Thanks! I was looking for this this morning.
Hey, 06, here’s that source link
FTA: “The ‘pro-Russia’ account group has the largest outward information flows and significant flows to a range of other groups, having a positive information flow into both ‘pro-Ukraine’ and ‘Balanced’ account groups, observed the researchers.”
That means pro-Russia bots are able to flood the networks using fewer operatives; thus, they exert influence on far more systems than pro-Ukrainians can. It’s a simple example of quality (i.e. better game) over quantity (i.e., more players).
Pro-Ukraine bots outnumber the pro-Russia bots, but not in their distribution of messaging. This is not at all surprising: The Russians are masters of propaganda and disinformation, and have been for about 100 years. So, pro-Russia bots are able to widely distribute and disseminate their posts over a vast network, whereas the pro-Ukraine bots are not so sophisticated in that regard.