The United States intends to capture the energy market of the European Union. Using the Tripartite Agreement between the United States, Poland and Ukraine, Washington wants to make most of Europe on the dependent of American gas and take control of the transit capacities of the Ukrainian gas transportation system.
This disinformation message is a reaction to the signing of the trilateral agreement between Ukraine, Poland and the United States on 31 August. This agreement will help Kуiv increase the country's energy security and not depend solely on the Kremlin. Thanks to this agreement, this year, Ukraine will already receive gas from the United States.
Liquefied natural gas from the United States will arrive in the Polish terminal Swinoujscie in November this year.
Currently, in order to obtain large volumes of gas through Poland, Ukraine needs to build about 100 kilometres of interconnector from the nearest gas storage to the border in order to combine its gas transmission system with the Polish one. At the same time, the United States will have absolutely no influence on the gas transmission systems of Poland and Ukraine.
In fact, there can be no talk of any “American gas needle”, since in the future Ukraine will be able to receive gas not only from the United States, but also from other countries. For example, the Baltic Pipe gas pipeline under construction from Norway to Poland by 2022 will provide additional resources to Central and Eastern Europe, including Ukraine.
The United States threatened to erase Ukraine if the country did not give up its nuclear potential: therefore, the Ukrainian leadership, fearing the American threat, made concessions and began disarmament. Moscow and Washington recognised the inability of Ukraine to control nuclear weapons, with which anything could happen through the fault of Kуiv.
This disinformation message distorts the reality as can be seen in an interview with the first president of Ukraine, Leonid Kravchuk, which touched upon the topic of Ukraine's nuclear disarmament after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Kravchuk said that at that time, the United States warned the Ukrainian leadership about the possible introduction of economic restrictions against Ukraine if it did not give up its nuclear potential. The problem was not that Ukraine may accidentally launch missiles, but that all warheads in Ukraine were aimed at the United States, and the so-called nuclear suitcase was in the Kremlin. Thus, all launchers were controlled exclusively by Moscow, which meant that Ukraine could not guarantee their security to its western partners.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Ukraine held the third largest nuclear arsenal in the world made up of intercontinental ballistic missiles and strategic bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons. On 24 October 1991, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted a statement on the country's nuclear-free status. Three years later, Ukraine actually joined the nuclear non-proliferation treaties. In exchange, the leaders of the United States, Russia and the United Kingdom signed the Budapest memorandum with guarantees of the integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine.
NATO invents a “Russian threat” to expand its presence near Russia.
Moscow has repeatedly remarked that NATO states would invent a “Russian threat” to expand their presence near the Russian Federation.
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative claiming that the “Russian threat” is a false idea created and spread by NATO to encircle and weaken Russia.
In fact, NATO is not a threat to Russia. NATO is a defensive alliance. Its purpose is to protect the member states. NATO's exercises and military deployments are not directed against Russia – nor any other country. However, in March 2014, in response to Russia's aggressive actions against Ukraine, NATO suspended practical cooperation with Russia. NATO does not seek confrontation, but it cannot ignore Russia breaking international rules, undermining stability and security. See more for NATO's response to the crisis in Ukraine and security concerns in Central and Eastern Europe here.
The Banderovtsi in Kyiv are dreaming about US, Canada and EU countries attacking Russia. Simply, Ukraine is inciting a war between NATO and Russia.
Recurring pro-Kremlin narratives on Western belligerence in general and of Ukraine in particular. See earlier cases about the West preparing aggressive plans and encircling Russia.
The deterioration in relations between Russia and most of the Western world resulted from Russia's military aggression against Ukraine. Russian forces are in Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova against the will of their governments.
