Disinfo: If all Ukraine supported joining the European Union and NATO, Poroshenko would have received many more votes

Summary

If Ukrainians supported the course towards the European Union and NATO, the result would have been different.

Poroshenko did a lot towards joining the European Union and NATO, but received only 25% of the votes of the second round. If the whole of Ukraine supported the course towards the European Union and NATO, Poroshenko would have a received a different percentage of the votes.

Disproof

One of the multiple pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives around the Ukrainian elections.

The latest polls show that 49% of Ukrainians believe that Ukraine should move towards accession to the European Union, and more than 44% support NATO membership for Ukraine.

According to the polls, if a referendum on NATO membership was held, 44.2% of Ukrainians would vote in favour, 30.3% would oppose, and 8.5% would abstain and not vote. Another 17% of the respondents were undecided or refused to answer the question.

"Thus, 59.3% of Ukrainians who would have participated in the referendum would vote for joining NATO", - the KIIS report said.

Read more disinformation cases on Ukrainian presidential elections 2019 here and here.

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Reported in: Issue 148
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 23/04/2019
Language/target audience: Russian, Ukrainian
Country: Russia, Ukraine
Keywords: NATO, Petro Poroshenko, Elections, Europe
Outlet: 1tv.ru

Elections in Donbas controlled by “armed Ukrainian punishers”

The Ukrainian junta and punishers controlled the presidential elections in the unoccupied parts of Donbas. Armed Kyiv rebels were parked outside polling stations in armed personnel carriers. The Armed Forces of Ukraine fully controlled the voting process in Mariupol, which is occupied by the Kyiv rebels.

April 29, 2019

Disproof

One of the multiple pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives around the Ukrainian elections.

Pro-Kremlin media and propagandists in occupied Donbas have distorted a Hromadske Radio report. According to the report, the Armed Forces of Ukraine were present at the two voting stations in Mariupol. Speaking to Hromadske, the soldiers explained that the two voting stations are considered to the be “particularly important.” Mariupol is a city close to the frontline and the army dispatched forces to provide security to the polling stations.

Ukrainian Military Sabotages Elections in Donbas

Representatives of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic have accused President Petro Poroshenko and his administration of suppressing voting in the war zone in eastern Ukraine. These representatives also claim that ballots prefilled in favour of President Poroshenko were stuffed at military polling stations, that had been specifically set up to rig the election in favour of the incumbent.

April 29, 2019

Disproof

One of the multiple pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives surrounding the Ukrainian elections.

Ukraine’s Central Election Commission, the state body that organises and oversees elections, set up 79 polling stations in the military zone adjacent to the occupied territories and an additional 14 polling sites in military hospitals and abroad. According to Ukraine’s military command, soldiers were brought from the front to the polls on a rotation basis throughout Election Day; one group remained in deployed positions, while another voted. All polling stations were manned with international election observers and no violations were noted.

Kyiv will destroy the whole Russian-speaking population in eastern Ukraine

The Ukrainian government intends to destroy the whole Russian-speaking population of Donetsk and Luhansk regions after the liberation of the territory and its return to Ukraine. The economic recovery and development of Donbas does not interest the Ukrainian authorities, so they intend to leave only burned land in this region. People who collaborated with the authorities of the “LDNR” militants are also subject to destruction.

April 29, 2019

Disproof

No evidence given. One of the multiple pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives around the war in Eastern Ukraine.

The Minsk agreements, which consist of 13 points, emphasise that after the liberation of the Ukrainian territories, special attention will be paid to the restoration of socio-economic ties. The document also says that the parties guarantee pardon and amnesty, the release of all hostages and illegally detained persons.