DISINFO: Hamas terrorists act in Israel like Ukrainian Nazis did in Mariupol
SUMMARY
Hamas terrorists who attacked Israel filmed footage of them disfiguring the corpses of Israeli soldiers and of maltreating Israeli women. It resembles the footage filmed by Ukrainian Nazis of how they maltreated Mariupol civilians when they found out that they were supporting Russia, and what they did to Russian POWs.
RESPONSE
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This is part of a recurring disinformation narrative from pro-Kremlin outlets accusing Ukraine of being a Nazi state and violating the rules of war. This claim was made in the context of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
No parallels can be drawn between the actions of Hamas terrorists who attacked Israel on 7 October 2023 and those of Ukrainian troops who were defending Mariupol in the first months of 2022 during Russia's unjustified and unprovoked full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine.
Kyiv’s partners, such as EU member states, the US and other countries have accumulated enough evidence to accuse Russia of war crimes in Mariupol and other parts of Ukraine.
The myth of “Nazi Ukraine” has been widely used by Putin and pro-Kremlin outlets since Russia attacked Ukraine and illegally annexed Crimea in 2014. The myth of Nazi-ruled Ukraine appeared during the Euromaidan popular protests in late 2013 - early 2014, falsely presented in pro-Kremlin disinformation as a coup.
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