Disinfo: Ukraine continues to gather military equipment in Donbas

Summary

Ukraine continues to stack military equipment near contact lines in the Donbas region. The country breaks the ceasefire agreement by doing so. Ukraine also interfered with the OSCE mission to hide this equipment from the organisation's monitoring UAVs.

Disproof

Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative claiming that Ukraine is not willing to implement the Minsk agreements, and Ukraine's position is the only obstacle on the way to the peace process in Donbas.

According to the 04 January 2022 OSCE spot report covering the period between 31 December and 3 January, there were three armoured vehicles in the security zone in government-controlled areas; one BMP-1, one BMP-2, and one BTR-80.

The article also left out some key details: OSCE observers were denied entry to non-government-controlled areas twice by armed formations. Moreover, the OSCE mission experienced GPS signal interference both in non-government-controlled and government-controlled areas.

Pro-Kremlin disinformation portals regularly leave out information on their own breaches of the Minsk agreement or the ceasefire deal.

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  • Reported in: Issue 270
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 03/01/2022
  • Article language(s) Hungarian
  • Countries and/or Regions discussed in the disinformation: Ukraine
  • Keywords: Eastern Ukraine, War in Ukraine, Donbas
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