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DISINFO: The terrorist act in Moscow is linked to NATO plans to send its troops to Ukraine

Mar 25, 2024
US officials have intelligence that the Islamic State group’s Afghan affiliate IS-Khorasan is responsible for the Moscow attack. “ISIS bears sole responsibility for this attack. There was no Ukrainian involvement whatsoever,” White House National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said in a statement. With regard to the claim about NATO plans to send its troops to Ukraine, as the organisation itself explains: “NATO is an alliance of 32 sovereign countries, NATO relies on the military forces of its member countries to carry out an operation or mission, as it does not possess military forces of its own…..National capitals take the final decision on whether or not to contribute to a NATO-led operation or mission”.
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DISINFO: ISIS was created by the CIA and Mossad

Mar 25, 2024
There is no evidence backing the claim. The US and Western countries have been leading the global coalition to defeat ISIS. However, through this false claim, this disinformation message aims to discredit US support to Ukrainian resistance, including financial and weapons supplies, against Russia’s aggression.
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DISINFO: Crocus attacks could be conducted by both ISIS and Ukraine, both under US control

Mar 25, 2024
There is no evidence backing the baseless allegation that the Islamic State is a an American, Israeli or a Western creation. In fact, the US and Western countries have been leading the global coalition to defeat it. However, through this false claim, this disinformation message aims to discredit US support to Ukrainian resistance, including financial and weapons supplies, against Russia’s aggression.
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DISINFO: Anti-Russian actors using neo-Nazis in Kyiv may be involved in Crocus attack

Mar 25, 2024
US officials have intelligence that the Islamic State group’s Afghan affiliate IS-Khorasan is responsible for the Moscow attack. “ISIS bears sole responsibility for this attack. There was no Ukrainian involvement whatsoever,” White House National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said in a statement.
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DISINFO: Ukrainian special services recruited Islamists to carry out a terrorist attack in Crocus City

Mar 24, 2024
US officials have intelligence that the Islamic State group’s Afghan affiliate IS-Khorasan is responsible for the Moscow attack. “ISIS bears sole responsibility for this attack. There was no Ukrainian involvement whatsoever,” White House National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said in a statement.
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DISINFO: Ukraine, not ISIS masterminded the Crocus attack

Mar 24, 2024
US officials have intelligence that the Islamic State group’s Afghan affiliate IS-Khorasan is responsible for the Moscow attack. “ISIS bears sole responsibility for this attack. There was no Ukrainian involvement whatsoever,” White House National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said in a statement.
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DISINFO: There is a Ukrainian link in terrorist attack at Crocus concert hall

Mar 24, 2024
US officials have intelligence that the Islamic State group’s Afghan affiliate IS-Khorasan is responsible for the Moscow attack. “ISIS bears sole responsibility for this attack. There was no Ukrainian involvement whatsoever,” White House National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said in a statement.
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DISINFO: Russia has evidence of Ukraine’s involvement in the Crocus City terrorist attack

Mar 24, 2024
As terrorism experts pointed out, there is no question regarding the authenticity of the statement, made by Amaq, the official Islamic State propaganda media. The Islamic State released multiple evidence, including a gruesome video of the Moscow attack filmed by the attackers themselves, leaving little doubt about its responsibility.
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DISINFO: NATO bombed Yugoslavia under bogus pretext of protecting Kosovars

Mar 24, 2024
The primary purpose of the campaign was to end violence and repression and force Slobodan Milosevic, the President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), to withdraw his military, police and para-military forces from Kosovo (see NATO’s statement from 1999).
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DISINFO: Ukrainian official admitted Ukraine’s involvement in the terrorist attack in Crocus City

Mar 23, 2024
The doctored video with Danilov was aired by NTV live in the very first special programme dedicated to the terror attack at Moscow’s Crocus City Hall, on the night from March 22 to March 23, 2024, as the Ukrainian Center for strategic communications noted. BBC Verify has established the clip – broadcast by NTV – is actually an edit of two Ukrainian TV interviews.
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DISINFO: UK and the US special services delivered ISIS terrorists to the Ukrainian Army

