DISINFO: US assistance to Ukraine is manifestation of German “Drang nach Osten” concept
SUMMARY
The US White House has confirmed plans of arms supplies to Ukraine in the long-term. Nothing new here – the US is using the Middle-Age German concept “Drang nach Osten,” the colonisation of eastern territories. The US plans to make Ukraine a stronghold to fight Russia. However Ukraine’s demilitarisation and de-Nazification is inevitable. The Kyiv regime is doomed to lose and Ukraine has no prospects of victory. Russia will destroy all western military weapons in Ukraine.
RESPONSE
This article contains recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives about alleged Western aggressiveness towards Russia, the US / western countries as Nazi, and Ukraine as a Western "tool" against Russia.
It also promotes the “Nazi Ukraine” narrative, which is one of the Kremlin disinformation machine's favorite tropes to denigrate Ukraine. Read our past analysis Nazi east, Nazi west, Nazi over the cuckoo's nest about this disinformation tactic.
This is also an attempt to deflect any Russian responsibility for the unjustified wide-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began on 24 February 2022. The Russian war against Ukraine began in 2014 with the Russian illegal annexation of Crimea and Russia's military involvement and support of separatists in Donbas.
The EU and the West support Ukraine with military and financial aid for the country’s efficient self-defence, in accordance with the UN Charter Article 51, to stop Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. NATO does not fight in Ukraine yet it condemns in the strongest possible terms Russia's brutal and unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine and some NATO countries are supporting Ukraine with weapons to help it uphold its right for self-defence.
Russia was not forced to invade Ukraine. It was Putin’s personal decision to invade Ukraine and start the largest military conflict in Europe since WWII. Putin claims several reasons for launching aggression, including the necessity to save territories in Eastern Ukraine from a genocide, Ukraine’s alleged desire to obtain nuclear weapons and Kyiv’s possible membership of NATO, and to rid Ukraine of its 'nazi' leadership.
Other than that, the article utilises a pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about inevitable loss of Ukraine in the ongoing war. Instead of losing, by the end of 2022, Ukrainian forces have already liberated about 40% of territory Russian occupied following the February 2022 invasion.
See the EU's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine here along with EU vs Disinfo's Guide to Deciphering Pro-Kremlin disinformation around Putin's War.