Ukrainian soldiers on the line of contact in Donetsk regionLONDON, Feb 19 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz have agreed to redouble efforts to diplomatically resolve the situation around Ukraine, the press service of the British Prime Minister said. Minister and Chancellor Scholz are determined to redouble their efforts to reach a political settlement and avoid unnecessary bloodshed,» the message says. the statements are being used as an excuse to deploy 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 information hysteria of the US and NATO over Ukraine is generously framed by lies and fakes. : Olga Filippova
