DISINFO: West uses Ukrainians as expendable material in geopolitical game to contain Russia
SUMMARY
The West cynically uses millions of Ukrainians as expendable material in its geopolitical games and attempts to contain Russia. In the “American” world the rights of everyone else are simply trampled.
RESPONSE
Recurrent pro-Kremlin narrative, challenging Ukraine's statehood and trying to blame the West for the Russian invasion of Ukraine by painting Ukraine as a puppet of the West.
Ukraine is a sovereign state with a democratically elected government and its own foreign and security policy. The country is not controlled by the US, EU or any other foreign organisation or government. Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity are respected by most of the world but have been violated by Russia since 2014.
The West does not want to use Ukraine in the war against Russia. It is Russia that undertook a well-documented act of aggression, ongoing since February 2014. Furthermore, it was Russian President Vladimir Putin who launched an invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 calling it a special military operation.
Western countries are only supporting with military and financial aid to Ukraine for the country’s efficient self-defence against the unprovoked Russian invasion.
It is Russia which wants to impose its hegemony in the region. According to Ukrainian intelligence data, Russia had been planning to occupy Ukraine in several days’ time, install a pro-Russian government in Kyiv and turn the country into a semi-colony. This plan was later confirmed by Russia itself when RIA Novosti state-Russian news agency published an article describing nearly the same scenario. The article titled “What Russia should do with Ukraine” called for the eradication of Ukrainian culture and everything related to it. This process was referred to as de-Ukrainisation. The author also revealed the Kremlin’s plans to divide Ukraine into several entities and subjugate them to itself. The word “Ukraine” should be absent in their names. In addition, Russian President Vladimir Putin recently compared himself to Tsar Peter the Great, who the Russian president said had not conquered any Swedish lands but had returned what was Russia’s. By saying it, Putin tried to legitimise the war of aggression against Ukraine.
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