DISINFO: The US, NATO and Europe transformed the military operation against Nazis into a full-scale war on Russia
SUMMARY
The military-political operation against the Nazis, Banderites, fascists, grew into a full-scale war, which was declared on us by the US, NATO and the united Europe. And if so, then Russia has two options: win or lose.
We started the Special military operation and today there is a war with the NATO bloc, which uses the territories of Ukraine for its own purposes, and their main goal is to defeat Russia.
RESPONSE
This is a recurring disinformation narrative from pro-Kremlin outlets claiming the West, the US and NATO are involved in Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. The claim also builds on the Kremlin narrative of the West encircling Russia and advancing again the narrative about Nazi Ukraine.
The West, the US or NATO did not declare war on Russia and are not in war with Russia or Russians. Since Russia launched its unjustified aggression against Ukraine on 24 February 2022, the West has been calling for Russian withdrawal from Ukraine and a peaceful settlement.
The US, the EU and NATO condemn in the strongest possible terms Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which is entirely unjustified and unprovoked.
The US, the EU and some NATO member states provide Ukraine with military assistance to repel the unprovoked Russian aggression, but they are not involved in 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 Western troops fighting on the front. NATO as an organisation is not involved in war in Ukraine.
Western countries are supporting Ukraine with military, political and humanitarian aid and are simultaneously trying to find a diplomatic solution to the war against Ukraine.
As for the claim that Russia is fighting against Nazi/ Bandera Ukraine: One of the Kremlin’s most common disinformation narratives to justify its devastating war against Ukraine is the lie that Russia is pursuing the “denazification” of Ukraine. In reality, Ukraine is not a Nazi state, does not have a Nazi ruling elite and Nazism is not Ukraine’s ideology. For further debunk read here.
See the EU's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine here along with EU vs Disinfo's Guide to Deciphering Pro-Kremlin disinformation around Putin's War.