An EU internal assessment says a Russian covert network attempted to exploit last month’s unrest in France via social media, blaming the disturbances on uncontrolled immigration and portraying the government as having lost control. A separate French foreign ministry internal report says accounts linked to Israel and the U.S. MAGA movement also pushed hostile narratives tying the unrest to radical Islam and migration. EU analysts identified a network named Operation Overload that circulated video

An EU internal assessment says a Russian covert network attempted to exploit last month’s unrest in France via social media, blaming the disturbances on uncontrolled immigration and portraying the government as having lost control. A separate French foreign ministry internal report says accounts linked to Israel and the U.S. MAGA movement also pushed hostile narratives tying the unrest to radical Islam and migration. EU analysts identified a network named Operation Overload that circulated videos masquerading as Western media aimed at French audiences; some falsely claimed imminent terror attacks. The Russian foreign ministry did not respond to requests for comment.