Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the United States Anatoly Antonov. File photoWASHINGTON, Feb 5— RIA Novosti. The allegations by US administration officials that Russia is allegedly preparing a «false flag operation» in Ukraine are untrue and are part of the information struggle against it , Anatoly Antonov, the Russian ambassador to Washington, said on Friday, whose comment was posted on the Russian diplomatic mission's Facebook account.
"This lie is part of the information war against Russia. For several months now, Washington has been disturbing the whole world with statements that Ukraine is about to become a victim of "Russian aggression". However, bad luck came out, since there is no attack. Apparently, therefore, for greater persuasiveness, "leaks" some intelligence with the blasphemous and unfounded accusations you mentioned", Antonov said.
The diplomat stressed that Russia «is not going to attack anyone» and is interested in good neighborly relations with the people of Ukraine. At the same time, Antonov noted that Moscow considers the US administration's policy of «pumping» Ukraine with weapons as erroneous and «extremely dangerous».
" the population into a persecuted minority in an ethnocratic state", the diplomat pointed out.
The ambassador did not rule out that versions of Russia's alleged «preparation» of a provocation against Ukraine could be aimed at providing an alibi for the operations of the Ukrainian army against Donbass. />Diplomat ridiculed State Department claims about Russian fake videoU.S. authorities claim that Russian intelligence agencies allegedly plan to shoot a video that would capture a staged attack by the Ukrainian military on Russian territory or their own Russian-speaking fellow citizens — with footage of «killed», destroyed buildings, mourning people, Ukrainian weapons and drones Turkish production. According to Washington, such a «fake» could become a pretext for Russia to start hostilities against a neighboring country. Russia's Permanent Representative to the European Union Vladimir Chizhov refuted the Pentagon's allegations. He noted that he can assure that Russia «never deals with such things.» Kiev and Western states have recently expressed concern about the alleged increase in «aggressive actions» by Russia near the borders of Ukraine. Representatives of the US administration, in turn, say they are looking for alternative sources of natural gas for Europe in case Russian transit through Ukraine is stopped. 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» is being used as an excuse to deploy more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. NATO