Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during his trip to DonbassKIEV, Feb 17President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that statements about the dates of Russia's alleged «invasion» of Ukraine and the panic that is happening because of this are working against Ukraine. «For us, these are definitely only losses. Losses on all fronts. Even the position on a significant salary increases. And we are talking not only about the military, but also about doctors and teachers, for whom we want to raise salaries in the fall. I hope we succeed. But with constant panic in society, this will be physically impossible. Well, it’s just not there, no one will print anything, there are no loans on credit, the rates are insane. Therefore, all these «dates» and panic — all this works against our country. It doesn't even matter who the subject of dissemination of this information is. We understand that this also hits Russians hard, » — Zelensky told RBC-Ukraine.The Foreign Ministry called the transfer of the US Embassy from Kiev to Lviv a circusHe added that the existing tension could last for a long time, Ukraine should not succumb to it. «The problem is that this story can now go on for quite a long time, keep it in a state of tension. But we cannot get on this train. We are going in the other direction,» the head of the Ukrainian state added. In a message on Thursday, the Russian Foreign Ministry once again stressed that there is no «Russian invasion» of Ukraine and is not planned. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that the statements of Western politicians and diplomats on various dates of the «Russian invasion of Ukraine» are unacceptable.Western diplomats «occupied» a five-star hotel in LvovAttributed to Russia, plans to escalate the situation around Ukraine in Moscow are categorically denied and constantly say that they are not in danger of anything, and all such statements are used as an excuse to place more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. As 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. According to the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, the information hysteria of the United States and NATO on Ukraine is generously framed by lies and fakes. Unsubstantiated statements about the preparation of provocations by Russia 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. counts Russia's defeat due to non-appearance for the war
