DISINFO: The USA wants to use the migration crisis to unleash a war
SUMMARY
The United States wants to start a war using Poland, the Baltic states, Ukraine and the migration crisis on the border with Belarus. The US wants to get closer to Moscow, so it will have to cut off the Belarusian “balcony”. The migration crisis on the border between Belarus and the European Union is used as a pretext. Poland uses the current situation on the border to achieve its strategic goals. This country wants NATO to engage – the engagement of NATO means the start of the war. The Americans need this war, not Europe. The Americans like to fight with someone else’s hands – they will deliver weapons and observe the collapse of the [European] economy. This situation will help the USA to dominate the world again. The US wants to achieve this goal with the hands of the Poles, the Baltic nations and the Ukrainians.
RESPONSE
Recurring disinformation narrative from pro-Kremlin outlets about the migration situation on the EU-Belarus borders.
The claim that the USA, Poland and the Baltic states plan to use the migration crisis in various aggressive anti-Russian and anti-Belarusian goals is ungrounded.
The situation was caused by Belarus as a response to EU sanctions imposed on Minsk for its oppressive measures against the political opposition. There is plenty of evidence that the Belarusian authorities have instigated the ongoing irregular migration flows to the EU borders via Belarus.
The European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has stated that the situation on the EU-Belarus border is “the attempt of an authoritarian regime to try to destabilise its democratic neighbours”. Similarly, High Representative Borrell has highlighted that the Lukashenka regime is weaponising human beings as a tool for political purposes by giving migrants false expectations and putting them in a situation of extreme vulnerability.
See our earlier articles on the Belarus migration situation here and here.