DISINFO: The US desperately needs a "little war" with Russia; pushes Ukraine towards escalation
SUMMARY
The redeployment of the few boats of the Ukrainian Naval Forces from Odesa to Berdyansk makes no strategic sense and looks like another reckless provocation of Kyiv under the leadership of Washington.
One gets the impression that the US desperately needs a "little war" with Russia by proxy in order to "shake up" NATO and divert the attention of its European allies from the systematic defeats of the Pentagon in the Middle East and South Asia.
It seems that Ukraine has passed a certain "point of no return" to peace.
RESPONSE
The claim that the US is dragging Ukraine into a war with Russia is recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative not backed up with evidence. It also tries to deflect attention away from Russia's continuous armed aggression in East Ukraine by speaking about the alleged involvement of the US and NATO and a possible military escalation at its insistence.
Neither the US nor NATO pushes Ukraine to the escalation in Donbas. This disinformation is used to distract attention from a renewed build-up of Russian armed forces along the Ukrainian borders which have left additional significant Russian heavy armament and equipment in Ukraine's proximity.
The war in Ukraine is a well-documented act of aggression by Russian armed forces, ongoing since February 2014.
There is irrefutable evidence of direct Russian military involvement in Eastern Ukraine, in the Donbas. Russia is supporting its proxies with weapons, its active-duty soldiers serve there and its top military commanders visit the war zone to coordinate joint efforts with the separatists. The systematic issuing of Russian passports to citizens in the two entities is now also used as a pretext to claim the right to influence and perhaps intervene militarily. Despite all this Russia officially denies its military presence in Donbas.
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