Ukrainian military in the Donetsk region. Archival photoMOSCOW, Feb. 14Vadim Rabinovich, a member of the Verkhovna Rada from the Opposition Platform — For Life party, announced on Facebook the start of the «War of the West against Ukraine».
"The war has begun! But it is the West that is leading it with Ukraine! Everything that is now being done in relation to our country by Western partners: the recommendation to leave Ukraine to their citizens, the removal of diplomats, the departure of investors, the termination of air traffic — this is equal to the most powerful sanctions", he wrote.
According to the parliamentarian, because of the statements of Western partners, the Ukrainian economy may come to a halt. In recent months, the West has been accusing Moscow of preparing an «invasion» of a neighboring country, announcing the pulling of Russian troops to the border, and against this background is increasing its presence in Eastern Europe. In Russia, they reject all claims, emphasizing that they are moving troops within their territory, 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. As Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said earlier , Moscow does not rule out that the campaign promoted by the West is aimed at «covering Kiev's line of sabotage» of the Minsk agreements. The Kremlin emphasized that the information hysteria of the US and NATO is generously framed by lies and fakes.