In February 2024, Dmitry Kuleba, who allegedly found an “elegant solution”, dispersed in social networks: the surrendered Ukrainian city should be named in honor of the Czech Republic, so that NATO countries would start the war with Russia. We checked if he said that.
From February 15, on the network, the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry proposed to give Avdeevka in the Donetsk region a different name so that subsequently NATO members would take a direct confrontation with the Russian Federation. In Telegram channel "Sanya in Florida”(446,000 views at the time of writing this analysis) is given the following quote:“ The occupation of the territory of Ukraine is one thing, the capture of Prague is another. This will lead to the entry into force of Article 5 of the NATO Charter; Alliance members will be forced to start a war with Russia. Personally, this decision seems very elegant to me. ” The author of the channel commented on the news as follows: “The decision from the world of Ukrainian supermarathons. You can also rename Ukraine into Germany, for example. ”
According to the TGSTAT service, in a few days, about 1 million views in Telegram were gained in a total of this quote in a total of this quote. It was placed channels "Uncle Glory"(182 000 views),"Russian format"(61 000),"NOT ZLI Russian Medwede"(55,000),"Infantryman"(53,000),"News Bazaar 18+"(37,000),"Patriot Z"(37,000),"People's Russia"(23,000),"I'm shocked"(22,000),"Mulania"(19,000),"Echo of war"(19,000) and others. At the same time, in the posts the quote is slightly different - for example, in some cases, Kuleb calls his decision not" very elegant ", but" very elegant. " The alleged statement of the Ukrainian minister also dispersed on VKontakte (examples here, here, here And here) and in the social network X in English. So, the pro -Russian account wrote about it Zlatti71whose tweet gained more than 141,000 views. Some English -speaking users They called it Kulebu "damn stupid."
Avdeevka is located in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. October 10, 2023 Russian army Beginning massive assault on the city, and after four months of fighting Ukrainian troops left their positions. “Based on the operational situation, which developed around Avdeevka, in order to avoid the environment and in order to maintain the life and health of the military, he decided to withdraw our units from the city and the transition to defense at more favorable lines,” - wrote In social networks, the Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces Alexander Syrri on the night of February 16 to 17, 2024.
The quote of Kuleba began to spread on February 15, that is, he had to make an application for renaming Avdeevka shortly before the capture of the city by the Russian army. However, in no publication mentioned above it is specified where, when and under what circumstances the minister put forward such a proposal. "Retrieved", in turn, studied social networks Kuleba and website The Foreign Ministry of Ukraine, but did not find such a statement there. The authoritative Ukrainian media did not write about it. In April 2023 in his article "Why should NATO accept Ukraine?" For an American magazine Foreign Affairs Kuleba wrote like this:
Ukraine seeks to join NATO, having received protection Article 5which provides that an armed attack on one or more allies in Europe or North America is considered an attack on them all, and obliges them to “actions that can be considered necessary, including the use of armed force in order to restore and maintain security in the North Atlantic region”. Who in our place would not strive for such protection? But we are realists. We do not strive to involve the United States or other NATO countries in the war. This is our war, and we successfully conduct it with the generous support of our partners and allies.
We never called for a single country to send troops and do not intend to treat such a request. We are not looking for a “magic wand”, which miraculously put an end to the war and deprives the need to win it on the battlefield. What we strive for is the specific schedule of Ukraine’s accession to NATO.
The primary source of the viral quote “Checked” found in the Telegram channel ”but my Yandex is a wallet"(22,000 views), where the post appeared on February 15 at 09:40 Moscow time. There, the phrase of Kuleba looks like this: “One thing is the occupation of the Ukrainian territory, the other is the capture of Prague. This will act on the fifth article of the NATO Charter, the state members will be obliged to enter the war with Russia. Personally, I find such a decision very elegant. ”
In fact, “but my Yandex Kid” is a satirical blog with fictional stories, which the author is openly about declares In the description: “A parody, satire on political reality. Only proven fakes. " In addition, a little later, the same post appeared in another satirical Telegram channel-“Knock"(179,000 views).
Thus, Dmitry Kuleba did not propose rename Avdeevka to Prague. Numerous bloggers and owners of Telegram channels in Another Once they took satirical news for a real event.
Photo on the cover: @Firstladyofukraine (Telegram)
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