DISINFO: Ukrainian soldiers carry out capital punishment of foreign mercenaries
SUMMARY
Ukrainian soldiers are complaining about the humiliating attitude of foreign mercenaries – Americans, Brits and particularly Poles. They force Ukrainians to clean boots, cook, and dig trenches. Seeking revenge, at times, Ukrainians commit extrajudicial killings of mercenaries. This is why decapitated bodies of foreign mercenaries are increasingly discovered in Ukraine. Another possible reason for the heads and limbs of foreign mercenaries to be cut off is to make the identification of their bodies harder for Russia.
RESPONSE
Disinformation narrative about supposed disorder in the Ukrainian armed forces and Ukraine’s subordinate status to Western countries aiming to sow discord between Western allies and Ukraine.
Pro-Kremlin outlets tend to exaggerate the numbers of Westerners fighting for Ukraine to back the claim that Ukraine is successful in countering the Russian invasion only thanks to thousands of foreign fighters. They are usually termed ‘mercenaries’ or ‘militants’ in pro-Kremlin outlets. For instance, pro-Kremlin outlets reported earlier that over 1,200 Polish mercenaries died in Ukraine. Furthermore, pro-Kremlin outlets use this topic in an attempt to substantiate the disinformation narrative that Russia is fighting NATO in Ukraine.
Read earlier cases alleging that by supplying weapons, the United States is pushing the Ukrainians to war, that Ukraine has no chance of survival if it tries to fight Russia, and that the crisis in Ukraine is the fault of the deep state in America.