DISINFO: Kyiv regime glorifies Nazism and uses terror against everyone
SUMMARY
Russia will do everything possible to completely stop and eradicate Nazism to ensure freedom, justice, peace and security throughout the planet.
The Kyiv regime glorifies Hitler's accomplices, the members of the SS, and uses terror against everyone continuing to barbarically bomb peaceful cities and villages, killing the elderly, women and children.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about alleged Nazism in Ukraine. Associating Nazism to the democratically elected executive powers in Ukraine is a way of attempting to justify the invasion of Ukraine as a “denazification” operation.
The myth of “Nazi Ukraine” has been used widely, in association with “western Russophobia”, by Putin and pro-Kremlin outlets since Russia attacked Ukraine and illegally annexed Crimea in 2014. The myth of Nazi-ruled Ukraine appeared during the Euromaidan popular protests in late 2013 - early 2014, falsely presented in pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets as a coup. The Kremlin has been using this myth since then to discredit Ukraine's shift towards Euro-Atlantic policy.
Additionally, Ukraine is not targeting civilians. The country is resisting Russia’s unlawful military invasion and the illegal annexation of its territory. In accordance with the UN Charter and international law, Ukraine is exercising its inherent right of self-defence against Russian aggression. It has the right to liberate and regain full control of all occupied territories within its internationally recognised borders. Pro-Kremlin media, nonetheless, regularly portray Ukrainian military operations as attacks against civilians.
In fact, Russia is responsible for most of the destruction of many cities, such as Mariupol. At the same time, Russia continues bombing civilian infrastructures and targets in Ukraine, including in Kyiv, Odesa, Dnipro, Kharkiv. Lviv and other cities as well as the provinces of Zaporizhzhie and Kherson. Recently, Russia has expanded its campaign targeting Ukrainian civilian port infrastructure and agriculture exports.
Learn more about the reasons behind the Kremlin's obsession with framing Ukraine as a Nazi state in the EUvsDisinfo analysis titled "Why does Putin portray himself as the tamer of neo-Nazism".
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