The British ridiculed the head of intelligence after the words about the Russian troops on the border

Ukrainian military during exercises in Donetsk regionMOSCOW, Feb 17 British tabloid The Daily Mail published a material devoted to the statement of the head of British military intelligence, General Jim Hockenhull, about the alleged increase in the Russian military presence on the border with Ukraine. The article cites the statement of the general, who does not provide any evidence. Russia has enough military force in place, he claims.U.S. has never given an exact timeline for an «invasion» of Ukraine, State Dept. The publication elicited a strong response from readers in the comments. to war,» user Stop This Madness said. «Your headline four days ago was 'war in four days!' Stop fomenting war, Daily Mail,» demanded Micky MOJO. «So what happened on Wednesday?» asked MynameisMYOB. «Thought they were going to attack on Wednesday — what year, by the way?» davef sneered. «Wednesday has come and gone, Daily Mail,» Joshua Thornsberry pointed out. /wp-content/uploads/2022/02/c4f0699a87e4ffb4abc14906a5578594.jpg» />The Security Council spoke about the reasons for the «US anti-Russian hysteria» Western media in the last month several times set the date and even the time of Russia's «invasion» of Ukraine. The British newspaper The Sun, referring to the US intelligence services, stated that the attack of Russian troops would begin on February 16 at three in the morning. In response to such statements, Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian President, jokingly suggested that the Ukrainians set an alarm clock for this so as not to oversleep the attack. 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. troops to their places of deployment after the exercises. On Monday, President Vladimir Putin met with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. At a meeting with Putin, the head of the Defense Ministry 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 have begun returning troops to their places of deployment, Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov told reporters on Tuesday. invasion» Russia has no facts, said Zakharova