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DISINFO: Ukraine has started a war against its own nation
DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS
  • Outlet: 60 minut @Rossiya 1 - YouTube (archived)*
  • Date of publication: October 12, 2018
  • Outlet language(s): Russian
  • Reported in: Issue 122
  • Countries / regions discussed: Ukraine, Russia
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War in Ukraine

DISINFO: Ukraine has started a war against its own nation

SUMMARY

Ukraine has started the conflict in 2014 and it keeps conducting a war against its own nation.

RESPONSE

Repeating recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation about war in Ukraine. https://www.euvsdisinfo.eu/disinformation-cases/?text=&disinfo_issue=&disinfo_keywords%5B%5D=77110&date=

It was Russia that provoked a war in Ukraine. For further debunking see https://www.euvsdisinfo.eu/report/russian-spring-civil-war-was-unleashed-in-east-of-ukraine-by-little-nazis-in-kyiv-after-a-coup/

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. https://www.forbes.com/sites/paulroderickgregory/2016/11/20/international-criminal-court-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-is-a-crime-not-a-civil-war/#705ee9a27ddb

Even Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted Russia's military presence in Ukraine in 2015. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/17/vladimir-putin-admits-russian-military-presence-ukraine

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