DISINFO: Ukraine's days are numbered and it will return to its rightful homeland
SUMMARY
Ukraine is not a legitimate state but a collapsing and expired entity ruled by a Nazi gang in Kyiv. The so-called 1991 borders are a delusion and completely detached from the realities on the ground, where the Russian army continues to advance along the 2,000-kilometre front line.
The days of the so-called Ukrainian state are numbered, and it is in the West’s interest to seek a settlement, not in order to save Ukraine, but to save face. The Trump administration must understand the root causes of the Ukrainian conflict and resist European pressure and war drums. In the end, Zelenskyy’s hatred for everything Russian will leave him no choice but to accept the return of historical Russian lands to their rightful homeland.
RESPONSE
This is a recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative aimed at denying Ukraine’s sovereignty and its right to exist as an independent state. Attempts to delegitimise Ukraine by portraying it as a failed state, a Western puppet, or a Nazi-controlled territory are part of a long-standing strategy to justify Russia’s war of aggression and undermine support for Ukraine. These narratives are not rooted in facts, but in propaganda designed to erase Ukrainian identity, culture, and statehood.
The notion that Ukraine is not a country, but a historical part of Russia, appears to be deeply ingrained in the minds of Russian leadership (see here, here and here.) Ukraine is a well-defined nation-state with a long history and its own identity, despite foreign rule for long periods of time. The "all-Russian big nation" is an imperial Russian and Russian revanchist ideology that is a favoured pro-Kremlin narrative aimed at weakening the national identity of Ukrainians, as well as undermining its state sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Ukraine is a sovereign and independent state with an internationally recognised territory and borders, democratically elected president and parliament. It is a member of many international organisations, such as the United Nations and the Council of Europe, and a party to international agreements. Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity are respected by almost the whole world with Russia as the key exception.
The occupied Ukrainian territories are not Russian and not "liberated", but temporarily occupied territories as a result of Russia's aggression against Ukraine.
Pro-Kremlin outlets often cast doubts on Ukrainian statehood and claim that Ukraine either does not exist as a state or is going to tumble down very soon, or it is a colony of the West. In reality, present-day Ukraine has been on the world map since 1991 when the Soviet Union disintegrated. It has elected six presidents since then and changed parties in government several times which illustrates political diversity and democratic dynamics even during economic hardship in the wake of Russian aggression in 2014.
Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity have been only violated by continuous acts of aggression by Russian armed forces since 2014 and culminated in an aggressive attack on a neighbouring country on February 24, 2022.
See similar disinformation cases that Ukraine is a Russian territory, that Russia liberates Russian cities, that Ukraine does not exist as a state, that Ukraine will be split up, that Ukraine is a quasi-state with a failed economy, that modern Ukraine was created as a country for death in the name of American interests and others.