What is wrong with the term “armed formations of Ukraine”?
“Armed formations of Ukraine”, “punishers”, “Kyiv army” are propaganda terms used to discredit the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The correct term is the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukrainian military, Ukrainian security forces, and participants in the Joint Forces Operation (JFO/ATO).
russian propaganda deliberately distorts and uses incorrect names of military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Guard, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Security Service, the Territorial Defense and volunteer battalions to show its audience the alleged “incapacity” of Ukrainian defenders to conduct combat operations and fulfill their combat missions.
For more explanations of the terminology, see the Glossary prepared by the Center for Countering Disinformation in cooperation with the NSDC.
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