DISINFO: The West is fighting a proxy war in Ukraine
SUMMARY
They have not even understood the nature of the conflict. It is a proxy war and the West is losing it. It is not Ukraine's fight for freedom and it has nothing to do with the fight for democracy as Hofreiter and Röttgen claim. It is about the West's claim to power, the expansion of NATO and Russian security interests.
RESPONSE
Recurring disinformation narrative about the war in Ukraine. Despite Kremlin outlets claiming otherwise, the West is not fighting a proxy war in Ukraine. Russia is the only country responsible for the invasion of Ukraine. It has been coming up with different false explanations and pretexts for its aggression since the beginning of its hostilities.
The RT article refers to a joint guest article for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung by two German politicians, Anton Hofreiter (The Greens) and Norbert Röttgen (CDU/CSU), who argue in favour of transferring Taurus missiles to Ukraine.
Russia was not forced to invade Ukraine. It was Putin’s personal decision to invade Ukraine and start the largest military conflict in Europe since WWII. Russia has been violating international law since 2014 occupying and then annexing Crimea and then starting a conflict in Donbas. See our 6-volume series of debunks of Putin 'What He Said and What it Really Means".
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