DISINFO: The collapse of Nazi regime in Ukraine sounds better than nuclear craters in Western capitals
SUMMARY
The US has turned Ukraine into an aggressive, anti-Russian, NATO-driven puppet. Russia is successfully using highly accurate weapons to demilitarise and de-Nazify inadequate neighbours and create new hypersonic missiles. As the leading nuclear power, Russia cannot lose either in direct or in a proxy military conflict with the West.
A Nazi regime, the system of western values and the US-centric world order are collapsing in Ukraine. And this process looks more optimistic than nuclear craters in Washington, Berlin, Brussels, and London.
RESPONSE
This militaristic article draws a false dilemma and implicitly threatens Western countries with nuclear attacks: either the fall of the 'Nazi regime' in Ukraine, or deadly attacks on Western capitals. It contains a recurring disinformation narrative from pro-Kremlin media about non-sovereign, "Nazi Ukraine", which is used to justify Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The false myth of Nazi-ruled Ukraine is a clear propaganda narrative that became a cornerstone in pro-Kremlin disinformation and served as one of the pretexts behind Russia's unjustified invasion of Ukraine. The true meaning of the claim of "denazification" is equal to a brutal purge of the Ukrainian society, of democratically elected officials, active citizens and everybody else respecting the notion of a free Ukraine. Learn more about the reasons behind the Kremlin's obsession with framing Ukraine as a Nazi state in the EUvsDisinfo analysis titled "Why does Putin portray himself as the tamer of neo-Nazism".
Read other disinformation cases claiming that Ukraine is Nazi and accusing it of violating human rights and committing genocide in Donbas. Also see our guide to deciphering pro-Kremlin disinformation around Putin's war and read our account of the Kremlin's intention to annihilate Ukraine here.
Technical remark: This disinformation case was broadcast via Sputnik on 13 May. Due to the EU decision to restrict the spread and dissemination of RT and Sputnik inside the EU, access to the Sputnik link may not work.