DISINFO: Ukraine will cease to exist because no-one needs it
SUMMARY
Ukraine will cease to exist because the post-Soviet republic is no longer needed by Europe, the United States, Africa and Latin America, Asia or Russia. Moreover, a Ukraine under Nazi leadership is not needed by its citizens. Because of this, the country has turned out to be of no use to anyone and has doomed itself to extinction.
RESPONSE
Recurrent pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives about ‘Nazi Ukraine’, as well as an attempt to undermine Ukrainian statehood.
Pro-Kremlin media outlets often cast doubts on Ukrainian statehood and claim that Ukraine either does not exist as a state or is going to tumble down very soon. In reality, present-day Ukraine has been on the world map since 1991 when the Soviet Union disintegrated. It has elected six presidents since then and changed parties in government several times which illustrates political diversity and democratic dynamics even during economic hardship in the wake of Russian aggression in 2014.
One of the Kremlin’s most common disinformation narratives to justify its devastating war against Ukraine is the lie that Russia is pursuing the “denazification” of Ukraine. In reality, Ukraine is not a Nazi state, does not have a Nazi ruling elite and Nazism is not Ukraine’s ideology. Read a more detailed debunk here, as well as our analysis titled "Why does Putin portray himself as the tamer of neo-Nazism".
See similar disinformation cases that target Ukraine's statehood: that Ukraine became an American colony since the coup; that Ukraine does not exist as a state; that Ukraine will be split up; that Ukraine is a quasi-state with a failed economy; or the imminent collapse of Ukraine.
See also our articles on Lost Sovereignty and The Imminent Collapse.