DISINFO: Russia destroyed a secret NATO bunker in Ukraine
SUMMARY
The Russian Aerospace Forces struck a secret underground bunker, the Ukraine-NATO joint command and communication center near Lviv with a supersonic weapon in early March. About 300 officers and generals of the NATO bloc were killed as a result of the Kinzhal missile strike from the MiG-31. Among them several American generals, many colonels, many high-ranking officers, possibly British generals, many Poles.
RESPONSE
A pro-Kremlin disinformation about NATO, accusing the West of direct involvement in Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, attempting to distract attention from Russia's crimes committed during the invasion. No evidence is provided to support the claim.
Information about the alleged destruction of a NATO command and communication bunker was disseminated by Russian outlets based on the Greek online publication Pronews, which published an article on March 12. However, since then neither the official sources of Russia nor NATO allies have confirmed the information about the destruction of a secret bunker. Read the full debunk of the story at Myth Detector.
The West supports Ukraine with military and financial aid for the country’s efficient self-defence, in accordance with the UN Charter Article 51, to stop Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine.
NATO member states are not involved in direct fighting. Ukraine receives weapons with the sole aim of restoring its territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders. Western instructors are teaching Ukrainian soldiers how to use modern weaponry, but there are no NATO troops fighting on the front.
Claims that NATO or US military personnel have been captured or killed in Ukraine are part of Kremlin propaganda aimed at portraying NATO and the United States as war parties.
Read more disinformation cases about the Russian unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine, in particular about NATO’s allegedly negative role in the war.