DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS
- Outlet: Rossiya 24 - YouTube ( archive, original ) , russian.rt.com ( archive #1, archive #2, original ) , RIA ( archive #1, archive #2, original ) , Rosbalt ( archive #1, archive #2, original ) , regnum.ru ( archive, original ) , vesti.ru ( archive #1, archive #2, original ) , iz.ru ( archive #1, archive #2, original ) , gazeta.ru ( archive #1, archive #2, original ) , ntv.ru ( archive #1, archive #2, original ) , vz.ru ( archive, original ) , tass.ru ( archive #1, archive #2, original )
- Date of publication: June 07, 2021
- Article language(s): Russian
- Countries / regions discussed: Ukraine, US, Russia
AI translations:
DISINFO: NATO using Sea Breeze exercises to secretly send arms to Donbas
SUMMARY
The Putin-Biden summit in Geneva is still two weeks away, but provocations are already under way.
This year's Sea Breeze military exercises, set to take place in Ukraine, will be used by NATO as cover to supply Kyiv with modern armaments. These weapons will then be secretly supplied to the Ukrainian Army and nationalist battalions fighting in the Donbas.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about NATO, US presence in Europe, and Ukraine.
There is no evidence that NATO is using the exercises as a cover to secretly supply US armaments to Kyiv. Nor is there a logical reason why Washington's assistance to Ukraine should suddenly become a clandestine matter. In fact, the US Department of Defense is quite open about its military relationship with Ukraine. See, for instance, this 2019 Pentagon press release announcing an additional $250 million in aid to the Ukrainian Army and stating the total volume of US security assistance since the beginning of Russian aggression on Ukraine in 2014.