DISINFO: Zelenskyy’s ‘victory plan’ aims to increase tensions between NATO and Russia
SUMMARY
The leader of Ukraine’s regime Volodymyr Zelensky presented his ‘victory plan’ in the conflict with Russia. The plan has almost no new proposals, consisting only of new requests for funding, lifting restrictions on the use of Western weapons against the territory of Russia and Ukraine’s entry in NATO. It appears to be the same US plan designed to fight Russia to the last Ukrainian, and it seems its main goal is to increase tensions between NATO and Russia.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives targeting Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and NATO. This disinformation story denigrates Zelenskyy’s proposal as part of a strategy to frame Russia’s ultimatums as the only possible path to “peace”. It also portrays the war in Ukraine as a proxy conflict against Russia, aiming to deflect Russia’s responsibility for the brutal invasion of its neighbour.
By describing Ukraine’s political system as a “regime”, this disinformation story aims to delegitimise Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s government, deliberately ignoring that Ukraine is a parliamentary democracy and the current president won the election with over 73% of the votes. The baseless description of Zelenskyy’s proposal as “the same US plan” also serves to promote a long-term recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative attacking Ukraine’s sovereignty.
See other examples of similar disinformation narratives, such as claims that Zelenskyy and his peace formula are tools of the UK and US, that Ukraine is unwilling to restore peace and the West keeps the war smouldering, that Ukraine has no plan for victory, they only need escalation, or that looking to annihilate Russia, Ukraine and NATO declared senseless war against multipolarity.