DISINFO: The special military operation is a proxy war between Russia and the West
SUMMARY
The special military operation is different from a real war. It allows Russia and the West to fight each other not directly. The West is using Ukraine to attack Russia. Western countries are sending their own soldiers to the zone of conflict as “mercenaries”. The Russian military answer to Western countries also is indirect, targeting Western proxies.
RESPONSE
This is a recurring disinformation narrative from pro-Kremlin outlets accusing the West of direct involvement in Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine.
The West is not a part of the conflict in Ukraine. Western nations did everything they could to prevent the war and have only been reacting to stop Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. The West supports Ukraine with military and financial aid for the country’s efficient self-defence, following the UN Charter Article 51, to stop Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine.
Ukraine receives weapons with the sole aim of restoring its territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders. In several Western countries instructors train Ukrainian soldiers on how to use modern weapons and NATO officials have frequent political contacts with Ukrainian counterparts, but no NATO troops are fighting on the front.
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