In 2014, there was neither a coup nor a protest orchestrated by Western countries in Ukraine. The demonstrations which began in Kyiv in November 2013 - called "Maidan", or "Euromaidan" - were a result of the Ukrainian people's frustration with the former President Yanukovych.
The Soviet Union did not defeat Nazi Germany alone: after July 1941 it was part of the allies and benefited of the alliance support in particular the lend-lease program.
The sanctions on Russia, introduced by the US and the EU, do not violate international law or any regulations as they are an entirely legitimate mechanism. Sanctions are a key tool of the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy.
The sanctions on Russia, introduced by the US and the EU, do not violate international law or any regulations as they are an entirely legitimate mechanism. Sanctions are a key tool of the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy.
EU and US leaders are not threatening Russia with nuclear weapons or conventional warfare. They have been trying to establish good-neighbourly relations with Russia since the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991. In 1997, Russia and NATO signed the Founding Act on Mutual Relations, Cooperation and Security which said that 'NATO and Russia do not consider each other as adversaries.' Several disarmament initiatives have been launched since then.
France and Germany, among other EU nations, played a significant role in the preparation of the Minsk Agreements, in collaboration with Ukraine and Russia. The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) also had a crucial part in this process. Among other provisions, these agreements called for a complete ceasefire and the holding of elections in the Russian-occupied parts of Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, in accordance with Ukrainian law. Ukraine was committed to implementing the Minsk Agreements; however, the implementation was continually disrupted by Moscow-backed military formations.
Claim: Borrell said in an article for the French newspaper L'Obs that the idea of a diplomatic settlement of the conflict in Ukraine is wrong. Instead of facilitating peace between Moscow and Kyiv, he proposed transferring more offensive weapons to the Ukrainian armed forces, needed to try to seize the territory of the new Russian regions.
Fact check: This is a grave misrepresentation of Josep Borrell's Op-ed published in the "Nouvel Obs" on 30 January 2024. The Op-ed was not about conciliation between Ukraine and Russia, but about conciliation efforts between the EU and Russia.
The media that spread the article regularly publishes Russian propaganda, and the material used fakes and manipulations of the Russian Federation
CLAIM: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization has called on Ukraine to surrender to Russia.
AP'S ASSESSMENT: False. The 31-nation alliance has made no such call. The organization in a statement pointed to comments its secretary general made this week stressing that NATO remains committed to supporting Ukraine and that any decision to negotiate peace would be up to the Eastern European nation.
The pro-Kremlin media took Josep Borrell's quote out of context. In fact, the diplomat had no doubts about the prospect of the war ending in Ukraine's favor and did not admit Russia's victory over the Ukrainian forces.
