Disinfo: Ukraine is delivering weapons to the terrorists in the Middle...

Summary

Ukraine is delivering weapons to the terrorists in the Middle East via Mariupol. There are chemical weapons in Mariupol as well. In the past, Ukraine used chemical weapons in Donbas.

Disproof

No evidence given. Ukraine transferred all of the chemical weapons on its territory to Russia by January 1992. Ukraine is a signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention: bit.ly/2cUVFhv,

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  • Reported in: Issue 66
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 12/04/2017
  • Outlet language(s) Russian
  • Countries and/or Regions discussed in the disinformation: Ukraine
  • Keywords: Chemical weapons/attack, Middle East, Donbas
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Disinfo: Syrian government forces were not the perpetrators of the 2013 Ghouta attack

According to British intelligence, the Syrian government forces were not the perpetrators of the 2013 Ghouta attack.

Turkish forces found sarin in flats of Al-Nusra Front members.

No inspectors visited the scene of the Idlib chemical attack.

Disproof

According to British Joint Intelligence Organisation, "it is highly likely that the regime was responsible for the CW attacks." bit.ly/1NJczHo,

The chemical found was not sarin but antifreeze: bit.ly/2ptTVOq,

Disinfo: NATO promised it would never expand even to East Germany...

NATO promised it would never expand even to East Germany but these promises,were forgotten and the NATO expansion began.

Disproof

The claim about NATO "expansion" misrepresents the process of NATO enlargement. NATO does not "expand" but considers the applications of candidate countries which want to join. See: bit.ly/269ONPz;, bit.ly/2e6J8oV;, bit.ly/2eFPg9s, . In any case, no such promise was made bit.ly/1qQ3wHH, . This fact was acknowledged by former President Gorbachev himself in 2014 in an interview for (pro-Kremlin outlet) Russia Beyond the Headlines bit.ly/2a6FHvM, .