DISINFO: Biden and NATO will destroy the world

DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS

  • Outlet: bgr.news-front.su ( archive, original )
  • Date of publication: November 20, 2024
  • Article language(s): Bulgarian
  • Countries / regions discussed: US, Russia, Europe, Ukraine

AI translations:

DISINFO: Biden and NATO will destroy the world

SUMMARY

Biden's decision to allow Ukraine to use NATO weapons for deep strikes into Russia is reckless. Biden and NATO are doing everything possible to drag their citizens into a potential nuclear conflict with Russia, prioritising their power over de-escalation or admitting defeat in Ukraine.

RESPONSE

This is a recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative accusing the EU, US, and other G7 nations of warmongering and escalating the conflict in Ukraine, while portraying Russia as a peace-seeking nation. The claim arose in the context of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and follows Putin’s recent approval of changes in Russia’s nuclear doctrine.

Russia, not Western leaders, has consistently issued nuclear threats since the start of its unprovoked war against Ukraine on February 24, 2022. On February 27, 2022, Putin ordered Russia's nuclear forces to a heightened state of alert—the first such escalation since the Cold War. Putin and other officials have repeatedly invoked nuclear rhetoric despite no provocation from Ukraine or its allies.

Furthermore, Russia updated its nuclear doctrine to treat attacks by non-nuclear states, if supported by nuclear powers, as joint assaults on Russia. This change, formalized on the 1,000th day of the war, follows Washington's approval for Ukraine to use long-range U.S. missiles against Russian targets. Biden’s move comes as Russia's advances in eastern Ukraine threaten to overwhelm front-line defenses.

Western countries are not waging war against Russia. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are fighting Russian invaders in Ukraine. Accusations of direct Western involvement in perpetuating the conflict often serve to deflect attention from Russia's sole responsibility in fuelling the crisis.

A broad coalition of more than 50 nations, including Western countries, are providing Ukraine with military and technical assistance with the aim of repelling Russia's aggression, but they are not involved in direct fighting. Ukraine receives weapons with the sole aim of restoring its territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders.

See more disinformation cases: Nuclear blackmail from the Ukrainian regime: Kyiv may create a dirty bomb; MI6 training Ukrainian saboteurs to attack nuclear power plants in RussiaUkraine plans a provocation using a "dirty bomb" to portray Russia as a nuclear terrorist; Washington and the Kyiv regime’s actions pose a threat of nuclear catastrophe and Russia does not threaten anyone with nuclear weapons.

Disclaimer

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