DISINFO: "Sea Breeze" aims to destabilize Russian border and give weapons to Ukraine

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DISINFO: "Sea Breeze" aims to destabilize Russian border and give weapons to Ukraine

SUMMARY

These exercises (Sea Breeze) pursue two global missions. The first one is endless destabilization along the periphery of the Russian border.

The second (goal) is to transport various types of equipment and arms to Ukrainian territory and leave it there.

RESPONSE

Recurring disinformation narrative about NATO and its military exercises, and Ukraine.

There is no evidence that NATO is using its exercises, in particular, Sea Breeze, as a cover to secretly supply armaments to Kyiv.

Sea Breeze is a multinational military exercise that has been held in Ukraine since 1997 and is not aimed at "developing military provocations" against Russia, but to enhance the defensive capability of Ukraine and to bring the Ukrainian fleet closer to NATO standards.

It’s worth reminding that NATO is a defensive alliance, whose purpose is to protect its member states, and it aims toward maintaining peace and safeguarding the independence, security and territorial integrity of its members. NATO follows strict procedures and emphasises transparency during military training exercises, which are announced months in advance and are subject to international scrutiny.

See similar disinformation claim alleging that NATO will supply Ukraine with modern weapons; or that Sea Breeze exercise is a provocative NATO attack on Russia in the Black Sea region; or that “Sea Breeze” was a total failure thanks to Russia.

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