Readers of the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal on February 17 criticized the statement by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg about the lack of de-escalation around Ukraine after the return of Russian troops from the exercises.
Commentators have expressed the view that the United States is engaged in propaganda about the alleged Russian invasion of Ukraine in order to make internal problems less visible.
“Our current administration pretends to be concerned about the Ukrainian-Russian border, not the Texas-Mexico border. The administration is doing nothing to protect Americans from unknown, undocumented, unvaccinated tens of thousands of people flooding our border and arriving by plane and bus into our cities, ”wrote one user.
Another reader sarcastically stated: “What if there was an invasion, but just no one came to it?”. Another user suggested that soon the media will start writing about how many meters Russia moved the tanks.
On February 15, Stoltenberg, during a conversation with reporters, said that the alliance does not yet see signs of a de-escalation of tension around Ukraine. He added that it was premature to talk about these signs even after Russia announced the end of the exercises. Commenting on this statement, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov noted that NATO representatives cannot “soberly assess the situation.”
Western politicians and media representatives continue to spread numerous speculations about possible Russian aggression against Ukraine. Thus, on February 15, the British tabloids The Sun and the Daily Mirror reported that Russia’s “invasion” of Ukraine was scheduled for Wednesday night. On the morning of February 16, The Sun journalists noted that the night passed without incident and edited their article.
The Russian side has repeatedly refuted such statements, emphasizing that it has no plans to invade a neighboring country. On February 12, Lavrov, in an interview with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, said that the propaganda campaign launched by the United States and its allies about “Russian aggression” against Ukraine pursues provocative goals, thereby encouraging the authorities in Kiev to sabotage the Minsk agreements and harmful attempts to resolve the “Donbass problem” by force .
Source: IZ
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