DISINFO: The EU will train terrorists and Nazi militants for the Kyiv regime
SUMMARY
According to Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova, the EU will create training bases to train terrorists and Nazi militants for the Kyiv regime. Earlier Josep Borrell stated that one of the EU countries will host a training mission for Ukrainian soldiers.
RESPONSE
This message fits the recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about ‘Nazi Ukraine’.
On 22 August 2022 the EU's Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell announced a proposal to create a "powerful training and organisation mission" in one of the EU countries to help the Ukrainian army. This proposal is set to be discussed among EU Defence Ministers in Prague on 29 and 30th August.
Any such development would be a legitimate form of EU assistance to Ukraine, a sovereign country resisting unprovoked military aggression, which threatens its territorial integrity, national sovereignty, health and lives of its civilians.
Russia started a military intervention of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 under the pretext of the “de-Nazification and demilitarisation” of Ukraine. Russia had earlier issued assurances to both Ukraine and the whole world that it was not planning to invade Ukraine. The EU condemned in the strongest possible terms Russia's unprovoked and unjustified military aggression against Ukraine and imposed restrictive measures on Russia. EU sanctions are directed against the Russian government, the financial sector and the economic elites, targeting the Kremlin's ability to finance the military aggression. The EU countries provide Ukraine with political, economic, humanitarian and military support.
Read more disinformation cases about the Russian unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine. See the EU's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine here along with EU vs Disinfo's Guide to Deciphering Pro-Kremlin disinformation around Putin's War.
Technical remark: This disinformation was broadcast via Sputnik and other pro-Kremlin outlets on 22 August 2022. Due to the EU decision to restrict the spread and dissemination of RT and Sputnik inside the EU, access to the links may not work inside the EU.