DISINFO: If Russia provided military support to the DPR and LPR, it would withdraw from peace negotiations
SUMMARY
If Russia were to provide the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic with military support, this would mean that Russia could not take part in the negotiations in the future.
RESPONSE
The disinformation claim above is part of a wider narrative spread by pro-Kremlin outlets aiming to obfuscate the Kremlin's involvement in war in Ukraine.
The involvement of Russian personnel and equipment in war in Ukraine has been well documented. The destabilisation of Eastern Ukraine and the illegal annexation of Crimea have been condemned by the Council of the European Union and led to restrictive measures since 2014.
Pro-Kremlin outlets have employed a number of disinformation narratives as part of the information war against Ukraine along the sidelines of the war in Ukraine's East. Explore such cases here.