DISINFO: Ukrainian soldiers are killing the wounded and the medical personnel in Donbas
SUMMARY
The Ukrainian army was deliberately firing at a medical vehicle that had a visible distingushing mark.
RESPONSE
The disinformation claim above is part of a larger narrative aimed at portraying Ukraine as an aggressor in the Donbas War.
Considering the case above, the authorities of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic published a short statement about the issue. However, no substantial evidence was added to back up the claim.
While pro-Kremlin media outlets frequently accuse Ukraine of being an aggressor party to the Donbas War, the case is quite the contrary. The hostilities in Ukraine started with Russia's annexation of the Crimean peninsula in February 2014 and continued with the Kremlin's support for the separatists in Donetsk and Luhansk to fuel the conflict. Accordingly, another aim of the narrative is to avoid the Kremlin's role as an aggressor party to the conflict.
For more cases of how pro-Kremlin media outlets are trying to whitewash the Kremlin's responsibility and put the blame on Ukraine for the start of the hostilities, click here.