Distorted history: how Russia creates the myth of "Nazis in Ukraine"
Kyiv • UNN
The Kremlin manipulates archival documents to artificially equate Ukrainians with Nazis. Propaganda is even implemented in schools in the occupied territories.
The Russian Ministry of Defense has launched a propaganda campaign based on archival documents from World War II, attempting to create an ideological basis for the current armed aggression against Ukraine. This was reported by the Center for Countering Disinformation of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (CCD), informs UNN.
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It is noted that the Russian military department published materials on the "information confrontation between the USSR and Nazi Germany." Comments on these documents emphasize that Nazi propaganda was primarily aimed at the residents of Ukraine and the Baltic states.
Russian propaganda tries to impose on its audience the idea that Ukrainians were strongly influenced ideologically by the Nazis. Thus, there is an artificial identification of Ukrainians with Nazis
They emphasize that the Kremlin exploits the deep trauma of World War II, superimposing the images of past enemies on modern Ukrainians and justifying armed aggression against Ukraine.
"Today's events in the propaganda picture of the world are no longer presented as a war of conquest, but as a 'logical continuation' of the fight against Nazism. This strategy also extends to the school level," the CCD summarizes.
Recall
In the temporarily occupied Kherson region, lessons are being held as part of the "Knowledge. Heroes" project, where children are told about the "rewritten history of Novorossiya" and encouraged to "stay here and build the future."