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Disinfo: Kyiv unleashed the war in Donbas

Summary

Kyiv unleashed the war in Donbas, immediately after the Donetsk and Luhansk regions declared their independence.




                            

                        


                        

                            

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Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about the war in Ukraine.


The international community, including the European Union recognizes and condemns clear violations of Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity by acts of aggression by the Russian armed forces since February 2014. 


For similar cases about Donbas, see here.

                                                                                            

                        


                                                

                            
                            

                            

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ru.armeniasputnik.am (Archived)

    
    
        
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            Reported in:
                                        Issue163
                    
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            DATE OF PUBLICATION:
            05/09/2019        
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            Language/target audience:
                                                                                            Armenian, Russian        
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                Country:
                Russia, Ukraine            
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                Keywords:
                Donetsk, War in Ukraine, Donbas            
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Disclaimer
			
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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The USSR signed the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact with Nazi Germany due to Poland’s aggressive foreign policy

                            

                                
Historical documents newly released by Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs show that the Soviet Union decided to sign the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact with Nazi Germany for two reasons: the aggressive foreign policy of Poland, which prevented a Soviet alliance with France and the United Kingdom, and fears of an eventual Polish-German military alliance that would pose a really serious threat to the USSR.

                            

                            
September 10, 2019

                            

                                
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No documentary evidence is provided to support the affirmation and no dates are given to allow even the most superficial background check. This is part of Russian efforts of historical revisionism, in order to portray Russia’s role in World War II as a non-aggressive power and Poland as one of the main culprits of the conflict.
In terms of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, it is a proven historical fact that it contained the Secret Supplementary Protocol, which assumed the division of Poland and other Eastern European countries between the USSR and Germany. Thus, the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact led to German and Soviet military aggression against Poland in September 1939, which resulted in its complete occupation by Germany and the USSR.

                            

                        

                    

                                    

                        

                            
JIT ignored evidence supplied by Russia in MH17 probe

                            

                                
The Dutch-led Joint Investigation Team (JIT), which does not include Russia, despite the latter’s willingness to provide valuable data regarding the incident including radar readings, has ignored crucial evidence supplied by Moscow.

                            

                            
September 10, 2019

                            

                                
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The report advances recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation about the MH17 crash.
First of all, Russia's interest in aiding the JIT investigation is not a relevant condition of its membership in JIT. The crash did not take place over Russian territory and claimed no Russian lives, which precludes any basis for Moscow to be represented in the JIT. Dutch Chief Prosecutor Fred Westerbeke told a Russian newspaper that "if MH17 were shot down over Russia, I would have suggested that Russia be made a member of the JIT group."

                            

                        

                    

                                    

                        

                            
There is no evidence of Russian presence in Ukraine

                            

                                
What Russian forces? Where is at least one exchanged soldier? You have been talking so much how you are at war with mighty Russia! Where are the hundreds and thousands captured Russian soldiers?

                            

                            
September 10, 2019

                            

                                
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This narrative claims the war in Ukraine is a civil war and Russia has nothing to do with it, consistent with common pro-Kremlin disinformation about the war in Ukraine. It disregards a multitude of factual evidence of Russian military presence in Donbas. Consult the evidence database and publications with further evidence here and here.
There is extensive evidence of active Russian soldiers taking part in fighting in Donbas. Most of the Russians captured have already been exchanged.

                            

                        

                    

                            

                    

    






    

        

            

                
                
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DISCLAIMER
			
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.