DISINFO: Europe laughing at genocide in Donbas
SUMMARY
No one in Europe and Western world wants to hear about the genocide of Russians in Ukraine. In Donbas, for eight years, executions were carried out against everyone who resisted Ukrainization.
RESPONSE
Recurring narratives of Kremlin disinformation about violation of human rights in Ukraine and genocide.
There is no evidence that either ethnic Russians or Russian speakers are facing persecution at the hands of the Ukrainian authorities, much less the danger of annihilation on grounds of nationality, ethnicity, or cultural belonging. This has been confirmed by reports issued by the Council of Europe, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the OSCE.
This narrative is part of the support campaign of Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. Leaders of the European Union recognized that Moscow's actions should be evaluated as “acts of violence and the violation of international law”.
See more similar narratives of disinformation against Ukraine: Moscow must interfere because Kyiv gasses people in camps; Kyiv’s leaders do not hide their desire to move from a Russophobic policy to genocide; Russian speakers in Donbass are victims of genocide.