Debunking The Top Ten Infowar Narratives About Russia’s Spec

[bustr]

Debunking The Top Ten Infowar Narratives About Russia’s Special Operation In Ukraine
Russia’s special operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine, as well as to bring to justice those who’ve committed crimes against civilians, is continuing into its second day but has predictably become the target of a major US-led Western Mainstream Media information warfare campaign. The purpose of this piece is to debunk the top ten infowar narratives about this conflict in order to enlighten readers about the truth of what’s really happening and why.
1. Lie: “Russia Invaded Ukraine!”
Motive: Misportray Russia as an aggressor state that blatantly violated international law.
Truth: Kiev’s US-encouraged initiation of a third round of civil war hostilities against Donbass prompted Russia’s intervention on humanitarian grounds as requested by the Donbass Republics that it recognized as independent earlier this week.
President Putin cited Article 51 of the UN Charter enshrining the right to self-defense for all nations as the international legal basis for his decision. In such circumstances, Russia’s ongoing special operation in Ukraine cannot accurately be described as an “invasion” but as a humanitarian intervention.
2. Lie: “Russia Wants To Restore The Soviet Union!”
Motive: Trigger memories of the Old Cold War in order to turn the targeted audience against Russia.
Truth: President Putin is fiercely anti-communist and never tires of slamming the former Communist Party for its many economic and political mistakes during Soviet times. As the world’s largest country, Russia has absolutely no interest in absorbing more territory just for the sake of it.
In fact, Ukraine was ignominiously designated by the IMF a few years ago as Europe’s poorest country. Reincorporating it back into Russia would therefore be a severe drain on the federal budget at the expense of that Eurasian Great Power’s urgent socio-economic development priorities at home.
3. Lie: “Putin Is A Radical Ethno-Nationalist Who Believes In The Supremacy Of The Russian People!”
Motive: Prompt comparisons with Hitler in order to misportray President Putin as the world’s worst evil.
Truth: The Russian leader is far from a radical ethno-nationalist, let alone some sort of supremacist. In fact, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett praised him last October as “a very close and true friend of the State of Israel”, which he wouldn’t have done if he had any concerns about President Putin’s views.
President Putin even joined Israel’s global campaign against anti-Semitism in January 2020 when he was invited as its guest of honor during a conference on this issue. Furthermore, the author’s detailed thread from early February documents dozens of instances where he praised Islam and Russian Muslims.
4. Lie: “Putin Is Nuts To Think That Ukraine Is Run By Neo-Nazis When Its Own President Is Jewish!”
Motive: Manipulate the targeted audience into thinking that Putin is either lying or insane.
Truth: The US-backed coup in Ukraine back in early 2014 that followed the months-long spree of urban terrorism popularly known in the West as “EuroMaidan” did indeed result in the rise to power of those who glorify their former compatriots that collaborated with Nazi Germany during World War II.
Ukrainian President Zelensky is practically held hostage to the radical socio-political vision imposed upon the country by these influential forces. They regularly hold torchlit marches in the capital honoring literal fascists and war criminals such as Stepan Bandera, who was responsible for genocidal crimes.
5. Lie: “Russia Lied By Claiming That It Wouldn’t Invade All The While Secretly Preparing To Do So!”
Motive: Reduce trust in Russia and discredit all of its statements going forward.
Truth: Russia published its security guarantee requests in late December asking for legal assurances that NATO won’t expand eastward, that strike weapons be removed from Russia’s borders, and for a return to the continental military status quo enshrined in the now-defunct 1997 Russian-NATO Founding Act.
President Putin warned on 21 December during an “Expanded Meeting Of The Defense Ministry Board” that Russia “will take appropriate reciprocal military-technical measures” if its requests aren’t met. The West didn’t negotiate in good faith or sincerity so Russia was forced to defend its red lines.
6. Lie: “Russia Has No National Interests In Ukraine Except For Imperialist Ones!”
Motive: Artificially manufacture the pretext for dividing the world into “democracies” and “autocracies”.
Truth: The US’ expansion of NATO, deployment of “anti-missile systems” and strike weapons to Russia’s border, and withdrawal from arms control pacts like the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty, Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, and Open Skies Treaty destabilized Europe.
These moves threatened to eventually neutralize Russia’s nuclear second-strike capabilities, which would have then placed the country in a perpetual position of nuclear blackmail vis-à-vis the US. Russian intelligence confirmed that Ukraine was planned to be the launching pad for such future NATO attacks.
7. Lie: “Russia’s Killing Civilians In Ukraine!”
Motive: Set the stage for accusing Russia of war crimes and therefore discrediting its military aims.
Truth: Russia’s precision weapons are solely targeting Ukraine’s military infrastructure, having already destroyed at least 74 such targets, including facilities that President Putin earlier warned were planned to be used by the US and NATO for a forthcoming attack against his country. There’s unfortunately no war without civilian casualties, which always regrettably happen, but Russia is doing its best to minimize this. Since President Putin declared that “the showdown…is unavoidable”, it’s actually humane to wage a preemptive war now than to wait for a much larger and deadlier one later.
8. Lie: “Russia Wants To Restore Its Historical Sphere Of Influence Over Ukraine!”
Motive: Reaffirm the false narrative dividing the world into “democracies” and “autocracies”.
Truth: As the author explained in his analysis about “Spheres Of Influence, State Sovereignty, And The European Missile Crisis” from late January, it’s actually the US that carved out a regional sphere of influence at Russia’s expense and not Russia vis-à-vis anyone else.
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s (OSCE) principles of indivisible security and prohibiting the advancement of one’s own at anyone else’s expense were blatantly violated by NATO’s eastward expansion. All Russia requests to do is for the bloc to respect its national security red lines.
9. Lie: “Russia Plans To Invade And Annex Other Countries After Ukraine!”
Motive: Scare Western societies into blindly supporting their governments’ anti-Russian policies.
Truth: British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss was among the highest-profile Western officials to spew this fake news narrative earlier in the month when she claimed that Russia might invade the Baltics and Balkans after Ukraine.
Moscow, however, would never do such a thing because it knows that this would result in the activation of NATO’s Article 5 for mutual defense and thus likely prompt a nuclear reaction from the bloc’s American leaders. Moreover, Russia has no interest in obtaining new territories and hostile populations.
10. Lie: “Putin Just Started World War III!”
Motive: Establish the false pretext for assembling a World War II-like anti-Russian coalition.
Truth: President Putin actually averted World War III by preemptively neutralizing the US and NATO’s secret military infrastructure in Ukraine that Russian intelligence confirmed was planned to be used in a forthcoming attack against their country upon the neutralization of its nuclear second-strike capabilities.
By decisively acting when he did, the Russian leader prevented a much larger and deadlier war in the future, one that could have spelled the end of the world. President Putin basically did what Stalin should have done, which was launch a preemptive strike against Hitler long before his military power matured.
The above debunking comprehensively discredits the top ten information warfare narratives being propagated against Russia’s special operation in Ukraine. It confirms that Moscow’s military moves are predicated on peaceful intentions designed to avert World War III by preemptively neutralizing the US and NATO’s secret military infrastructure in Ukraine before it could be used to attack Russia. Furthermore, observers shouldn’t forget the immediate trigger for this intervention, which was to protect the indigenous Russian people of Donbass from Kiev’s ongoing genocidal attacks.
The US-led West’s refusal to sincerely negotiate with Russia over its security guarantee requests couldn’t have helped but evoke dark memories of Hitler’s similarly insincere intentions in the run-up to World War II. Faced with an eerily similar situation, President Putin declared Thursday morning during his address to the Russian people after making such a comparison that “We will not make this mistake the second time. We have no right to do so.” Everyone must be therefore urgently be made aware of these facts in order to truly understand the reality of what just happened in Ukraine and why.

