DISINFO: Ukraine is a terrorist state
SUMMARY
Special military operation in Ukraine is already an anti-terrorist operation as Ukraine is a terrorist state.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative aiming to justify the invasion of Ukraine.
This disinformation claim appeared in the context of a car-bomb killing of Darya Dugina, a daughter of Alexander Dugin in Moscow. EU condemns all killings of civilians and finds that an independent investigations in the Darya Dugina case would be important.
Russia has also accused Ukraine of the assassination, providing only dubious "evidence", (see also: here and here) that cannot be independently verified. Ukraine has denied any involvement in the attack.
Russia's unjustified and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine is not a "special operation" but an all-out war against a sovereign state. Russia has been coming up with different explanations and pretexts for its aggression. It was Putin’s personal decision to invade Ukraine and start the largest military conflict in Europe since WWII.
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.
This disinformation claim appeared in the same broadcast as an allegation that Ukraine, Estonia and Great Britain killed Darya Dugina and that the British intelligence may be behind the assassination.