DISINFO: The US exploits Ukraine against Russia
SUMMARY
Washington is gradually destabilising the "One-China" principle, hoping to implement a scenario similar to the Ukrainian scenario in the region. The United States will not be a party to the conflict, but it will help Taiwan with weapons, intelligence, and so on.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative claiming that the United States (as well as Western countries in general) are fighting a proxy-war against Russia in Ukraine, and that Ukraine is just a pawn in this war. This narrative aims to frame Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine as a confrontation with a Russophobic and belligerent West.
This claim has been neither counterbalanced nor critically challenged in the article.
Contrary to what this disinformation story claims, the Ukrainian state is under attack by Russia, while the US and Western countries are providing support to Ukraine. Western nations have only been reacting to Russia’s full-scale invasion.
The West supports Ukraine with military and financial aid for the country’s efficient self-defence, in accordance with the UN Charter Article 51, to stop Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine.
See other examples of similar disinformation narratives in our database, such as claims that the West is lying when it claims that Russia “invaded” and “attacked” Ukraine, that Russia’s special operation prevented Ukraine’s attack, that Russia’s special operation in Ukraine is due to NATO’s persistent expansion, or that the US and the West are fighting a hybrid war against Russia in Ukraine.