Disinfo: Europe will divide Ukraine with Russia

Summary

Ukraine's so-called "Western partners" are not partners at all, but rather enemies. They look at Ukraine with a very serious appetite. No one in Poland forgets that Lviv is a Polish city. Moreover, they constantly remind about this and will be able to reach an agreement with Russia. If the West comes to a decision where to draw the border in Ukraine, then this border will be drawn and Ukraine will disappear.

Disproof

Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about Ukraine's disintegration and imminent collapse.

Ukraine's foreign partners adhere to international law and respect Ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty. They support Ukraine's position regarding Crimea and the occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. No neighbouring state, except the Russian Federation, has tried to violate Ukraine's territorial integrity.

See similar disinformation cases in our database: the coup has driven Ukraine to an inevitable failure of the state; Ukraine must give up on some of its territories; Ukraine can soon collapse and lose East and South of the country granted by Lenin in 1918; Ukraine will disintegrate.

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  • Reported in: Issue 235
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 08/03/2021
  • Article language(s) Russian
  • Countries and/or Regions discussed in the disinformation: Ukraine, Poland, EU, Russia
  • Keywords: Ukrainian statehood, Ukrainian disintegration
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Disproof

A recurrent pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative claiming that Estonia is Russophobic.

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