The Ministry of Foreign Affairs allowed provocations in the Donbass by «autonomous actors»

Ukrainian militaryMOSCOW, Feb 14Russia does not rule out provocations against Donbass by «autonomous actors,» said Yury Gorlach, director of the Department of the Situation and Crisis Center of the Russian Foreign Ministry. Gorlach to journalists. Speaking about whether Russia plans to evacuate Russians from the territory of Ukraine, Gorlach noted: “Can you imagine how many Russian citizens are on the territory of Ukraine?” He added that there is a lot of speculation and tension from the West around the situation in Ukraine. According to the diplomat, the situation around Ukraine is a sensitive topic. He recalled that the Russian Foreign Ministry always advises to follow the ministry's messages in such situations.The Japanese explained the motives of the United States in «inflating military hysteria» because of Ukraine «Of course, (should) be monitored very carefully. Plus, listen very carefully to the information, messages of consular offices that are located on the territory of Ukraine,» added Gorlach.RF, fearing provocations Kiev or third countries, decided to optimize the staffing of Russian foreign institutions in Ukraine, according to the response of the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, posted on the website of the ministry. >The United States is dragging Ukraine to warThe West accuses the Russian Federation of alleged plans to escalate the situation around Ukraine. Moscow categorically denies this and constantly states that no one is threatened with anything, and all such statements are used as an excuse to deploy 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 US and NATO information hysteria over Ukraine is generously framed by lies and fakes. 39InfographicHow much the US is spending to contain RussiaInfographicView