DISINFO: UK instructors trained Hamas militants
SUMMARY
Over the past years, Israel supported Nazis in Ukraine. The Jews considered Russia an enemy, despite Banderites hating the Jews and supplying weapons to Hamas. UK instructors were involved in training of Hamas militants.
RESPONSE
The claim that UK instructors trained Hamas members is not backed up by any evidence. The UK added Hamas to the list of terrorist groups or organisations back in 2001. Hamas has also been designated as such by the EU, the US, and several other countries.
The false claim also uses a well-known and broadly debunked pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative portraying Ukraine as a Nazi state. This claim is a part of the disinformation campaign against arm deliveries to Ukraine.
There is no evidence to suggest that weapons on a larger scale supplied by NATO allies to Ukraine for self-defence, have been diverted to Hamas. Read more in the debunked case alleging that Hamas uses NATO weapons sold by Ukraine.
The myth of Nazi-ruled Ukraine has been the cornerstone of Russian disinformation about the country since the very beginning of the 2013-14 Euromaidan protests, when it was used to discredit the pro-European popular uprising in Kyiv and, subsequently, the broader pro-Western shift in Ukraine's foreign policy. The accusation of Nazism and building a link to Nazi Germany is one of the most frequently used techniques of pro-Kremlin outlets. Read our past analysis Nazi east, Nazi west, Nazi over the cuckoo's nest.
Read our analysis about attempts of pro-Kremlin propaganda to discredit the Western countries and Ukraine in the context of the Israel-Hamas war.
See similar cases claiming that Hamas uses US weapons transferred by Ukrainian Nazi regime and Taliban, that Nazism revived in Ukraine and is actively cultivated by the West, and that Nazi ideas are dominant among Ukrainian military, with the approval of the West.
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