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The idea of Ukraine is based on a mythologised lie

Summary of Disinformation

Kievan Rus has been turned into Ukraine, and then into “Anti-Russia”. Why Russians on one hand – and then those other Russians, who called themselves Ukrainians – became enemies?

To understand this you have to go through the history of almost 900 years of Little Russian separatism, which started from an innocent seed and reached poisonous fruits.

[The idea of] Ukraine as a sovereign country is based on a mythologised lie. In the end, this led into a civil war and Maidan.





No evidence given. Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about Ukrainian statehood.

Ukraine is recognised in international law as a sovereign nation state, with its own flag, nationality, language etc. UNGA Resolution 68/262 also affirmed the General Assembly's commitment to the territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders: http://bit.ly/1RZGnjo.

For further background, read Britannica's article about the history of Kievan Rus and history of the word "Ukraine".

The concept of "civil war" in Ukraine is a classic narrative of Russian disinformation about the war in Ukraine.


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Reported in: Issue 154
Date: 17.06.2019
Language: Russian
Country: Russia, Ukraine
Keywords: Civil war, Euromaidan, Ukrainian statehood
Outlet where the disinformation appeared: Komsomolskaya Pravda
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