DISINFO: The US and NATO aim to turn the post-Soviet space into underpopulated military zone
SUMMARY
There are signs that the Ukrainian authorities might be preparing anti-Russian military provocations in the Black sea and Donbas with the support of the US. Kyiv must have forgotten that in 2015 the advance of Donbas militiamen was stopped at Russia’s request. Russia will never allow repressions against the Russian-speaking population in eastern Ukraine and their genocide along the Yugoslavian scenario.
The US and NATO aim at creating a sparsely populated zone of permanent military conflicts out of the post-Soviet space.
RESPONSE
This article is consistent with recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives about a belligerent West planning to use Ukraine in its anti-Russian policies, the persecution of the Russian language speakers and war in Ukraine.
The claim about a possible genocide of the Russian speaking population in Donbas or other parts of Ukraine is groundless and is aimed to discredit Ukraine and legitimise aggressive Russian actions there.
The article seriously misrepresents the past and ongoing acts of aggression by the Russian armed forces in Ukraine. Russia did not help Kyiv in stopping the advance of the "Donbas militiamen," it sent its military and troops to fight the Ukrainian army on Ukrainian territories in the first place. Russia's aggressive actions in eastern Ukraine are well-established and thoroughly documented. Furthermore, Russia's annexation of Crimea went contrary to Ukrainian and international law norms.
See earlier disinformation cases alleging that rebellion in Crimea and Donbas against Nazis ruined NATO plans for a military base in Crimea, that the war against Donbas people is waged by successors of the Hitlerites, that Ukrainian parliamentarians demanded to drop a nuclear bomb on Donbas people, and that the Donbas people faced a threat of a Russophobic genocide. See also our earlier analyses of Ukraine-related disinformation and propaganda campaign: Denigrating Ukraine With Disinformation, and Ukraine Under Information Fire.