WASHINGTON (AP) — The country's federal law enforcement and election security agencies have debunked two new examples of Russian election disinformation on the eve of Election Day. They highlighted attempts by foreign actors to sow doubt about the US electoral process and warned that these efforts carried risks of inciting violence against election officials.

In a joint statement late Monday, federal officials pointed to a recent article published by Russian actors that falsely claimed that U.S. officials were orchestrating a plot to commit fraud in all presidential transition states, as well as a video that falsely depicted an interview with one Person running for election showed fraud in Arizona.

U.S. intelligence reveals that Russia-linked influencers are “producing videos and creating fake articles to undermine the legitimacy of the election, instill fear among voters about the electoral process, and suggest that Americans are using violence against each other based on political preferences.” said the statement from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the FBI and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. “These efforts risk inciting violence, including against election officials.”

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The Russian Embassy called the officials' announcement “baseless” in an emailed statement and said Russia “has not and does not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, including the United States.”

Federal officials warned that Russia was likely to release more “artificial content” on Election Day and posed “the most active threat” when it comes to foreign interference in elections. The statement also noted that Iran continues to pose a “significant foreign influence threat to the U.S. elections.”

The efforts described by federal officials are part of a broader Russian influence operation aimed at undermining trust in the electoral process and sowing discord among American voters. Intelligence agencies believe Russia, which also interfered on behalf of Donald Trump in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections, is once again favoring the Republican candidate and is likely to continue its influence operations long after Election Day.

In addition to fake videos promoting disinformation, U.S. officials have also accused Russian state media of a multimillion-dollar covert operation to spread pro-Russian content to an American audience and seized dozens of internet domains that they said promoted propaganda .

In their statement, the officials also reiterated Iran's attempts to interfere in the election, which include a hack-and-leak operation aimed at damaging Trump's candidacy. The Justice Department in September charged three Iranian hackers over the effort.

Iranian actors have also created fake news sites and posed as activists online to influence voters, according to analysts at Microsoft. The tech giant said last month that Iranian actors who allegedly sent emails aimed at intimidating U.S. voters in 2020 had investigated election-related websites and major media outlets and raised concerns that they were embarking on another scheme this year could prepare.

While major technology companies and intelligence officials have pointed to foreign interference this election cycle, Russia, China and Iran have denied claims that they want to meddle in the U.S. election.

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The Arizona video promoted by Russian actors on social media on Monday purports to show an anonymous whistleblower exposing a voter fraud scheme. Federal officials said the Arizona Secretary of State's Office has already refuted the video's contents.

Earlier this week, U.S. officials confirmed that a video purporting to show voter fraud in two left-leaning Georgia counties was fake and the product of a Russian troll farm. And last month, they attributed another fake video of a person tearing up ballots in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, to Russia.

Associated Press writer Eric Tucker in Washington contributed to this report.

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