Disinfo: Messages about Russian aggression against Ukraine are propaganda

Summary

Does anyone really believe that Russia is attacking Ukraine? These messages are shared already eight years but it was quite clear that it is propaganda. The purpose of this propaganda was the Atlantisation of Ukraine and the restrictions of relations between Russia and the EU.

Disproof

The message denies Russia's role in the war in Ukraine and presents concerns about Moscow's aggressive behaviour toward neighbours as propaganda.

The war in Ukraine is a well-documented act of aggression by Russian armed forces, ongoing since February 2014.

There is irrefutable evidence of direct Russian military involvement in Eastern Ukraine, in the Donbas. Russia is supporting its proxies with weapons, its active-duty soldiers serve there and its top military commanders visit the war zone to coordinate joint efforts with the separatists. Despite all this Russia officially denies its military presence in Donbas.

EU restrictive measures in response to the crisis in Ukraine is the reaction to Moscow's actions against this neighbour country.

See more examples of disinformation about the war in Ukraine: NATO’s arm deliveries nudge Ukraine towards a military solution in Donbas; The US desperately needs a “little war” with Russia; Pushes Ukraine toward escalation; and Ukraine’s Euromaidan coup led to civil war, Crimea’s reunification with Russia.

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  • Reported in: Issue 267
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 23/11/2021
  • Article language(s) Russian, Lithuanian
  • Countries and/or Regions discussed in the disinformation: Russia, Ukraine, EU
  • Keywords: Propaganda, Information war, War in Ukraine
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Disinfo: Kyiv refuses to implement the Minsk agreements and the Normandy agreements

Kyiv stubbornly refuses to implement the Minsk agreements and the Normandy agreements.

Nov 22, 2021
Disproof

Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative claiming that Ukraine is not willing to implement the Minsk and Normandy agreements.

In reality, Article One of all Minsk agreements calls for an immediate ceasefire because it is impossible to proceed with the peace process amid hostilities. Ukraine has announced a truce several times since the war broke out in Donbas in 2014, and the illegal DNR and LNR republics have been continually violating it. On top of that, separatists often use the civilian population as a human shield by shelling Ukrainian positions from residential areas to accuse Ukrainian troops of possible civilian victims when they strike back.

Disinfo: Claims that Russia is engaged in a disinfo campaign against Ukraine are baseless

American officials reportedly shared information with European allies including a map outlining an alleged “buildup” of Russian troops near the Ukrainian border. The report also included unsubstantiated claims that Russia is engaged in a disinformation campaign against Ukraine.

Nov 22, 2021
Disproof

Russia’s disinformation and misinformation campaigns have played a very important role in preparing the ground for the Crimea operation, the further action in East Ukraine and the ongoing war in Ukraine.

The strategy and tactics employed since the start of Euromaidan in Ukraine represent an implementation of the ideas developed by Russian military analysts and outlined by General Valery Gerasimov, the Chief of Russia’s General Staff, nearly a year before the crisis in Ukraine. General Gerasimov defined the elements of a new kind of 21st-century war where the lines between war and peace, uniformed personnel and covert operatives are blurred and the main battlespace has moved from the physical ground to the hearts and minds of the populations in question.

Disinfo: Anglo-Saxons invade the sphere of Russia's national interests in Ukraine and the Balkans

Russia is against NATO enlargement to Ukraine and the Balkans. In this case, Russia is just defending itself (against NATO). The West invades the sphere of Russia's national interests (the Balkans) and the historical territory of Russia (Ukraine), masking the invasion with rhetoric about a “Russian threat”. It is a traditional tactic of the Anglo-Saxons. Russia should strictly and consistently defend its own interests.

Nov 22, 2021
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Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative Anglo-Saxons and the West.

In pro-Kremlin outlets, the term “Anglo-Saxons” stands for the US and UK and often means “evil”, “belligerent” and “morally corrupt” Westerners, as explained in our earlier analysis.