US Department of State Representative Ned PriceMOSCOW, 17 Feb. State Department spokesman Ned Price said the US has never given an exact timeline for the escalation of the situation around Ukraine. that Russia has created opportunities for an attack at any time,» Price said at a briefing. According to him, the failed «invasion» does not mean that the United States had incorrect intelligence. Meanwhile, on January 14, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said that the «invasion» could start «between mid-January and mid-February».Scholz and Biden said that the situation around Ukraine remains seriousConcern has not subsidedUS concern about the situation around Ukraine has not decreased one iota, despite Russia's statements about the withdrawal of troops from the border, Price also saidAt a briefing for journalists, he made the statement that Washington sees no signs de-escalation.
«I want to be very clear that our concerns have not abated one iota. In fact, our concerns continue to grow, given that we have not yet seen a de-escalation … We are actually seeing an escalation «, Price said.
He claims that the US is watching as new Russian forces arrive at the border with Ukraine and take up positions that «allow them to be called upon at any moment for an unprovoked invasion.»
«Our concern about this is very high as of today morning,» Price said.The Foreign Ministry commented on media reports about Russia's «invasion» of Ukraine «Let's talk differently» Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, in turn, said that after the fake about the «invasion» the West itself must prove that they have no aggressive intentions in against Russia.
"They have now begun to say that Moscow must prove that it has no intention of attacking. Moscow proved that everything they published and declared was fake, first of all. Simply without doing anything for this, life simply put everything in its place. Now let's talk differently. And let them now prove that they have no intention to commit aggressive actions against our country or any other,» Zakharova said on the TV channel «Russia 24» .
«We see the expansion of NATO, we see an increase in military contingents along the perimeter of our borders, on the territory of those countries to which these armed contingents do not belong. We see aggressive, inadequate rhetoric. We see a way out of most deterrents, binding and guaranteeing strategic stability and security agreements. All this allows us today to demand from them guarantees of our security and proof that they are not going to attack anyone,» she stressed. » /> Lavrov spoke about the hysteria of the West around the situation in Ukraine Do not believe the West Previously, Zakharova urged not to trust Washington in matters of Ukraine.
" , the people of Ukraine, Russia", — she said on the air of Anatoly Shariy's YouTube channel.
According to her, you need «on the one hand, calm down .., on the other hand, wake up, wake up, understand that if they promise something for free .., this has a name — a mousetrap.» (Ukrainian people) are drawn into this mousetrap, promising manna from heaven,» Zakharova explained. At a briefing on Wednesday, the diplomat stressed that there are no facts that would confirm the possibility of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. «There are no facts that would speak of any invasion. Everything that we read in the Western media about this, this is disinformation,» she said.Makei told why «hysteria» is being created around UkraineFailed «invasion» Earlier, the British tabloids Sun and Mirror wrote that, despite the statements of the Russian Ministry of Defense about the withdrawal of troops after the exercises, the «invasion of Ukraine» was allegedly scheduled for 4.00 Moscow time Wednesday. The Sun tabloid claimed that this was the «most likely» time and that Russia was preparing to launch a massive strike with 200,000 troops, tanks, aircraft, missiles and ships. On Wednesday morning, Sun edited its article on the site, the authors replaced the exact time of the «invasion of Ukraine» with the fact that it could begin «at any time.» Ukraine, they wrote, citing officials, that Russia could «attack» the neighboring country on February 15. The press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the erroneous publication of Bloomberg by RIA Novosti, noted that the term fake news can be replaced with Bloomberg news. The West has recently accused Russia of escalating the situation around Ukraine. The Kremlin and the Russian Foreign Ministry deny all accusations, emphasizing that Russia is not involved in the intra-Ukrainian conflict and does not violate any agreements, unlike Kiev, which refuses to comply with the Minsk agreements.
NATO sees no de-escalation around Ukraine, Stoltenberg said