused by the war of aggression launched by the Russian Federation. against Ukraine and possible consequences for the countries of the region.
• The process of building this disinformation is simplistic, based on taking real information out of context and mixing it with speculation and lies to “support” a false hypothesis with the idea of ​​creating an alternative to the real situation,” MApN said. message status.

MApN explained here what the manipulation consists of.