DISINFO: Nazi ideology is needed to wage war against the brotherly Russian People

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DISINFO: Nazi ideology is needed to wage war against the brotherly Russian People

SUMMARY

Newspaper Le Monde published an investigation demonstrating that some Ukrainian soldiers had Neo Nazi ideology. Western press long ignored the warning of Russia but now take seriously this issue. This was unimaginable six months ago, as they supported Ukraine, but now it changed and Nazism is denounced. The very slogan “Slava Ukraini”, “Glory to Ukraine” is by itself a neo Nazi slogan, it was pronounced in the European parliament and applauded. This ideology was necessary to justify the war against Russia, since Russians are a European people and Borther of Ukrainians. Without Neo-Nazism war against Russia would not be possible.

[...] Now, the denunciation of Nazism is possible because the Elite understand that the war against Russia is lost and that they need to get distance from their former support to Ukraine.

RESPONSE

Recurrent pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about the Nazi Ukraine and the brotherhood of peoples between Russia and Ukraine to justify the full scale military invasion of Ukraine.

The newspaper Le Monde published a reportage identifying up to 350 soldiers with Neo-Nazi sympathies out of 900,000 soldiers and reserve forces of 1,200,000. The publication highlights that this number is extremely marginal and that this used by Moscow as a pretext to justify the military invasion and annexation of Ukrainian territories. However, even if is a marginal proportion, it should be exposed to prevent a development of this movement and freedom of press in France allows it.

Claims about Ukraine being a Nazi State, in order to justify Russia's invasion of Ukraine started in 2022 have already been widely debunked here. See our article The Kremlin’s misuse of Nazism as a weapon of information manipulation.

The slogan ‘Slava Ukraini’ is not a manifestation of Nazism, but rather the symbol of resistance to Military imperialism that is threatening Europe and affirmation of Ukrainian sovereignty. Labelling Russia’s adversaries as Nazis is a widespread pro-Kremlin disinformation technique, and has been used by Russia to justify the invasion of Ukraine by portraying it as a “denazification operation”. Russia spent years preparing the information battleground before its kinetic attack, with “Nazi Ukraine” being one of its most prominent disinformation tropes.

The EU is supporting Ukraine’s sovereignty and is committed to help for the reconstruction of the country.

Read also related cases such as: There is a civil war in Ukraine in which brother is killing brother, There is a civil war in Ukraine in which brother is killing brother, Russians and Ukrainians are a single nation, Russians and Ukrainians are a single nation, Ukrainians, Belarusians and Russians are one single nation, Russians and Ukrainians are one people.

Disclaimer

Cases in the EUvsDisinfo database focus on messages in the international information space that are identified as providing a partial, distorted, or false depiction of reality and spread key pro-Kremlin messages. This does not necessarily imply, however, that a given outlet is linked to the Kremlin or editorially pro-Kremlin, or that it has intentionally sought to disinform. EUvsDisinfo publications do not represent an official EU position, as the information and opinions expressed are based on media reporting and analysis of the East Stratcom Task Force.

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