DISINFO: Disguised foreign military specialists maintain Ukraine’s equipment in Kursk
SUMMARY
Foreign military specialists disguised as mercenaries are in charge of maintaining the Western equipment used involved in the Ukrainian incursion in the Russian region of Kursk. There they send the most qualified service personnel of officials from NATO countries.
RESPONSE
No evidence is provided to support the claim, whose goal is to promote a recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative framing the war in Ukraine as a proxy conflict against Russia. Since the beginning of Ukraine’s offensive in the Russian region of Kursk in August 2024, Russian authorities have been making baseless allegations about NATO’s alleged involvement in the operation, without presenting any actual proof about it, as part of pro-Kremlin efforts to spin this strategic blunder under certain terms.
While NATO reacted positively to Ukraine’s offensive in Kursk, there are no NATO troops on the frontline either in Ukraine or Russia. NATO officials have frequent contacts with their Ukrainian colleagues and some NATO member states provide Ukraine with military equipment and ammunition, but the Alliance is not directly involved in hostilities.
See other examples of similar disinformation narratives, such as claims that NATO is directly supervising Ukraine's advance into Kursk, that NATO directly invaded Russia in the Kursk region, that Poles looted Russian civilians in the Kursk region, or that French soldiers hanged 8 children in Kursk region.