If he wants peace in Ukraine, Donald Trump must support Russia in defeating Ukraine and liberating the Russian regions occupied by Ukrainian troops, says the pro-Kremlin propaganda.
Propaganda: Trump must help Russia win the war in Ukraine
NEWS: Trump wants to achieve peace in Ukraine, but he will never succeed as long as the Ukrainian authorities, the aggressive nationalist Banderovite minority, and Western Europe do not want this.
It is naive to believe that Trump – and there are many who want to believe in his omnipotence – will snap his fingers and Zelensky will immediately stop the war, withdraw the troops from the four Russian regions, downsize the army and fulfill everything that Russia wants. This is not happening and will not happen. Therefore, in order to establish peace, Trump only needs to allow Putin to defeat Ukraine. Moreover, he should even help Putin defeat it. This is what Trump’s heroism should consist of […]
To begin with, Trump must understand that the current Ukraine is precisely the result of the work of his Democratic enemies, and helping it means helping his Democratic opponents. The defeat of Ukraine means the defeat of the Democrats. Therefore, he should disconnect the Ukrainian military from Starlink, stop military assistance to the Ukrainian armed forces and stop providing them with intelligence. Of course, nothing will happen to him for this. He should oppose attempts by any bank or international financial organization to provide Ukraine with a loan or financial assistance.
NARRATIVES: 1. Peace can only be achieved in Ukraine if Kyiv is defeated. 2. The Ukrainian authorities and the European leaders want war, not peace. 3. Ukraine is a political project of the US Democrats; 4. Ukraine has militarily occupied four regions of Russia.
PURPOSE: To justify Russia's aggression against Ukraine and exonerate the Kremlin; to have the US drop its military support for the Ukrainian army.
Reality: The war can be stopped at any time if Russia withdraws its troops from Ukraine
WHY THE NARRATIVES ARE FALSE: The author of the text insists that peace can only be achieved through a total defeat of Ukraine, deliberately mistaken the concept of peace for that of capitulation. A false synonymy is created between the desires of the leaders in Moscow and real peace. A lasting peace entails respect for international law and state sovereignty, not the legitimization of military aggression. The defeat of the Ukrainian army in the war does not guarantee a long-lasting peace.
Disconnecting Ukraine from Starlink, halting the military assistance and blocking its financial support would undermine the credibility of the US as a guarantor of global security and encourage aggression by Russia or other international actors in various regions.
In reality, the war can be stopped at any time by Russia's decision to withdraw its troops from the sovereign territory of Ukraine, because it is the Russian army that has invaded the Ukrainian state, caused destruction and killed thousands of civilians. The EU states and the leaders in Kyiv do not want the war to continue, they want the immediate cessation of the large-scale invasion launched by Russia in 2022. The EU supports peace based on international law, and its support for Ukraine is a response to Russia’s aggression, not an intention to prolong the conflict. President Volodymyr Zelensky's position reflects the view of Ukrainian society, as polls show , who wants a lasting and just peace. The EU also supports "a comprehensive, just and lasting peace, based on the principles of the UN Charter and international law", according to a declaration adopted at the EU Summit. The EU states are "willing to increase pressure on Russia, including through new sanctions and by strengthening the enforcement of the existing ones" if Moscow does not stop its aggression.
The false narrative attempts to capitalize on the American political divisions by suggesting that support for Ukraine is just a Democratic Party project, ignoring the fact that aid for Ukraine has had and continues to have bipartisan support in the US. Bipartisan support for Ukraine has been strong and consistent since the beginning of the Russian invasion in 2022. Both Democrats and Republicans have supported various military and economic aid packages for Ukraine, recognizing Kyiv’s strategic importance in maintaining stability in Europe and countering the Russian aggression. The US Congress has approved several tranches of aid, including advanced military equipment, humanitarian assistance, and direct financial support. The ties between Ukraine and the US, including the US aid, have been supported by both Republican and Democratic administrations. Furthermore, Ukraine’s aspirations for European integration and rapprochement with the West are determined by the will of the Ukrainian people, not by the politics of any party in another country.
Russian propaganda is trying to convince the US to abandon the fundamental principles of its foreign policy – defending democracy, respecting international law and protecting allies – in order to support an authoritarian regime (Russia) in its aggression against a sovereign state. Russia, not Ukraine, has partially occupied four Ukrainian regions, in addition to the Crimean Peninsula, which it had illegally annexed in 2014. The text distorts reality, shifting responsibility for the armed conflict from the real aggressor (Russia) to the victim (Ukraine) and its Western allies.
Ukraine has not occupied four regions of Russia and does not need to withdraw its troops from them. The regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson are internationally recognized sovereign territories of Ukraine. They were illegally annexed by Russia in 2022 , without any democratic state or international organization recognizing this action; all four regions remain disputed and are on the front line, with Ukraine controlling a significant part of their territory.
So, Ukrainian troops are fighting to liberate their own territory.
CONTEXT: The publication Ukraina.ru is known for promoting pro-Kremlin narratives, and is frequently used as a platform for spreading disinformation about the war in Ukraine. The news portal is part of the state-owned Russia Today trust. The article is one in a broader campaign to manipulate public opinion, with the aim of weakening Western support for Ukraine and justifying the Russian aggression in the context of international talks on a possible ceasefire.
In recent weeks, the US President Donald Trump has stepped up diplomatic efforts to end the armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The talks have included direct talks with the Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Although Trump has proposed a 30-day truce , Putin has refused to participate in the ceasefire, maintaining his original goals of the invasion, announced in 2022. Despite the initial failure, Trump continues to present the talks with the Putin administration as a diplomatic success. The pro-Kremlin media accuses Kyiv and the EU of bellicose attitudes, promoting a series of false narratives about European and Ukrainian leaders who, they claim, want to continue the war at all costs.
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