Lavrov answered the question about the end of the escalation around Ukraine

Ukrainian military in Lugansk regionMOSCOW, Feb 17 The question of whether the escalation of the situation will end around Ukraine on February 20, does not depend on Russia, because it is not Russia that inflates it, on this day, as planned, the Russian-Belarusian exercises will end, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. «As for February 20, the question is not for me. February 20 our exercises are ending, as it was announced. And as for whether the escalation will end on February 20, I don’t know, because we didn’t inflate it, we don’t do it,» Lavrov said at a press conference following talks with the Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio.Daily Mail readers urge media to apologize for Russian invasion fakes