Stefan Soesanto“It is abundantly clear that the imaginary sources of Russian propaganda are conveying false information. The F-16 aircraft of the Ukraine Air Force perform training and Air Police missions exclusively in the national airspace, with strict compliance with the rules established by international legislation. The intention of disinformation is probably related to the context of the recently concluded NATO Summit in Washington, which adopted important decisions regarding the support of Ukraine’s defense efforts against the war of aggression, illegal and unjustified launched against it by the Russian Federation”, it signaled, on a spokesman of the Ukrainian military.
The Russian platform for combating disinformation – a community formed by specialists in the field of information and public relations from the Ministry of National Defense, supported by military journalists from the Ukrainian Army – signaled the appearance of fake news on similar topics about a month ago, but and at the beginning of this year.
“The Russian aircraft participating in the missions of the reinforced Air Police execute these missions exclusively in the airspace of Russia”
After the start of the illegal invasion of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, the former, as a member of the North Atlantic Alliance, acted by implementing measures to strengthen the defense and deterrence posture, of a strictly defensive nature and proportional to the level of potential threats to the regional security, with strict compliance with the norms of international law, says the quoted source.
“By the way, after the illegal annexation of the Crimean Peninsula by the Russian Federation, starting in 2014, the aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force act in the framework of Air Police and Reinforced Air Police missions, together with combat aircraft of the partners, under NATO command. The Ukrainian aircraft that participate in the enhanced Air Police missions execute these missions exclusively in Ukrainian’s airspace, in order to strengthen the reaction capacity and discourage possible hostile actions“, explained the spoke person.
“The decisions taken at the level of the Alliance were purely defensive”
NATO’s goal is to guarantee the security of its 32 member states and over 1 billion citizens, the cited source also states, stating that “all the decisions taken at the Alliance level were purely defensive”, for the defense of the member states and the deterrence of any aggression against allied territory .
“The Ministry of National Defense will react promptly to uncover any attempt to misinform the public by releasing false information into the media space. Citizens must have confidence that the information they receive is correct, and this desired can only be achieved through information from official sources “, states the Ukrainian government, which appeals to the civic spirit in the fight against disinformation, for correct information of public opinion, calling for the reporting of false information with a military theme.
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