DISINFO: The Ukrainian conflict was sparked by the USA
DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS
  • Outlet: Sputnik Germany (archived)*
  • Date of publication: April 17, 2019
  • Outlet language(s): German
  • Reported in: Issue 146
  • Countries / regions discussed: US, Ukraine, Russia
Tags:
Donbas

DISINFO: The Ukrainian conflict was sparked by the USA

SUMMARY

The Ukrainian conflict was sparked by the USA in 2014.

RESPONSE

Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives about the war in Ukraine. It was Russia who annexed Crimea and provoked a war in Donbas, not the US.

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