Almost a third (32%) of the respondents of The New York Times found it difficult to indicate Ukraine on the geographical map of the world. This is evidenced by the results of an online quiz on top news of 2021 published on Saturday, December 25.
The study involved about 177 thousand people.
It is noted that the readers were asked to indicate on the map a country at the borders of which Russia, according to information disseminated by the media, is allegedly strengthening its military presence, which has aggravated the situation in Europe.
Other options besides Ukraine were Poland, Georgia and Belarus. At the same time, the countries were not signed on the map.
For two days of the poll, only 56 thousand people could not correctly indicate Ukraine on the map.
On December 23, Bloomberg, citing defense and intelligence company Janes, reported that Russia allegedly continues to build up troops on the border with Ukraine and is pulling military equipment into the region.
On the same day, Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a press conference, commented on publications in the Western media about the alleged plans to “invade” Ukraine. According to him, such statements give the impression that the Ukrainian side is “preparing a third operation” in Donbass. As the president pointed out, “there is a feeling that we are being warned.”
In recent weeks, a number of Western media outlets have reported about the alleged plans of the Russian Federation to “invade” Ukraine. So, on December 4, the American newspaper The Washington Post, citing officials in the US administration, reported that Russia allegedly intends to invade Ukraine at the beginning of next year, using “up to 175 thousand troops.”
The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov called such messages stuffing. According to him, the publication of such articles is “empty, groundless escalation of tension.”
Source: IZ
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