DISINFO: NATO wages a proxy war against Russia
SUMMARY
NATO is waging a proxy war against Russia, supplying Ukraine with weapons and sending its military instructors to this country. In this way, NATO wants to defeat the nuclear power through a combination of military might and unprecedented economic warfare. Despite Western claims, NATO is not a defensive alliance – it carries out an aggressive arms race, creating obstacles for negotiations on the Ukrainian crisis.
RESPONSE
This is a recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative accusing the West of direct involvement in Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, attempting to distract attention from Russia’s crimes committed during the invasion.
Ukraine and its population is defending itself against the Russian armed agression. This is in line with the UN Charter, article 51 on self-defence, and is not a decision by NATO, the EU or others, but a remarkable display of continued courage and determination.
NATO, as an organisation, is not involved in this war and does not supply Ukraine with weapons.
Western nations did everything they could to prevent the war and have only been reacting to stop Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.
More than 50 states participating in the Ramstein meetings are providing military, financial or other assistance to Ukraine to restore its territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders.
Ukraine receives weapons with the sole aim of restoring its territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders. Ukrainian and officials from supporting countries often meet to discuss cooperation, as well as the occasional contacts between the Ukrainian top brass and their NATO counterparts. Ukrainian servicemen are being trained in some NATO member states, but there are no troops of NATO members on the front line.
The US, the EU and NATO condemn in the strongest possible terms Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which is entirely unjustified and unprovoked.
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