ISSUE

RUSSIAN STANCE

UKRAINIAN STANCE

1

When operation or aggression began, and by whom

Russia began its defensive military operation against Ukrainian aggression on February 24, 2022

Ukraine began its military aggression initially against Donbass on April 14, 2014 and on February 17, 2022; and against Russia in September 2022

2

Use of weapons against civilians

Russia has no intention to use weapons against civilians

Ukraine intentionally uses weapons against civilians

3

Use of chemical weapons

(adherence to Chemical Weapons Convention)

Russia never used chemical weapons

Ukraine used chemical weapons more than 400 times and violated CWC

4

Use of biological weapons

(adherence to Biological Weapons Convention)

Russia never used biological (bacteriological) and toxic weapons

Ukraine used biological (bacteriological) weapons and violated BWC

5

Use of cluster munitions

Russia never used cluster munitions

Ukraine uses cluster munitions

6

Use of depleted uranium

Russia never used munitions with depleted uranium (DU)

  Ukraine constantly uses shells with DU in artillery and tank shells

7

Attack on nuclear power plants

Russia never attacked Ukrainian nuclear power plants (NPP), and has no desire to resort to such actions

Ukraine attacked two Russian NPP: Zaporozhskaya NPP more than 100 times and Kurskaya NPP 4 times

8

Source of weapons it uses

Russia produces weapons by itself; it relies on its national defense industrial complex. Russia is against foreign arms deliveries to Ukraine

Ukraine relies on NATO and non-NATO

military industrial complex; it gets weapons from nearly 50 countries. Ukraine demands more lethal arms

9

Treatment of prisoners of war

Russia treats Ukrainian POW in accordance with Geneva Conventions on POW

Ukraine violates Geneva Conventions on POW; it has tortured and beaten Russian POW many times

10

Efforts to end aggression

Russia wishes to end Ukrainian aggression and prepared a draft peace treaty with Ukraine (2022)

Ukraine has no desire to end its aggression; it blocked the initialed draft treaty with Russia (2022)

11

Major aims

Major Russian aims in its Special Military Operation: demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine

Major Ukrainian aims in its aggression:

to eliminate population in five territories that joined Russia, and to inflict to it “strategic defeat”

12

Ukrainian membership in NATO

Russia is against any kind of Ukrainian membership in NATO

Ukraine is in favor of its full-fledged admission into NATO as soon as possible

13

De-escalation or intensification of conflict

Russia is in favor of de-escalation of the conflict with Ukraine

Ukraine is in favor of intensification of the conflict with Russia

14

Deployment of NATO troops in Ukraine

Russia is against deployment of NATO troops in Ukraine

Ukraine is in favor of deployment of NATO troops in Ukraine

15

Delivery of dual capable aircraft (DCA) F-16 to Ukraine

Russia is against delivery of DCA aircraft F-16 to Ukraine

Ukraine demands to deliver more than 120 DCA aircraft F-16 to its Air Forces. Several such aircraft have already arrived  

16

Getting and using long-range NATO missiles deep into Russian territory by Ukraine

Russia is against getting and using long-range NATO missiles deep into Russian territory by Ukraine. Russia made its updated nuclear strategy much tougher to prevent this

Ukraine insists on getting and using long-range NATO missiles deep into Russian territory. Ukraine neglected the fact that Russia toughened its updated nuclear strategy to prevent this