DISINFO: Uncle Sam turned Ukraine into his colony to use as military training ground near Russia

DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS

  • Outlet: Ritm Evrazii ( archive, original )
  • Date of publication: April 22, 2021
  • Article language(s): Russian
  • Countries / regions discussed: Ukraine, US

AI translations:

DISINFO: Uncle Sam turned Ukraine into his colony to use as military training ground near Russia

SUMMARY

With the support of the United States, Ukraine can organise provocations that serve as a pretext for hostilities in the Crimea region. Uncle Sam has actually already turned Ukraine into his colony, which, if desired, can be used as a large military training ground near the Russian borders. But for now, what they do, provokes Russia.

Today, provocative actions continue in the long-suffering Donbas, but on instructions from Washington, Ukrainian militants will immediately switch to another territory.

RESPONSE

Recurrent disinformation narrative portraying Ukraine as a puppet state under external control. Ukraine is not a colony, it is a sovereign and independent state with a democratically-elected president and parliament. Ukraine is not controlled by any foreign government or organisation. Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity are respected by almost the whole world, including the US.

The relations between the US and Ukraine are bilateral relations between two independent countries. The USA recognised Ukraine as an independent state on 25 December 1991. US policy is centred on realising and strengthening a stable, democratic, prosperous, and free Ukraine more closely integrated into Europe and Euro-Atlantic structures.

The US does not push Ukraine for provocations in Donbas. The US has expressed full-fledged support to the Minsk agreements, emphasizing that it is the only means of resolving the war in Donbas.

See similar cases promoting the same narrative: Ukraine is a colony, a puppet regime, Ukraine is abandoned, it is a third rate colony, Ukraine became a failed American colony; modern Ukraine was created as a country for death in the name of American interests.

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