DISINFO: Kyiv has been conducting a military operation against Donbas, because they refused to recognise the results of the coup
SUMMARY
In the statements of the military-political leadership of Ukraine, and in the actions of Ukraine, the handwriting of the West, the tool of Satan is obvious. Well, if they are blinded by anti-Russian hatred to such an extent that they have lost the last remnants of common sense and are ready to burn in the fires of a war hell, there will be no shortage of this fire.
Since 2014, Kyiv has been conducting a military operation against the residents of Donbas, who refused to recognise the results of the coup and the new government of Ukraine and proclaimed their independence.
RESPONSE
Mix of the several recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives about the war in eastern Ukraine, presenting the conflict as a “civil war”, a war against its own people in Donbas and alleging that Ukraine is under external control. The article also claims that the creation of DPR and LPR came as a response to the 2013-14 protests in Kyiv, often painted as a coup d'état.
There was no coup d’état in Kyiv in 2014; this is a longstanding pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about Ukraine's Euromaidan protests.
The war in Ukraine is not a civil conflict, where Ukraine is attacking Donbas, but a well-documented act of aggression by Russian armed forces, ongoing since February 2014.
Third, the West does not push Ukraine to an escalation in Donbas. This disinformation is used to distract attention from a renewed build-up of Russian armed forces along the Ukrainian borders in April 2021. Significant amounts of Russian heavy armament and equipment is maintained in the regions near the Ukrainian border contributing to heightened tension. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy emphasised many times that Ukraine is not interested in resuming the conflict in Donbas. Ukraine, according to Zelenskyy, is committed to the implementation of the Minsk agreements.
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