MOSCOW, 15 Feb. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's joke about the date of Russia's «invasion» of the republic caused panic in the markets. Bloomberg columnists Elaine Chen and Lu Wang write about this. As noted in the article, the S&P 500 fell sharply by 1.2% the day before in New York at about 2 pm, and oil rose above $ 95 per barrel because of the Ukrainian leader's joke about Moscow's «offensive» on Kiev on February 16.
15:46″We are idiots.» The British realized that there would be no “invasion” of Russia into Ukraine. Later, adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, Mikhail Podolyak, had to explain that Zelensky’s statement should be taken as irony. According to him, the government of the republic is still skeptical about specific «dates of the invasion» mentioned in the press. Officials in Kiev have repeatedly said they consider a full-scale war highly unlikely. In recent months, Western media have increasingly reported that Russia is preparing a «military strike» against Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly refuted these unfounded speculations. The director of the Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Naryshkin, called such stuffing malicious propaganda of the US State Department. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in turn, noted that Russia has never threatened the Ukrainian people. /02/695fcc8d14ee0b7c3a91ba7674602419.jpg» />February 10, 18:30 British Foreign Minister shamed for stupid mistake in talks with Lavrov
