A sign on the building of the Canadian Embassy in Kiev, UkraineMOSCOW, Feb 17The Government of Canada, in the event of an escalation of the situation, has provided escape routes for its citizens who are in Ukraine through neighboring countries, CBC reports with reference to the office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. in Poland, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia, that Canadians who will flee Ukraine will be able to enter without hindrance,» the channel said. According to CBC, the Canadian Foreign Ministry also wants to receive similar guarantees from Moldova and is negotiating with colleagues from Chisinau. The plans attributed to Russia to escalate the situation around Ukraine are categorically denied in Moscow and constantly declare that they are not threatening anyone, and all such statements are used as an excuse to place more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei 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. The Kremlin said that the US and NATO information hysteria over Ukraine is generously framed by lies and fakes. Statements that Russia is allegedly preparing provocations in Ukraine 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. never called the exact timing of the «invasion» of Ukraine, said the State Department
