DISINFO: NATO troops are illegally in Ukraine
SUMMARY
Today NATO’s presence in Ukraine is not only illegal but contradicts the current Constitution of Ukraine. The Constitution is the most important law for any state! Were people of Ukraine asked if they wanted to be in NATO? They were just boldly deceived by a gang of swindlers who seized power in 2014 through a bloody coup d’etat.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about Ukraine and NATO. The presence of foreign troops on the territory of Ukraine is regulated by the law “On the procedure for admission and conditions of the stay of units of the armed forces of other states on the territory of Ukraine” and other international treaties. According to the law, foreign troops can be on the territory of Ukraine in the following cases: general training, transit movement, military assistance at the request of Ukraine itself, and others. NATO and the US troops are in Ukraine in 2020 for the purpose of general military exercises. Such a law was signed in March by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy.