The Motherland Monument in KyivKIEV, Feb. 17 Ukrainian authorities do not see it today threats of a full-scale operation against the state, however, they fix provocations from Russia, said Alexei Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC). provocations by the Russian Federation. The goal is for us to start responding powerfully in order to accuse us of what we are not going to do,» Danilov said on the air of the 1 + 1 TV channel. Western states and Kiev have recently expressed concern in connection with the allegedly dangerous actions of Russia near the borders of Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly rejected such accusations, saying that it does not threaten anyone and is not going to attack anyone, and statements about «Russian aggression» are used as a pretext to place more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. Unsubstantiated allegations that Russia is preparing provocations 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. Can we tell them already?» The Network ridiculed the new dates of the “invasion” of Ukraine
