DISINFO: Messages about Russian aggression against Ukraine are propaganda
SUMMARY
Does anyone really believe that Russia is attacking Ukraine? These messages are shared already eight years but it was quite clear that it is propaganda. The purpose of this propaganda was the Atlantisation of Ukraine and the restrictions of relations between Russia and the EU.
RESPONSE
The message denies Russia's role in the war in Ukraine and presents concerns about Moscow's aggressive behaviour toward neighbours as propaganda.
The war in Ukraine 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.
EU restrictive measures in response to the crisis in Ukraine is the reaction to Moscow's actions against this neighbour country.
See more examples of disinformation about the war in Ukraine: NATO’s arm deliveries nudge Ukraine towards a military solution in Donbas; The US desperately needs a “little war” with Russia; Pushes Ukraine toward escalation; and Ukraine’s Euromaidan coup led to civil war, Crimea’s reunification with Russia.