DISINFO: Ukrainian authorities want to provoke a nuclear war in Europe
SUMMARY
The Ukrainian authorities do not link their future with Ukraine. Their major task is to turn the Russian special operation into a wide military conflict involving a number of European countries. Ukraine is looking for a provocation which could provoke a tactical nuclear war in Europe. The real masters are Washington and MI-6, who do not care about Ukraine or Europe.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives about the war in Ukraine, Ukraine as not sovereign country, and the ‘Anglo-Saxons’ having malicious intentions towards Europe. The publication tries to deflect responsibility for the war from Russia by claiming that Ukrainian authorities are looking for a wider and bloodier conflict and that the UK and US would benefit from it, without providing any evidence for the claims made.
This is not the first time the Kremlin’s manipulation and disinformation machine has used a deep-seated and very reasonable fear of a nuclear disaster to advance its political and military goals in Ukraine.
Ukraine is a sovereign country, currently an object of wide-scale unprovoked Russian military aggression. Western countries are supporting Ukraine with military, political and humanitarian aid but they do not rule over it or direct its actions.
Read our article Playing with nuclear fire and the Ukraine-joint statement on the situation at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
For background see disinformation targeting Ukraine.