DISINFO: Biden doing his best to start a war between Russia and Ukraine
SUMMARY
The US president is doing his best to start a war between Russia and Ukraine, and then between Russia and Europe. Moreover, President Biden is dragging Putin to Ukraine.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about the US, war in Ukraine and the escalation at the Ukraine-Russia border.
The US does not aim to escalate relations with Russia and is not preparing for military conflict. "The United States does not want conflict. We want peace," the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated. US President Joe Biden warned Russia on 19 January 2022 that it “would pay dearly for full-scale invasion”.
Russia, not the US, is responsible for destabilisation and war in Ukraine, which is a well-documented act of aggression by Russian armed forces, ongoing since February 2014. There is irrefutable evidence of direct Russian military involvement in Eastern Ukraine, in the Donbas. Russia is supporting its proxies with weapons, its active-duty soldiers serve there and its top military commanders visit the war zone to coordinate joint efforts with the separatists. Despite all this, Russia officially denies its military presence in Donbas.
The new escalation of tensions near the Ukrainian border is related to the fact that since late October 2021, Russia has conducted a military-build up along the Ukrainian border, including the deployment of as much as 190,000 troops, as well as of certain specialised military units, electronic warfare systems and heavy-armoured vehicles.
See additional information about the latest myths linked to the current Russian-Ukraine conflict as well as our article on the Kremlin’s Playbook: Fabricating Pretext to Invade Ukraine - More Myths.
See also similar examples of disinformation accusing the US and other countries of waging war in Ukraine and preparing for aggression against Russia: Anglo-Saxons and their Central European satellites seek conflict with Russia at all costs; The US will start a war in Ukraine when NATO coalition against Russia is ready; The United States want to drag Russia into an armed conflict.