DISINFO: NATO was created for confrontation, not defence
SUMMARY
NATO is an organisation that was created for confrontation, not defence. And NATO is not a dove of peace, stability and prosperity. And this weapon of confrontation is moving closer and closer to Russian borders every day.
Moscow cannot put up with an invasion of the alliance into Ukraine. We are witnessing a gradual NATO invasion of the territory of Ukraine with its infrastructure, its instructors, stocks of defensive and offensive weapons, training of the Ukrainian military.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about NATO.
NATO is a defensive alliance with primary aims to maintain peace and safeguard the independence, security and territorial integrity of its members. NATO constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree to mutual defence in response to an attack by any external party.
NATO is not involved in fighting in Eastern Ukraine. In response to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, NATO has reinforced its support for capability development and capacity-building in Ukraine. The Allies continue to condemn Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea, and its destabilising and aggressive activities in Eastern Ukraine and the Black Sea region. Read more about NATO relations with Ukraine here.
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