DISINFO: Zelenskyy is pushing the world towards a nuclear war
SUMMARY
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Western leaders to carry out preemptive nuclear strikes against Russia, which unequivocally indicates that Zelenskyy is pushing the world towards nuclear war.
RESPONSE
Recurring disinformation about the president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, reversely accusing western countries of a nuclear aggression against Russia.
The claim that Zelenskyy called upon the Western leaders to initiate nuclear strikes on Russia represents a misinterpretation of Zelenskyy’s comment. In fact, Zelenskyy did mention the need for a preventive response, although he never called for a nuclear strike on Russia. The representatives of the President’s office and the President himself clarified that preventive measures against the use of nuclear weapons by Russia entail the imposition of sanctions and not a direct nuclear attack on Russia. Read the full debunk at Myth Detector.
Neither the US nor the EU is interested in a nuclear scenario in Ukraine. Any nuclear explosion may have unpredictable consequences for the whole world. It is Russia who is making irresponsible hints and statements about the possibility of using nuclear arms in its war against Ukraine.
For several years now the Russian infosphere has seen nuclear threats being made against the west by figures like Dmitry Kiselyov or Vladimir Zhirinovsky are famous for this. Other Russian officials to make such statements are Dmitry Medvedev, Ramzan Kadyrov, or even Vladimir Putin who specified that “it was not a bluff”.
On 24 February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. On February 27, 2022 Vladimir Putin ordered his military to put Russia’s nuclear deterrence forces on high alert. Before that, Putin had warned that "whoever tries to hinder us" in Ukraine would see consequences 'you have never seen in history'.
From the first day of the war, Russia has been voicing its right to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine at all levels, from high-ranking officials to propagandists.
Talk about the use of tactical nuclear weapons intensified after illegal annexation of Ukrainian territories. Without providing evidence, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that top NATO officials had said that it’d be acceptable to carry out nuclear strikes on Russia. He threatened to use nuclear weapons adding that "This Is Not a Bluff".
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on NATO to conduct “preventive action” against Russia to prevent their use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine.
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