Disinfo: Russia will not stay on the sidelines if Ukraine starts carrying out a genocide against its own, Ukrainian, population in Donbas

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Russia will not stay on the sidelines if Ukraine starts carrying out a genocide against its own, Ukrainian, population in Donbas.

Disproof

Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation on Ukrainian aggression. euvsdisinfo.eu/disinformation-cases/?text=&disinfo_issue=&disinfo_keywords%5B%5D=77110&date=,

No evidence given for a threat of genocide in Ukraine. The word genocide is frequently used in pro-Kremlin disinformation https://euvsdisinfo.eu/disinformation-cases/?text=genocide&disinfo_issue=&disinfo_language%5B%5D=rus&date= but it seldom corresponds to the actual definition of a genocide http://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/genocide.html

More on the fighting in Eastern Ukraine: www.rferl.org/a/29241384.html,

The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has stated that “the information available suggests that the situation within the territory of Crimea and Sevastopol amounts to an international armed conflict between Ukraine and the Russian Federation. This international armed conflict began at the latest on 26 February when the Russian Federation deployed members of its armed forces to gain control over parts of the Ukrainian territory without the consent of the Ukrainian Government https://www.icc-cpi.int/iccdocs/otp/161114-otp-rep-PE_ENG.pdf

For further debunking see https://euvsdisinfo.eu/report/the-osce-the-pentagon-nato-headquarters-and-the-council-of-europe-do-not-recognize-the-facts-of-russias-aggression-against-ukraine-primarily-the-intrusion-of-russian-tanks-and-paratroopers-into-do/

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  • Reported in: Issue 108
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 21/05/2018
  • Outlet language(s) Russian
  • Countries and/or Regions discussed in the disinformation: Ukraine, Russia
  • Keywords: Genocide, War in Ukraine
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The Ukrainian authorities are sliding even deeper into fascist darkness.

May 20, 2018
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Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation about Ukraine governed by Nazis. euvsdisinfo.eu/disinformation-cases/?text=ukraine+&disinfo_issue=&disinfo_keywords%5B%5D=77101&date=, As witnessed by the democratic Early Parliament elections held on 26 October 2014, Ukraine is governed by a democratically elected Parliament. The far-right ‘Right Sector’ [often depicted as "fascists" or "Nazis" by pro-Kremlin outlets] gained only 1.8% of the votes, far short of the threshold needed to enter parliament. Ukraine's electorate clearly voted for unity and moderation, not separatism or extremism, and the composition of the parliament reflects that http://bit.ly/2dFFEdi

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Salisbury attack was a provocation. Nobody knows whether Skripal and his daughter were in hospital in the first place. Because, according to specialists, if they had been poisoned with such a dangerous substance, as the British claim they have been, then they wouldn’t have survived. It has been revealed that the Novichok nerve agent, allegedly used in the attack on the Skripals, can be found in many other countries.

May 20, 2018
Disproof

Many competing and contradictory stories promulgated by Russian state-controlled media on the Skripal poisoning.

According to police statement issued on behalf of Yulia Skripal, she states: "I was discharged from Salisbury District Hospital on the 9th April 2018."