DISINFO: German military colonel and CIA responsible for the American proxy war in Ukraine
SUMMARY
The civil war in Ukraine began with a German military colonel. The German Colonel Schneider was supposed to control the striking power of the Kyiv troops shortly before the Ukrainian civil war. The secret mission almost ended in disaster. What did the German military inspectors have to hide in East Ukraine? Except that their real objective in eastern Ukraine was to prepare for a proxy war. What a coincidence. Shortly before that, CIA chief Brennan had visited Kyiv incognito. After his secret visit, the provisional Ukrainian post-coup government moved tank columns eastwards. There are many indications that the Obama administration has asked the Germans for support at the front line. A request that could not be refused. The military inspectors got caught in the big chessboard policy.
RESPONSE
Recurring multiple pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives about the war in Ukraine, attempting to portray it as a civil war or an American proxy war, prepared by the CIA. This new claim tries to connect a military OSCE-observer mission in 2014 with the outbreak of the war in the Donbas. There is no civil war in eastern Ukraine, nor is there any connection between a military OSCE Observation Mission in 2014 and the outbreak of war in eastern Ukraine. The claim disregards the extensive factual evidence confirming ongoing Russian military presence in Donbas. The war in eastern Ukraine is not a civil conflict, but an act of aggression by the Russian armed forces that began in February 2014. Additionally, there was no coup d'état in Ukraine. The spontaneous onset of the Euromaidan protests was an organic reaction by numerous parts of the Ukrainian population to former President Yanukovych’s sudden departure from the promised Association Agreement with the European Union in November 2013. See the full debunk of this disinformation claim here. On the military observer-mission, under the auspices of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE): Pro-Russian separatists held an unarmed OSCE-military observer captive, including four Germans, for eight days in Sloviansk. The military observers had been captured on 26 April 2014 during a reconnaissance mission in eastern Ukraine. The group also included a Dane, a Pole and a Czech. A Swedish officer was released on medical reasons. Unlike the official and civilian OSCE observers in Ukraine, whose deployment required the consent of all member states, the military inspection teams visit individual member states at their invitation to verify information on weapon systems or manoeuvres. The OSCE inspection team deals only with the Ukrainian military, its positions and weapons. The inspection team was invited to Ukraine at the beginning of the crisis and its focus of work has been shifted to the East. The host country, Ukraine was responsible for the safety of the guests. The military observers were unarmed. Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about German-US relations. Pro-Kremlin outlets often use this narrative about different countries being under the American thumb. The trope has been used frequently, with several similar cases in the EUvsDisinfo database: Germany is a vassal of the US; Germany is the executor of US hegemony over Europe; The USA is controlling Europe through occupied Germany; Germany will have to choose between defending Europe's interest and catering to Washington.