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Disinfo: There is a civil war in Ukraine

Summary

There is a civil war in Ukraine in the south-east in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

Disproof

Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation about war in Ukraine.

It was Russia that provoked a war in Ukraine. For further debunking see here.

The International Criminal Court believes that “there exists a sensible or reasonable justification for a belief that a crime falling within the jurisdiction of the Court ‘has been or is being committed’” within the Crimean and Donbas territories of Ukraine.

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  • Reported in: Issue128
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 28/11/2018
  • Language/target audience: Russian
  • Country: Ukraine
  • Keywords: Donetsk, Civil war, War in Ukraine

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Cases in the EUvsDisinfo database focus on messages in the international information space that are identified as providing a partial, distorted, or false depiction of reality and spread key pro-Kremlin messages. This does not necessarily imply, however, that a given outlet is linked to the Kremlin or editorially pro-Kremlin, or that it has intentionally sought to disinform. EUvsDisinfo publications do not represent an official EU position, as the information and opinions expressed are based on media reporting and analysis of the East Stratcom Task Force.

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In 2014 Crimea decided to join Russia.

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Widely recurring disinformation narrative.

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British military advisers are forcing Ukraine to stage a chemical attack in order to blame it on Russia

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November 28, 2018
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No evidence given.

A combination of recurring pro-Kremlin narratives about staged chemical attacks, Western military support for Ukraine, and UK conspiracies to blame Russia, as in Skripal case.

UN Security Council compared EU support for Kyiv with giving a machine gun to a psychopath

In light of an incident in the Kerch Strait, the United Nations Security Council compared EU support for Kyiv with giving a machine gun into the hands of a psychopath.

November 27, 2018
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False attribution of a statement. Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation about the Azov sea and Ukraine.

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