OP-ED

Andreas Umland: The dangers of echoing Russian disinformation on Ukraine

By Andreas Umland.

Published June 20, 2021 at 6:01 am

This handout picture released by the Russian Defence Ministry on April 22, 2021, shows Russian Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu (C) and Chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov (C-L) inspecting Russian military drills at the Opuk training ground not far from the town of Kerch, on the Kerch Peninsula in the east of the Crimea.

Photo by AFP

Russia’s spring 2021 saber-rattling on the Ukrainian border helped guarantee that Ukraine would be high on the international agenda during June’s G7, NATO, and US-Russia summit meetings. Fears of a major military escalation also served as a reminder that this unresolved European conflict remains at the heart of international affairs.