MOSCOW, Feb 9 There were no signs of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but the informational background is being whipped up , said the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Pankin. «They are pumping up the fact that Russia will invade Ukraine, … although there were no signs of this invasion, but the information background is being pumped up very strongly,» he said, speaking at the Valdai club «The plans attributed to Russia to escalate the situation around Ukraine are categorically denied in Moscow and constantly declare that they are not threatening anyone, and all such statements are used as an excuse to place more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said earlier, Russia does not create any pretexts for a conflict situation around Ukraine. According to him, Russia does not rule out that the hysteria around Ukraine, hyped by the West, is aimed at covering Kiev's line of sabotaging the Minsk agreements on Donbass. According to the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, the information hysteria of the USA and NATO on Ukraine is generously framed by lies and fakes. how to punish Russia
