DISINFO: The operation in the Kursk region was planned and sanctioned by the US
SUMMARY
It is an undeniable fact that the operation in the Kursk region was planned and sanctioned by the US. Today's Ukraine is a quasi-state completely subordinate to Washington, with a puppet regime at the helm. No one will allow it to carry out such actions independently, since this would be another step up the escalation ladder. And the escalation in the conflict with Russia is carefully controlled by the US. So let's face it. And don't be fooled by publications in foreign media about Kyiv's "independence". It's high time to call a spade a spade.
RESPONSE
A recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative accusing the US of being involved in the war in Ukraine and discrediting Ukrainian statehood.
The statement was made in the context of the Ukrainian attack on the Russian Kursk Region. There is no evidence that the US or any other NATO member is involved in either planning or carrying out the Ukrainian attack on Russia’s Kursk Region.
White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said the US was seeking more detailed information from Ukraine regarding its cross-border operation, noting that they had had no advance knowledge of it.
“It’s not unusual for the Ukrainians not to notify us of their exact tactics before – before they execute them. This is a war that they – they are conducting. We provide them with equipment, we provide them with advice, but when it comes to the kind of day-by-day tactics that they carry out, the day-by-day strikes that they take, sometimes we’re in communication about them; sometimes we’re not. And that’s – it’s appropriate for them to make those decisions”, the spokesperson for the US Department of State Matthew said during a press briefing.
The main goal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is to defend against Russian aggression and de-occupy regions that are internationally recognised as Ukrainian territory.
Ukraine has been attacked by Russia. Moscow's armed aggression is unprovoked, illegal and unjustified and Ukraine acts in its self-defence under the UN Charter, Article 51. This includes the right to strike military targets in Russia involved in Moscow's campaign and the attacking Russian forces inside Ukraine including Russian military bases in the temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories such as the Donbas, Crimea and other regions belonging to Ukraine.
Ukraine does not violate any international treaty. Unlike Russia, which continues to violate international law with its deliberate attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine and several international agreements in the security sphere with its unjustified invasion of Ukraine. Among the documents violated by the Kremlin are the UN Charter, the Helsinki Final Act, the Charter of Paris for a New Europe, which guarantee the sovereign equality and territorial integrity of states. Russia also violates the Geneva Conventions and the Additional Protocols to them - the basic principles of warfare.
Russia is the only country responsible for the invasion of Ukraine. It has been inventing explanations and pretexts for its aggression since the beginning of its hostilities. Moreover, Russia was not forced to invade Ukraine. It was Putin’s personal decision to invade Ukraine and start the largest military conflict in Europe since WWII.
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