Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Wang WenbinBEJING, Feb 16The U.S. escalation of the threat of war has hit Ukraine's economy and social stability, and China hopes that the spread of disinformation will stop, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a briefing on Wednesday. economy, social stability and the lives of people in Ukraine,» the diplomat said.Estonian intelligence hastened to reschedule the date of Russia's «invasion» of Ukraine. He also noted that such actions by the United States have increased friction between the parties concerned, hindering the progress of dialogue and negotiations. «We hope that the parties concerned will stop publishing such false information and take more actions to facilitate peace, mutual trust and cooperation,» he said. The Chinese side, in his words, «draws attention to Russia's recent statement that the West has used information terrorism in the Ukrainian issue, and February 15 was the day of failure of American and Western propaganda.» It should be noted that some people in the United States and in the West are non-stop inciting and spreading false information, bringing even more upheaval and uncertainty to this already full of challenges, as well as exacerbating distrust and divisions,» the diplomat stressed. Plans attributed to Russia to escalate the situation around Ukraine in Moscow is categorically denied and constantly told that no one is being threatened, 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. The Kremlin said that the US and NATO information hysteria over Ukraine is generously framed by lies and fakes. Statements that Russia is allegedly preparing provocations in Ukraine continue to come from the West, despite the return of Russian troops to their places of deployment after the exercises. On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. At a meeting with Putin, the head of the RF Ministry of Defense reported that «some of the exercises are coming to an end, some will be completed in the near future.» The Southern and Western military districts of the Russian Federation have begun returning troops to their places of deployment, Major General Igor Konashenkov, an official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, told reporters on Tuesday. Biden ridiculed for setting a date for Russia's «invasion» of Ukraine
