Ukrainian servicemen during training in a city park in KievMOSCOW, Feb. 17 Israel in case Escalation in Ukraine will require the assistance of the Russian Federation in the evacuation of its citizens, according to the Axios portal, citing Israeli high-ranking officials. According to the portal, Israel wants guarantees from Russia that it will be able to open humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of citizens to countries neighboring Ukraine on dry land. In case of evacuation of the embassy, an alternative diplomatic mission has already been created in Lvov. Director General of the Israeli Foreign Ministry Alon Ushpiz discussed these issues on February 16 with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, the portal notes. The West accuses the Russian Federation of alleged plans to escalate the situation around Ukraine. Moscow categorically denies this and constantly states that they are not threatening anyone, and all such statements are used as an excuse to deploy more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. As Russian Foreign Minister Sergey 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 USA and NATO on Ukraine is generously framed by lies and fakes. Americans in Ukraine
