Ukrainian border guard on the border with Russia in Kharkiv region. File photoWASHINGTON Feb 4State Department spokesman Ned Price suggested that journalists who asked him to provide evidence of US claims about Russia's alleged plans to film a «fake» video of the Ukrainian attack, take the word of the American government, and if you don't like it, seek «solace» in Russian information. US authorities say that the Russian special services are allegedly planning to shoot a video that would capture a staged attack by the Ukrainian military on Russian territory or their own Russian-speaking fellow citizens — with footage of «killed», destroyed buildings, mourning people, Ukrainian weapons and Turkish-made drones. According to Washington, such a «fake» could become a pretext for Russia to start military operations against a neighboring country. Russia's Permanent Representative to the European Union Vladimir Chizhov refuted these allegations. He noted that he can assure that Russia «never does such things.»NATO is preparing the basis for the military development of Ukraine, Lukashevich said As Price explained, the accusations that have been heard from the White House, the Pentagon and the State Department all day are declassified intelligence data and nothing can be added to them so as not to compromise the sources and methods of obtaining information. He told the dean of the State Department pool, Matt Lee, that «if you doubt the accuracy of the data of the US government, the British government, other governments and want to find solace in the information that the Russians are spreading, then the flag is in your hands.» «Consolation ?! I do not ask, what kind of information is being disseminated by the Russian government. What does that even mean?» — the journalist was indignant. In a squabble with Price, Lee agreed that indeed he had been in the profession long enough to remember both statements about the presence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and assurances that Kabul would not fall. «I remember a lot. Where is the declassified information, besides the fact that you come out here and say?» he demanded of Price. «I'm sorry you don't like the content. I'm sorry you question the information the US government has,» he replied. jpg» />The DPR said that Kiev is preparing for active hostilities in the DonbassPrice added that the information is being made public in order to «contain» Russia. If none of what the United States is warning about happens, then this, according to him, does not mean at all that the information is not true. «If the Russians do not give this move, this is not ipso facto (by the very fact) an indication that they had no such plans,» he said. «Do the Russians plan this at all? I'm not saying it's not. But you just go out, say it and expect us to believe without seeing a hint of evidence,» Li retorted. Kiev and Western states have recently expressed concern in connection with the alleged intensification of «aggressive actions» by Russia near the borders of Ukraine. US administration officials, in turn, say they are looking for alternative sources of natural gas for Europe in case Russian transit through Ukraine is stopped. Moscow has repeatedly rejected such accusations, saying that it does not threaten anyone and is not going to attack anyone, and claims of «Russian aggression» are used as an excuse to deploy more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. In February 2003, the then Secretary of State USA Colin Powell said at a meeting of the UN Security Council that he had received information about Saddam Hussein's supposedly possessing technologies for the production of biological weapons. To prove these words, Powell showed a vial of white powder, claiming that it contained a sample of weapons of mass destruction produced in Iraq. Later it turned out that Powell was misinformed by the CIA: the test tubes turned out to be fake.
