Ukrainian military exercises in Kharkiv region. File photoMOSCOW, Feb 12Former member of the House of Representatives and former US presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard accused the US authorities of lying on Facebook because of the situation around Ukraine. Ukraine is not really a democracy,» Gabbard said. The politician recalled that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky closed the opposition TV channels that criticized him. In addition, Gabbard pointed to the arrest of Viktor Medvedchuk, leader of the Opposition Platform — For Life party. According to Gabbard, Zelensky took such actions in order to stay in power. At the same time, she stressed that the United States supported all the actions of the President of Ukraine against the opposition. 
Biden believes Russia will «attack» Ukraine on February 16 The owner of the First Independent and UkrLive TV channels is Medvedchuk's associate, Verkhovna Rada deputy, head of the parliamentary committee on freedom of speech Nestor Shufrich. On October 8 last year, Ukrainian law enforcement officials announced to Medvedchuk a new suspicion of treason and promoting terrorism. According to the head of the SBU, in 2014 Medvedchuk allegedly organized the supply of coal from the territory of Donbas not controlled by Kiev in collusion with the top leadership of Ukraine. The court ruled that Medvedchuk be placed under house arrest.Reuters: West abandons plans to disconnect Russia from SWIFT because of ERUs In recent months, the West has been accusing Moscow of preparing an «invasion» of Ukraine and is increasing its presence in Eastern Europe. In Russia, they reject all claims, emphasizing that they are moving troops within their territories, and also remind that they do not participate in the intra-Ukrainian conflict and do not violate any agreements, unlike Kiev, which does not comply with the Minsk agreements. The Ukrainian authorities have concentrated on the border with the self-proclaimed The DPR and LPR most of the army and regularly fire on the militias, including with the use of prohibited equipment transferred by Western countries. The United States, Great Britain, Canada, France, Poland, Turkey, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria participate in the supply of weapons worth billions of dollars in total , Romania, Estonia. In addition, foreign military instructors continue to arrive in Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly urged to stop pumping weapons into the region, as this could provoke Kiev into military adventures. » /> In Ukraine, they wanted to conduct a special operation to destroy the leadership of the Crimea
