DISINFO: Ukraine government deliberately conducting a genocide of the Ukrainian people
SUMMARY
Those in power in Ukraine are not Ukrainians, and they are deliberately carrying out the genocide of the Ukrainian people.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about alleged genocide committed by Ukraine, aiming to justify the full-scale Russian invasion of and war crimes in Ukraine.
The idea that Ukraine is committing genocide against its own population is promoted by Vladimir Putin in his speeches. The idea is nevertheless baseless. Genocide is the deliberate and systematic destruction of a group of people because of their ethnicity, nationality, religion, or race.
There is no evidence that any ethnic nationals, including ethnic Russians or Russian speakers, are facing persecution at the hands of the Ukrainian authorities in Donbas or elsewhere, much less the danger of annihilation on grounds of nationality, ethnicity, or cultural belonging. This has been confirmed by reports issued by the Council of Europe, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the OSCE.
The genocide narrative has been an integral part of the justification campaign of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. Leaders of the European Union recognised that Moscow's actions should be evaluated as “acts of violence and the violation of international law”.
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