DISINFO: Guerilla warfare and complete disintegration are coming to the US-controlled Ukraine
DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS
  • Outlet: regnum.ru (archived)*
  • Date of publication: November 01, 2019
  • Outlet language(s): Russian
  • Reported in: Issue 171
  • Countries / regions discussed: US, Ukraine
Tags:
Volodymyr Zelensky Ukrainian disintegration Ukrainian statehood Conspiracy theory Coup

DISINFO: Guerilla warfare and complete disintegration are coming to the US-controlled Ukraine

SUMMARY

Recently the confrontation between president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and minister of interior Arsen Avakov, represented by Ukrainian national battalions, has entered a new phase. Negativity is accumulated, the dialogue is avoided by the sides, a formation of an enemy image are already there. Guerilla warfare and subversive acts are coming, and any accident can provoke a new coup which will give a start to a new stage of Ukraine’s disintegration. The entry of Zelenskyy in power became a catalyst of conflicts between Ukrainian elites. They will result in Ukraine’s collapse, because even the US – and its embassy plays a colonial role in Ukraine – will not be able to restrain the conflict, given that Ukrainian elites copy the split between American elites. At the same time, the US will not allow either Zelenskyy or Avakov to be destroyed. Hence the conflict will be developing cyclically until Ukraine’s complete disintegration.

RESPONSE

This publication represents a mix of conspiracies and groundless allegations aimed to discredit Ukraine, claiming that the country is resigned to a bleak future and imminent collapse. It is consistent with recurring pro-Kremlin narratives about Ukraine's disintegration and imminent collapse and Ukraine as a puppet state controlled by the US. Ukraine is a sovereign state. Neither the US nor the EU countries control Ukraine. Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity are respected by most of the free world but were violated by Russia in 2014. It was reported that Zelenskyy and Avakov had working disagreements, however, their scope and possible consequences are groundlessly exaggerated in the publication. See earlier disinformation cases alleging that the US has turned Ukraine into a puppet, that Ukraine will disintegrate and fall prey to territorial claims of EU member states, that Ukraine is a failed state and will be split up, and that Ukraine will either be part of Russian civilization, or a decaying anti-Russia emanating terrorist threats.

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