DISINFO: Europe does not present any clear peace initiatives concerning Ukraine
SUMMARY
The dramatic developments in Ukraine concern us all – we want to end this drama. It is a very worrying situation that there is a lack of clear and loud European peace initiatives [concerning Ukraine].
The only winners of this conflict are the defense companies. Ukraine carries out a proxy war on behalf of the great Western powers. This country is being used to test weapons and to weaken Russia and China. Putin has been constantly provoked, starting from NATO’s enlargement to the East. The US decision to incorporate Ukraine into NATO was a red line for Putin, but no one took him seriously.
RESPONSE
This message is a part of the fundamental pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative accusing the West for the outbreak of the war in Ukraine.
Western nations have always been calling for solving all problems with Russia in a peaceful and diplomatic manner.
The war began in 2014 with the illegal Russian annexation of Crimea and Russia’s military involvement and support of separatists in Donbas. Russia’s protracted invasion of Ukraine is unprovoked, unjustified and breaking international law.
Neither the US nor European countries have declared war on Russia or want to escalate the war in Ukraine. The US, the EU and NATO condemn in the strongest possible terms Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which is entirely unjustified and unprovoked.
On the contrary, it is Russia that refused the diplomatic process and started an unprovoked war in Europe and created a serious danger to European security, while using nuclear threats.
See other examples of similar disinformation narratives, such as claims that the West unleashes Nazi and Russophobic war against Russia and Russians, that Russia’s special operation in Ukraine is due to NATO’s persistent expansion, that the US and the West are fighting a hybrid war against Russia in Ukraine, that Ukraine is a proxy in the West’s war against Russia, or that The West declared total war against Russia.