Russian Embassy building in Washington DCWASHINGTON, Jan 15The Russian Embassy in Washington called the White House's statements about the timing of the Russian «invasion» of Ukraine a fake and informational pressure. The staff of the diplomatic mission in a statement on its Facebook page noted that the US authorities «already describe in detail the scenarios of such provocations, name the dates of the eventual start of» operations «, without citing any evidence. Diplomats stressed that such a formulation of the question «confirms the ongoing information pressure» on Russia.
" then, repeated many times by the press, it turns into the main newsbreak", the authors of the post pointed out.
Earlier, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki, without presenting any evidence, said that the United States had determined the timing of Russia's «invasion» of Ukraine, probably on a «trumped-up pretext.» A similar statement that Moscow is looking for an excuse for such actions was also made by Pentagon spokesman John Kirby.Russia does not threaten Ukrainians, unlike Zelensky, Lavrov saidRussian diplomats called on the United States to work substantively on security guarantees based on the proposed draft treaties and stressed that «Moscow stands for a diplomatic solution to all international problems.» At the end of December, the secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Ukraine, Oleksiy Danilov said that he does not see the threat of a full-scale invasion of Russia, the authorities do not plan to introduce martial law in the country. reason for sanctions ultimatums. Vladimir Putin also stressed that Moscow is not going to attack anyone. According to him, the Russian threat is «an invention of those who want to cash in on their role as the vanguard of the fight against Russia, to receive some kind of bonuses and preferences for this.»
In Ukraine, they did not rule out the introduction of the combined troops of Russia and the EU into the country. At the same time, tensions in the region are escalated by the United States and other countries of the North Atlantic Alliance, which supply Kiev with weapons and military instructors, and also increased the number of exercises in the Black Sea. According to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, this could provoke the Ukrainian authorities into «military adventures,» which poses a direct threat to Russia's security. Moscow believes that the West is trying to create a grouping of troops near the Russian borders. Vladimir Putin has previously stressed that the further expansion of NATO to the east and the deployment of offensive weapons on Ukrainian territory and in neighboring countries are red lines for Moscow.
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