MOSCOW, Apr 5The provocation in Ukrainian Bucha will become a trigger for further escalation, said Ivan Timofeev, Program Director of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC). he does not say a word about the supposedly «killed.» According to Timofeev, Russia's statements will not be able to convince those Western politicians and journalists who have already taken a categorical position on this issue. «No, they can't, unfortunately,» the expert answered the corresponding question from RIA Novosti. According to his forecast, the provocation in Bucha «will be a stumbling block.» He added that «Ukraine and the West are spinning the war crime narrative.» According to the expert, the staging in Bucha will become an incentive for another anti-Russian consolidation, which practically excludes the prospects for any «deals» on security issues. «A ceasefire in Ukraine is possible as a tactical maneuver, but it is unlikely that any agreement will be sustainable,» Timofeev said.08:00The aggravation of the situation in the DPR and LPRBucha and concentrated evil: the last argument against the RussiansAccording to him, we should expect new sanctions from the West. «The process of lowering the level of diplomatic relations has already been launched. Perhaps, financial and transport sanctions will be expanded,» he believes. In the EU, he believes, a discussion will unfold on a ban on Russian energy supplies, although Europe does not have a unified position on this issue. It is also possible «military-political aggravation of relations with NATO countries,» the expert added. .Earlier, the Ukrainian authorities and the media distributed a video allegedly filmed in the city of Bucha, Kiev region, where the bodies of the dead lie on the road. Many Internet users questioned the credibility of Kyiv's accusations against Moscow, noting that there was no blood near the bodies on the ground, and some of the dead had white armbands on their sleeves and could have been killed by Ukrainian security forces or territorial defense. Users also noticed that the «dead» move their hands, and when looking in the rear-view mirror of the operator's car, it seems that one of the «dead» changes position as soon as the car passes by.
08:00 «They drove them underground»: how they stormed the Ilyich plant, where the Azov people settledThe Russian Defense Ministry said that all photographs and video materials published by the Kiev regime, allegedly testifying to some kind of «crimes» by Russian military personnel in the city of Bucha, Kiev region, are » another provocation.» As noted in the military department, during the time this settlement was under the control of the Russian Armed Forces, not a single local resident suffered from any violent actions. The ministry noted that all Russian units completely left Bucha on March 30, and exits from the city in the northern direction were not blocked, while the southern outskirts, including residential areas, were shelled by Ukrainian troops around the clock from large-caliber artillery, tanks and multiple launch rocket systems. Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday that Russia categorically rejects any accusations of involvement in the deaths in Bucha and demands that international leaders not rush to sweeping accusations against Russia, but listen to Moscow's arguments. According to him, Russian diplomats will continue to promote the topic of the provocation in Bucha on the agenda of the UN Security Council. As State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin said, the situation in Bucha is a provocation to discredit Russia, a staged production, a performance designed for a Western audience. He added that the NATO countries do not need an investigation, the perpetrators have already been appointed. It's time for her robbery
