Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk commented on the Russian narrative in regards to the alleged “illegitimacy” of Volodymyr Zelenskyi. This disinformation is consistently promoted each in Ukraine and within the West by Russian propaganda.
Because the publish says Stefanchuk on Fb, the President of Ukraine “is and can stay till the top of martial legislation. Volodymyr Zelenskyi. And all this, in accordance with the Structure and legal guidelines of Ukraine.”
“It is rather good that the Structure of Ukraine has begun to be learn in Russia. I might advocate that inquisitive readers research the textual content of our Structure in a non-selective method and take note of half 1 of Article 108: “The President of Ukraine shall train his powers till the newly elected President of Ukraine takes workplace.” In democratic societies, that is known as the continuity of energy. However this “continuity” shouldn’t be within the Russian sense (like “lifetime”), however within the regular, democratic and safety sense,” mentioned the speaker of the Ukrainian parliament.
He known as Russian narratives “as predictable as they’re foolish.” And he additionally suggested Russians to learn their very own “Structure”….It might be excellent if, along with the Structure of Ukraine, Russia began studying its personal “Structure”. No less than within the half the place it’s mentioned that the Russian Federation takes measures to assist and strengthen worldwide peace and safety, to make sure the peaceable coexistence of states and peoples, that is Article 79.1,” Stefanchuk added.
Russian disinformation in regards to the standing of President Zelenskyi
- In November 2023, Zelensky reported that Moscow seeks to sow division in Ukrainian society, create “chaos” contained in the nation and, finally, take away the president. This plan was known as “Maidan-three” in Russia.
- If not for a full-scale battle, presidential and parliamentary elections would have been held in Ukraine this spring. Nonetheless, elections are prohibited throughout martial legislation. The authorities have beforehand warned that Russia will attempt to push the thesis of “illegitimacy” in reference to the top of the time period of workplace of the President and the Verkhovna Rada, established by peacetime laws. Oleksiy Danilov, then secretary of the Nationwide Safety and Protection Council, defined that civil confrontation is probably the most fascinating situation for the Kremlin, “however elections may even agree.”
- In February, the pinnacle of the Primary Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Protection, Kyrylo Budanov, mentioned that as a part of this operation, the Russians deliberate to create a scenario during which Ukraine would query not a lot the president, however decision-making basically within the interval following Could 21 and 20. After that, the Russians anticipate that towards the background of confusion and duplicity, the identical can be projected on our military, and they’re going to achieve inflicting a navy defeat within the east of Ukraine within the first half of June.
- Subsequently, GUR added that in November 2023, as a part of the Maidan-3 particular operation, Russia spent virtually $250 million {dollars} on spreading anti-Ukrainian sentiments on the Telegram platform alone. As an alternative, the overall finances of the operation was 1.5 billion {dollars}. That is the costliest “motion” of the Russian particular providers in historical past. At the moment, intelligence businesses warned that the “Maidan-3” particular operation would attain its climax in March-Could 2024. Along with Ukraine, the Russians additionally focused states that present substantial assist to Ukrainians.
- Final month it turned identified that the primary wave of the Russian marketing campaign to discredit the authorities known as “Maidan-3” was efficiently defeated. Ukrainian intelligence acquired the official paperwork of the Russians. In response to them, the marketing campaign was presupposed to happen in Could and the summer season of 2024.
