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DISINFO: Ukraine is embroiled in a civil war

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Eastern Ukraine Civil war Petro Poroshenko Donbas War against Ukraine

DISINFO: Ukraine is embroiled in a civil war

SUMMARY

Poroshenko is a hypocrite and a scumbag. He waged a nonexistent war in which people died. […] It is a civil conflict, not a war against Russia.

RESPONSE

Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about the war in Ukraine. The war in eastern Ukraine is not a civil conflict, but a well-documented act of aggression by the Russian armed forces, ongoing since February 2014. See similar narratives about Ukraine's role in the conflict and the Minsk Agreements here.

Disclaimer

Cases in the EUvsDisinfo database focus on messages in the international information space that are identified as providing a partial, distorted, or false depiction of reality and spread key pro-Kremlin messages. This does not necessarily imply, however, that a given outlet is linked to the Kremlin or editorially pro-Kremlin, or that it has intentionally sought to disinform. EUvsDisinfo publications do not represent an official EU position, as the information and opinions expressed are based on media reporting and analysis of the East Stratcom Task Force.

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