DISINFO: Europe and the UK seek to push the US into aggression towards Russia
SUMMARY
Europe is preparing something to push the US into aggression towards Russia. Europe and the UK want this whole thing [the conflict around Ukraine] to continue. The way Zelenskyy was received in London, after the scandal in Washington, indicates that they want to raise the stakes and are preparing something to push the [Trump] administration into aggressive actions against Russia.
RESPONSE
Recurring disinformation narrative from pro-Kremlin outlets accusing the UK and the EU of warmongering and escalating tensions with Russia. This claim was made in the context of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The United Kingdom, the European Union, and the United States are all striving to put an end to Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified aggression against Ukraine. Western nations have called for peaceful and diplomatic solutions while upholding the rules-based international order.
This is part of a wider disinformation campaign framing possible US-Russia negotiations as the only acceptable ‘peace initiative’ to lay the ground for Russia’s ultimatums while denying any agency to Ukraine or its allies. Pro-Kremlin disinformation has long tried to misrepresent the EU as the main obstacle for ‘peace’ in Ukraine.
The assertion that Western countries harbour a desire for the continuation of the conflict in Ukraine lacks any substantial foundation and is devoid of factual support. It was Putin’s personal decision to invade Ukraine and start the largest military conflict in Europe since WWII.
In response to Russia’s unjustified and unprovoked aggression against Ukraine which was launched on 24 February 2022, a broad coalition of more than 50 nations is providing Ukraine with military and technical assistance to repel Russia's aggression. Kyiv is acting in self-defence, under UN Charter article 51. Our analysis of the communication strategy of pro-Kremlin outlets explains how they attempt to portray Russia as a victim and to deceive audiences into believing that Russia is fighting Western powers.
See also the EUvsDisinfo article Russia wants war, not peace.
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