[Ian C. Kuzushi]

Forgive my confusion, but is this debunking Jones's narrative or forwarding it? Just seeking clarification as the title and content don't seem to match.

[Giles]

The introduction to this piece, before getting to the "10 Points" contains the non-ironic sentence: "Russia’s special operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine, as well as to bring to justice those who’ve committed crimes against civilians, is continuing into its second day." This striking mix of euphemisms and diversions is obviously the official Russian line. And it looks as if "infowar" is here being used in a generic way, not with reference to Jones: here meaning the false and perfidious claims of the West (so to speak). So whoever posted this is forwarding/propagating the strongly pro-Putin narrative contained in the 10 points.

[Ian C. Kuzushi]

Thanks, Giles, I guess the caps in conjunction with my American mediascape awareness threw me off.

[bustr]

It's not about Jonestown. Forget about the intro and read then research the reasons.

[bustr]

https://youtu.be/WtN6C9xfzFo

[wiesiek]

as I recall from my RSF old fart memory archive,
once upon the time ,
there was Kremlin troll on this board,
but
he died naturally.

[wiesiek]

btw,
in `90 Ukrainians gave up their nuclear weapon in exchange for borders inviolability,

[origami_itto]

Putin believes that Nato is a threat to his security. That alone should be enough to let you know that he's the bad guy here.

[GrahamB]

I'm starting to meet people in real life who are full of this conspiracy crap about Putin being a "good guy". Apparently because he "only" killed 250 people in the first day of fighting and the Americans killed 2000 in the first day of Iraq war, and our media "only tell us what they want us to think", and don't tell us this, it proves he's the good guy....

In reality, I think Putin is just getting warmed up. He's not in a rush. Casualty figures will slowly rise and rise... he sent the conscript arm in first just to see if there was any resistance, harder troops will follow, plus casualty figures are regularly reported on all mainstream media outlets. I just don't think these people take the time to listen.

[Quigga]

To be perfectly honest with you, I feel powerless and helpless. What am I supposed to do, other than initiate public unrest? I can help with getting the transistory phase going. But will it be better once we get to the other side? Good and bad depend upon which side you're on.

It was easier to indiscriminately kill in Iraq, less potential media coverage from phones etc

I honestly believe we're rapidly approaching a sort of cultural break point. Sort of like the great filter theory for why we haven't established contact with extraterrestrial life. Or is my anxiety out of line?

What I see are lots of policies that forced people into thinking and behaving against their natural inclinations. Twist the rubber in one direction, then it will release with maybe unexpected force to the other direction....

[vadaga]

I'm starting to meet people in real life who are full of this conspiracy crap about Putin being a "good guy". Apparently because he "only" killed 250 people in the first day of fighting and the Americans killed 2000 in the first day of Iraq war, and our media "only tell us what they want us to think", and don't tell us this, it proves he's the good guy....

In reality, I think Putin is just getting warmed up. He's not in a rush. Casualty figures will slowly rise and rise... he sent the conscript arm in first just to see if there was any resistance, harder troops will follow, plus casualty figures are regularly reported on all mainstream media outlets. I just don't think these people take the time to listen.

https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2022/03/01/this-is-cancel-culture-gone-mad/

[wayne hansen]

Many more far right bro nazis in Russia than Ukrain

[bustr]

It matters not if Putin is a gangster. Obama started this year overthrowing the democratically elected administration in 2014. Putin has every right to be concerned. When the USSR put missiles in Cuba the US was ready to go to war. Russia has been more patient.

[bustr]

Ukraine 2022 TRUTH
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hfx ... sp=sharing