US Representative to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield UN Feb 17US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield unsubstantiatedly stated on her Twitter that Russia is allegedly «moving towards an imminent invasion» of Ukraine. On Thursday, a meeting on the Minsk agreements will be held at the UN Security Council. It will be addressed by Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. Russia will be represented by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin. In a report on Thursday, the Russian Foreign Ministry once again stressed that there is no «Russian invasion» of Ukraine and is not planned. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that the statements of Western politicians and diplomats on various dates of the «Russian invasion of Ukraine» are unacceptable.Kiev will not enter into direct negotiations with the DPR and LPR, Zelensky said. «Our goal is to convey the seriousness of the situation. Evidence «on the ground» suggests that Russia is moving towards an inevitable invasion. This is a decisive moment,» wrote Thomas-Greenfield. Attributed to Russia plans to escalate the situation around Ukraine in Moscow are categorically denied 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 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 United States and NATO on Ukraine is generously framed by lies and fakes. Unsubstantiated statements about the preparation of provocations by Russia 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. :25InfographicHow many troops and equipment the United States and allies deployed to EuropeInfographicView
