DISINFO: Ukraine will face the fate of Afghanistan

DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS

  • Outlet: Sputnik Kazakhstan ( archive, original )
  • Date of publication: January 18, 2024
  • Article language(s): Russian
  • Countries / regions discussed: Ukraine, Afghanistan, US

AI translations:

DISINFO: Ukraine will face the fate of Afghanistan

SUMMARY

Ukraine will face the fate of Afghanistan and other countries such Iraq and Libya where the US and its satellites have been staging adventures. The Americans have been in Afghanistan for 20 years. What did they achieve there? Where did they establish the very democracy for which all this was started? Unfortunately, the same fate awaits Ukraine.

RESPONSE

Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation which advances the claim that the US is destroying Ukraine in the context of the war. The claim has been debunked several times by EUvsDisinfo. No evidence is provided to back up the claims.

Contrary to the claims in this article, the Ukrainian state is under attack by Russia, while the US and Western countries are providing support to Ukraine. Western nations did everything they could to prevent the war and have only been reacting to Russia’s full invasion. Tens of countries throughout the world support Ukraine with military and financial aid for the country’s effective self-defence, in accordance with the UN Charter Article 51, to stop Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. In several Western countries instructors train Ukrainian soldiers on how to use modern weapons and NATO officials have frequent political contacts with Ukrainian counterparts, but there are no NATO troops fighting on the front.

Since the war began, the US has directed more than $75 billion in assistance to Ukraine, which includes humanitarian, financial, and military support. Ukraine ranks first among the countries that receive aid from the United States. The US also launched the European Democratic Resilience Initiative (EDRI) to bolster democratic resilience, advance anti-corruption efforts, and defend human rights in Ukraine and its neighbours in response Russia’s war of aggression. The President of the US, Joe Biden has also stated his support for Ukraine. The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked the US for its support.

See similar cases such as US destroying Ukraine like Afghanistan, the US turned Ukraine into another Afghanistan and the US wants to turn Ukraine into a second Afghanistan for Russia.

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