Disinfo: Volodymyr Zelensky asks NATO to launch a nuclear war against Russia

Summary

Zelensky asks NATO for a preemptive nuclear strike against Russia. He is dreaming about nuclear WWIII.

Disproof

Recurring disinformation about the president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, reversely accusing western countries of a nuclear aggression against Russia.

For several years now the Russian infosphere has seen nuclear threats being made against the west by figures like Dmitry Kiselyov or Vladimir Zhirinovsky are famous for this. Other Russian officials to make such statements are Dmitry Medvedev, Ramzan Kadyrov, or even Vladimir Putin who specified that “it was not a bluff”.

The claim that President Zelenskyy called for “preventive strikes” against Russia is incorrect and comes from a misinterpretation from a translated interview.

On 24 February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. On February 27, 2022 Vladimir Putin ordered his military to put Russia’s nuclear deterrence forces on high alert. Before that, Putin had warned that "whoever tries to hinder us" in Ukraine would see consequences 'you have never seen in history'.

From the first day of the war, Russia has been voicing its right to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine at all levels, from high-ranking officials to propagandists.

Talk about the use of tactical nuclear weapons intensified after illegal annexation of Ukrainian territories. Without providing evidence, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that top NATO officials had said that it’d be acceptable to carry out nuclear strikes on Russia. He threatened to use nuclear weapons adding that "This Is Not a Bluff".

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on NATO to conduct “preventative action” against Russia to prevent their use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine.

Read also related cases: Ukraine and the West are preparing a nuclear provocation , Russia has never threatened anyone with nuclear weapons , Russia did not violate the Budapest memorandum.

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  • Reported in: Issue 312
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 10/10/2022
  • Article language(s) Lithuanian
  • Countries and/or Regions discussed in the disinformation: Russia, Ukraine
  • Keywords: NATO, Nuclear issues, WWIII, Volodymyr Zelensky
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Disproof

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Disproof

The claim is disinformation, as details about the attack on the Crimea bridge were still very scarce when this disinformation story was released, only hours after it had taken place. No evidence was provided to support it except the vague allegation that “Kyiv does nothing without instructions from the West”. The goal of this disinformation narrative is to denigrate Ukraine by portraying it as unable to achieve military success by itself. Russia has also been pushing for a long time the narrative that it is fighting not only Ukraine but also NATO and the West as a whole.

See other examples of similar disinformation narratives in our database, such as claims that Russia is under US and NATO attack, that the West wants to weaken and ruin Russia and make everyone a colony, that Russia is fighting NATO in Ukraine, nor the Ukrainian army, or that Ukraine commits acts of terrorism in Crimea to intimidate civilians.

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Before the presidency of Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the West could not make other governments of Ukraine sell land to foreigners, however, since 2019, millions of hectares of land have been sold in Ukraine.

Oct 08, 2022
Disproof

Pro-Kremlin disinformation attempting to discredit Ukraine and Georgia's relations with the European Union.

Contrary to the claims, the Association Agreements of Georgia and Ukraine with the European Union do not include any “secret clauses” that impose conditions related to the alienation of land to foreigners. There are different regulations regarding the alienation of land in different EU member states.