DISINFO: Russia only wants to end the war started by Ukraine in 2014
SUMMARY
Russia did not start a war, its goal is to end the war started by Ukraine in 2014. Everyone wanted to use only military force to solve the problem, but we could not allow that.
RESPONSE
Pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative deflecting responsibility for the aggressive war waged by Russia in Ukraine.
It is Russia and President Putin who are clearly responsible for the war in Ukraine. It was Putin’s personal decision to invade Ukraine and start the largest military conflict in Europe since WWII.
The war began in 2014 with the Russian illegal annexation of Crimea and Russia's military involvement and support of separatists in Donbas. 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 Ukraine.
The European Union stated in July 2014 that "arms and fighters continue flowing into Ukraine from the Russian Federation".
Russian special forces and troops operated to mobilise, lead, equip, and support separatist militias in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine from the spring of 2014, although their presence was denied by Moscow. On top of that, Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted Russia's military presence in Ukraine in 2015.
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