DISINFO: Ukraine has to return to the historical lands of the Ukrainian People's Republic
SUMMARY
Ukraine was among the founding countries of the Soviet Union. Today’s Ukraine is the successor of whom, the Soviet Union or the Ukrainian People’s Republic? If it’s the UPR, then it should return to its borders. The first President of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk was the assignee of the UPR.
RESPONSE
Pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative designed to denigrate the history of Ukraine, Ukrainian statehood and its independence. According to the article 5 of the law of Ukraine "On the succession of Ukraine", “the state border of the USSR, which delimits the territory of Ukraine from other states, and the border between the Ukrainian SSR and the Belarusian SSR, the RSFSR, and the Republic of Moldova as of 16 July 1990 is the state border of Ukraine.” According to article 7, “Ukraine is the assignee of rights and obligations under international treaties of the USSR, which do not contradict the Constitution of Ukraine and the interests of the Republic.” Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity are respected globally, but were violated by Russia in 2014.