The result of such a hybrid war was that in Ukraine, measles incidence rates increased in 6 months. Suprun spoke about the American Journal of Public Health study on “Russian bots and trolls” who spread the lie about social vaccinations, saying that Russian bots are undermining Ukrainians' confidence in vaccination. This was the acting Minister of Health reported on her page on the social network Facebook.

“US researchers analyzed thousands of tweets published between 2014 and 2017, and found that a significant number of those who talked about vaccination were written from Russian accounts,” Suprun said.

At the same time, according to the head of the Ministry of Health, bots paid by Russia spread “anti-vaccination theories, for example, that vaccines cause autism or kill people”.

"The Kremlin is using hybrid warfare techniques to undermine confidence in public health efforts aimed at raising the level of vaccination of the population in Ukraine and around the world," the. the minister.

According to her, the result of such a hybrid war was that in Ukraine for 6 months, measles incidence rates increased, she said that 41 thousand people fell ill with measles, 37 of them died..

"Ukraine now feels the fullness of the hybrid war of Russia on itself, including in the field of health care," Suprun stressed at the end.

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