DISINFO: Denazification will be a massive problem in Ukraine after the war
SUMMARY
The most complicated process in Ukraine will be denazification. This will be an enormous problem because since the 2014 Maidan, there has been eight years of brainwashing the Ukrainian population, starting with oligarchs in Kyiv but also of the whole Western Ukraine. This will be a very long process.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about Nazi Ukraine, part of a disinformation campaign aiming to justify Russia’s unprovoked military invasion of Ukraine.
The myth of Nazi-ruled Ukraine has been actively used by pro-Kremlin outlets as one of the favorite tropes for years to denigrate Ukraine. This myth appeared during the Euromaidan popular protests in late 2013 - early 2014, falsely presented in pro-Kremlin disinformation as a coup. The Kremlin has been using this disinformation narrative since then to discredit Ukraine's shift towards Euro-Atlantic policy.
Read our recent articles on 7 myths of pro-Kremlin disinformation about the Russian military buildup near Ukraine, and Kremlin fabricated pretexts for the further invasion of Ukraine. For further background, see vol. 1 and vol. 2 of the series “What he said and what it really means”.
See other examples of similar disinformation narratives, such as claims that Russia fights against Ukrainian neo-Nazis guilty of ethnic cleansing, that the special military operation aims to end the Nazi regime in Kyiv, that Zelenskyy uses the same Nazi symbols as Hitler, or that the West supported neo-Nazis in Ukraine, using them to weaken Russia.
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