Bloomberg claims Russian troops have arrived at the border with Ukraine

Ukrainian military in the Donetsk regionMOSCOW, 17 Feb. Russia «pulled another seven thousand troops to the border with Ukraine,» Bloomberg said, citing sources in the US presidential administration. It is specified that officials announced this information to journalists at a briefing on Wednesday on condition of anonymity. However, they did not provide any evidence of the arrival of new troops and did not specify what their claim was based on.In France, they talked about Biden's hysteria over UkraineToday, the American newspaper Politico published an article in which, referring to the opinions of analysts, it claims that Russia could allegedly «start an invasion» of Ukraine after February 20, and the date of the «offensive» previously mentioned in Western media February 16 «diverted attention from key dates.» Earlier, the British tabloids Sun and Mirror, citing US intelligence data, also wrote that, despite the Russian Ministry of Defense's statements about the withdrawal of troops after the exercises, the «attack on Ukraine» is scheduled for 4 o'clock in the morning Moscow time time on Wednesday. The Sun article claimed that Moscow was allegedly preparing to launch a massive strike with the participation of 200,000 military personnel, using tanks, aircraft, missiles and ships. In response to such statements, the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov jokingly suggested that the Ukrainians set an alarm for this so as not to «sleep through» the invasion. On Wednesday morning, the publication edited its article: the authors replaced the exact time with the phrase that the offensive could begin » Anytime». The Mirror newspaper, in turn, decided not to correct the material, but published a new text stating the fact that the «invasion» did not take place.Several scenarios of «Russian invasion» of Ukraine were described in Poland. The American agency Bloomberg, in turn, which had previously mistakenly reported on the beginning of the «invasion», wrote with reference to officials that Russia could «attack» the neighboring country on February 15. At the same time, the agency did not specify the officials from which countries they are talking about, did not name their positions and names, and did not provide any evidence. The press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov, commenting on RIA Novosti's erroneous Bloomberg publication about the beginning of the «invasion», noted that the term fake news can be replaced with Bloomberg news. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova jokingly asked that the entire list of «invasions» be made public so that she could plan her vacation. The West accuses Russia of escalating the situation around Ukraine. The Kremlin and the Russian Foreign Ministry deny all accusations, emphasizing that Russia does not participate in the intra-Ukrainian conflict and does not violate any agreements, unlike Kiev, which refuses to comply with the Minsk agreements. Moscow believes that such statements are used to strengthen the military presence of Western countries near Russian borders. «