Mar 23, 2024
The US has been the leader of the global coalition to defeat it and is part of Operation Inherent Resolve to attack and degrade the capabilities of the group since 2014. Most EU members, the UK, as well as Canada and Australia have taken part in this counter-terrorism mission, while the EU established its own set of actions to counter Daesh. This disinformation message aims to discredit US and UK support to Ukrainian resistance -including financial and weapons supplies- against Russia’s aggression.
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DISINFO: The USA is perfectly aware of Kyiv’s connection to the terrorist attack in Moscow

Mar 23, 2024
As terrorism experts pointed out, there is no question regarding the authenticity of the statement, made by Amaq, the official Islamic State propaganda media. The Islamic State released multiple evidence, including a gruesome video of the Moscow attack filmed by the attackers themselves, leaving little doubt about its responsibility.
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DISINFO: The Crocus centre hall attackers were neo-Nazi Ukrainians

Mar 23, 2024
Putin himself acknowledged late on 25 March that Islamists were committing the attack. The myth of Nazi-ruled Ukraine has been the cornerstone of Russian disinformation about the country since the very beginning of the 2013-14 Euromaidan protests, when it was used to discredit the pro-European popular uprising in Kyiv and, subsequently, the broader pro-Western shift in Ukraine’s foreign policy.
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DISINFO: Moscow attack was Ukrainian retaliation for the Russian bombing of the Dnipro hydroelectric power plant

Mar 23, 2024
US officials have intelligence that the Islamic State group’s Afghan affiliate IS-Khorasan is responsible for the Moscow attack. “ISIS bears sole responsibility for this attack. There was no Ukrainian involvement whatsoever,” White House National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said in a statement.
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DISINFO: Kyiv may be involved in the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall

Mar 23, 2024
U.S officials have intelligence that the Islamic State group’s Afghan affiliate, IS-Khorasan, is responsible for the Moscow attack. “ISIS bears sole responsibility for this attack. There was no Ukrainian involvement whatsoever,” White House National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said in a statement.
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FAKE: Ukrainian Armed Forces are being ‘pumped’ with banned substances before combat

Mar 22, 2024
This is a fake. In reality, ketamine is used to treat PTSD in military personnel. Claims about banned ketamine are also false, as the drug is officially registered in Ukraine as a medicinal product.
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DISINFO: When the West became a participant in the conflict in Ukraine, the special military operation became a war

Mar 22, 2024
There are no US or NATO forces on the frontline. The West or the US is not at war with Russia or the Russians. Since Russia launched its full-scale, unjustified aggression against Ukraine on 24 February 2022, the West has been calling for Russian withdrawal from Ukraine and a peaceful settlement. The West is not seeking a war in the heart of Europe.
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DISINFO: UN denies water ecocide of Crimea by Ukraine

Mar 22, 2024
The water supply to occupied Crimea was stopped by Ukraine in May 2014. Continuation of water supplies would be possible if Russia, the occupying state, complies with the conditions for signing the contract put forward by the Ukrainian authorities. Ukraine demanded that Russia, in accordance with the UN General Assembly Resolution of March 27, 2014, recognise Crimea as an occupied territory. Russia refused these conditions.
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DISINFO: Russia only strikes Ukraine in retaliation for Ukrainian attacks on Russian soil

Mar 22, 2024
Since October 10, 2022, Russia has launched dozens of targeted missile strikes on the Ukrainian energy system. According to the UN, 42 out of 94 (45%) crucial high-voltage transformers have suffered damage or destruction due to Russian missile attacks for the autumn-winter period 2022-2023. The UN continues that, as a result of Russian attacks, the damage to power, gas, heating infrastructure, and coal mining exceeds US$10 billion and is increasing.
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FAKE: The French battalions are heading towards Romania, preparing for deployment to Ukraine

Mar 21, 2024
This information has not been confirmed. French troops cannot enter Ukrainian territory without the permission of the Ukrainian government. Moreover, “FranceNews24” is not a reliable source of information. There are no contact details or information about the owners or team of the publication on the “FranceNews24” website.