The building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation in MoscowMOSCOW, February 12The story of Russia's imminent «invasion» of Ukraine is being coordinated from Washington, many media outlets are going for broke, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. «Media support, I would say, is unprecedented, because all Western resources that position themselves as independent , which now exclusively serve this custom-made story from Washington,» she said on the air of the SolovyovLive YouTube channel. «Many are already going for broke, that's for sure, no one is hiding this conglomerate that we are now seeing, — she added. The purpose of the hysterical fit of the West over the alleged Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 16 is a provocation, said Maria Zakharova.Zakharova called the US actions a mockery of the Ukrainian people «(Treat this) exactly as a hysteria. What is the purpose of this hysteria — escalating the situation and, of course, provocative activity. This is part of the international reach of the provocation,» Zakharova said on the air of the YouTube channel » Solovyov Live», calling the hysteria «fits». According to her, this provocation did not begin two months ago, but lay on the long-term ground prepared for the Ukrainian conflict, which is «actively run by the United States.» She added that the information situation has been brought to the limit, while the Ukrainian authorities pretend that they are not involved in this. claim that the invasion could begin in the coming days. Russia denies the aggressive plans attributed to it in relation to the neighboring country. The West accuses the Russian Federation of alleged plans to escalate the situation around Ukraine. Moscow categorically denies this and constantly says that no one is threatened, 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.
