DISINFO: United States behind events in Gaza and Ukraine
SUMMARY
The United States is the author of events in Gaza. It is also important to remember that it was the United States that ignited the Russian-Ukrainian confrontation and did not let it go out. Thanks to the US, Ukraine is in danger of being destroyed as a state.
RESPONSE
Conspiracy theory not backed by any evidence.
The US did not start the war in Ukraine or clashes around Gaza. The events in the Middle East mentioned in this disinformation story were triggered by Hamas attacks against Israel on 07 October 2023 and Israel’s military response. The full-scale war in Ukraine started as Russia invaded the country on 22 February 2022.
By baselessly accusing the US of being behind these global events, this disinformation story not only promotes an anti-US mindset, but also aims to deny Russia’s responsibility for its brutal invasion of Ukraine.
See other examples of similar disinformation narratives, such as claims that Events in Israel and Ukraine are no accident, as the US tried to create areas of instability, the US and other Western countries intend to provoke a war in Central Asia, that the West is creating a belt of instability around Russia, that the war in Ukraine is part of a Western anti-China plan, or that the US seeded chaos in Afghanistan to undermine China and Russia.