BERLIN Feb 16Russia's «invasion» of Ukraine is not foreseen today or in the foreseeable future, Vladimir Chizhov, Russia's permanent representative to the EU, told Die Welt newspaper. a week or a week later, or next month,» Chizhov said. The publication writes that Chizhov «succinctly» added that «wars in Europe rarely start on a Wednesday.» He urged the West to finally take Russia's security interests into account, stressing that after «very serious accusations against Russia» the US and NATO countries must present «evidence, otherwise it is slander».08:00Operation to force Russia into war failedMoscow categorically denies plans attributed to Russia to escalate the situation around Ukraine and constantly states that they are not threatening anyone, 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. 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. :02Source: Russia has no plans to move the embassy in Ukraine from Kiev
