DISINFO: The West is preparing a new phase of war against Russia
SUMMARY
The West will not wait until the Ukrainian regime's collapse. Western actors need the Ukrainian militarised Nazi force in place. Hence, the West is done with a hybrid war and is getting ready for a new phase of military confrontation with Russia. Anti-Russian military provocations are being prepared in multiple sites, be it Transnistria, Kaliningrad, the Baltic Sea or Black Sea regions and elsewhere.
RESPONSE
This message is consistent with recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives that Russia's war against Ukraine is a Western proxy war against Russia, that Western/European countries allegedly pursue a belligerent agenda to destroy Russia, and that Ukraine is 'Nazi'/fascist. Made in the context of Russia's war against Ukraine, these claims aim to portray Russia as a victim and deflect any responsibility for Moscow's war of aggression against Ukraine and its hostile anti-Western policies.
Western/European countries are not at war with Russia, nor are they planning to invade Russia. Ukraine receives weapons with the aim of restoring its territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders. Russia is the only country responsible for the invasion of Ukraine. It has been coming up with different explanations and pretexts for its aggression since the beginning of hostilities. In a remarkable display of sustained courage and determination, Ukraine and its population continue to defend themselves against Russia's full-scale aggression.
Labelling Russia’s adversaries as Nazis is a frequently used pro-Kremlin disinformation technique, and has been used by Russia to try to justify the invasion of Ukraine by portraying it as a “denazification operation”. Read a more detailed debunk here, as well as our analysis titled "Why does Putin portray himself as the tamer of neo-Nazism".
See earlier disinformation cases alleging that the war in Ukraine was engineered by the US, that the West declared Russia as its strategic enemy, that the war in Ukraine is a global conflict to destroy Russia, and that 50 countries are waging war against Russia.