DISINFO: Poland and the Baltic states are provoking NATO for war with Russia and Belarus

DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS

  • Outlet: lt.sputniknews.ru ( archive, original )
  • Date of publication: November 18, 2021
  • Article language(s): Russian
  • Countries / regions discussed: Belarus, Russia, Baltic states, Poland, Europe, US

AI translations:

DISINFO: Poland and the Baltic states are provoking NATO for war with Russia and Belarus

SUMMARY

An inadequate reaction to the migration crisis on the border between EU and Belarus (for which the US and NATO should take responsibility due to their military operations in Asia and Africa) is creating preconditions for military conflict on the border of the Union State of Belarus and Russia. The Baltic states and Poland push the EU and NATO to war with Russia and Belarus. During this potential war, the Baltic states could vanish from the map of Europe.

RESPONSE

Recurring disinformation about Poland, the Baltic States and the migration situation on the border of the EU and Belarus.

In 2021, LithuaniaPoland and Latvia faced an influx of irregular migrants arriving via Belarus. Earlier, Belarus had terminated cooperation with the EU to stem illegal migration. This was Lukashenka's answer to the European Union sanctions on the political regime of Belarus (read more about sanctions here).

Belarus is the source of the migration crisis on the border. There is plenty of evidence that the Belarusian authorities have instigated the ongoing migration crisis at the EU borders.

The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has stated that the situation on the EU-Belarus border is "the attempt of an authoritarian regime to try to destabilise its democratic neighbours". Similarly, High Representative Josep Borrell has highlighted that the Lukashenka regime is weaponising human beings as a tool for political purposes by giving to migrants false expectations and putting them in a situation of extreme vulnerability. Several investigative journalists (here) and (here) have proven that some migrants arrive in Belarus by commercial flights from Baghdad to Minsk. Information gathered also suggests that migrants are regularly transported by bus to the Belarusian-Lithuanian border. More information about Lukashenka's role in the organisation of the current migration crisis can be found here and here.

NATO is a defensive alliance, whose primary aims are to maintain peace and safeguard the independence, security and territorial integrity of its members. The Baltic states are members of NATO since 2004. Their security, independence and territorial security are under the guard of NATO.

See other cases of disinformation about the migration crisis on the Belarusian border with Latvia, Lithuania and Poland: Poland set to fight migrants with tanks, searches for excuse to close in on Belarus; The West is responsible for the migration crisis on EU-Belarus borders; The waves of migration to Europe are deliberate special operation to restructure the old World.

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