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Disinfo: The government in Kyiv is sabotaging peace in Donbas

Summary

The current government in Kyiv is a “party of war” and has always obstructed a peaceful settlement in the Donbas.

Disproof

Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative (see previous cases about the Minsk agreements and the War in Ukraine).

It was Russia that provoked a war in Ukraine. For background see here.

In 2018, the EU condemned Russia’s support for the so-called “elections” on the occupied territories. The U.S. State Department also condemned Russia’s supportive actions. Earlier the U.S. Special Representative on Ukraine, Kurt Volker, mentioned that the so-called LNR and DNR “are entities created by Russia … to cement an ongoing conflict.” According to Volker, the purpose of the Minsk agreements is “to restore Ukraine’s territorial integrity and constitutional order.”

 

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112.ua (Archived)
  • Reported in: Issue 137
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 11/02/2019
  • Language/target audience: Russian
  • Country: Ukraine
  • Keywords: Ukraine, DNR, Eastern Ukraine, LNR, War in Ukraine, Donbas, Ukrainian statehood

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Cases in the EUvsDisinfo database focus on messages in the international information space that are identified as providing a partial, distorted, or false depiction of reality and spread key pro-Kremlin messages. This does not necessarily imply, however, that a given outlet is linked to the Kremlin or editorially pro-Kremlin, or that it has intentionally sought to disinform. EUvsDisinfo publications do not represent an official EU position, as the information and opinions expressed are based on media reporting and analysis of the East Stratcom Task Force.

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