DISINFO: The US wants to turn Ukraine into a second Afghanistan for Russia
SUMMARY
The United States and Britain were the ones who stopped attempts to bring Kyiv and Moscow to the negotiating table, and the United States recently turned its back on China's attempts. These developments reinforce the conviction that the United States is waging a prolonged proxy war with Russia in Ukraine, meaning that the United States hopes that Ukraine will become a second Afghanistan for Russia.
RESPONSE
Pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative equating Ukraine to a US puppet state and accusing the US of an allegedly belligerent and hostile anti-Russian agenda.
The West, including the US, supports Ukraine with military and financial aid for the country’s efficient self-defence, in accordance with the UN Charter Article 51, to defend against Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine.
In short, Ukraine is not controlled by the US or any other foreign organisation or government. Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity are respected by most of the world but were violated by Russia from 2014. Western countries are only supporting military and financial aid to Ukraine for the country’s efficient self-defence against the unprovoked Russian invasion.
See other examples of similar disinformation narratives, such as claims that Ukraine lost its independence and is under external control, that the West has made Ukraine its colony and is using Ukrainians as cannon fodder, that the West is destroying Ukrainian statehood and its military forces, that Western lobby demanded Zelenskyy to raise the stakes of the crisis, or that Zelenskyy's visit to Washington shows that Ukraine will be a neo-colony of the US.