DISINFO: Western military aid to Ukraine only will cause more suffering
SUMMARY
The US and NATO have actually launched an indirect war against Russia in Ukraine, which is also a threat to Europe. Those who think that US and NATO weapons supplies will help Ukraine simply aren’t thinking realistically and will eventually realise their mistake: Western military aid will cause a terrible human suffering, a worsening of the situation and countless human victims.
RESPONSE
This disinformation story is part of a wider disinformation campaign to support Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, in this case aiming to portray Russia as as a victim and to undermine Western public support for arming Ukraine for its own defence.
The Western weapons being delivered to Ukraine are intended for Ukraine to confront the military forces of Russia’s brutal aggression, so the allegation that they “will cause a terrible human suffering” is baseless.
Contrary to the claim that “US and NATO launched and indirect war against Russia in Ukraine”, the fact is that Western nations did everything they could to prevent the war and have only been reacting to Russia’s full invasion. Arming Ukraine was a sovereign decision of each one of these countries, not the result of any US or NATO plot.
See other examples of similar disinformation narratives in our database, such as claims that by arming Ukraine, the US and the UK want to push Russia against Europe, that Western weapons are stolen long before they reach the Ukrainian soldiers, that Syrian and Libyan terrorists have been spotted in Ukraine trading Western weapons, or that Western weapons supplies to Ukraine are exacerbating the conflict.