Accusations against Russia of a possible attack on Ukraine are a bluff, they are trying to provoke Moscow. This was announced on Thursday, January 20, by the head of the Russian delegation at the talks in Vienna on military security and arms control Konstantin Gavrilov.
“They are using these speculations to influence the position of Russia, nothing more. It was said at all levels – we are not going to attack Ukraine, we do not need it. This is propaganda to have a good negotiating position before starting real negotiations. I think that this is all a bluff, ”he said on the air of the RT television channel.
The diplomat said that Russia is blamed for everything, no matter what happens.
Gavrilov noted that the Russian Federation is trying to do everything possible to prevent provocations from the Ukrainian forces on the border.
On January 19, US President Joe Biden threatened a “catastrophe” for Russia during the “invasion” of Ukraine. The American leader stressed that the Russian Federation is much stronger militarily in Ukraine and will win in the event of a conflict.
In turn, a member of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, Dmitry Belik, said that Biden contradicts himself in his speech about Russia, trying to drag the country into a conflict with Ukraine and promising sanctions for this.
On January 18, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov urged US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken not to replicate speculation about alleged Russian aggression in Ukraine, but to force Kiev to comply with the Minsk agreements. Earlier, he noted that Kiev is obliged to comply with the Minsk agreements, it cannot have any plan B. According to him, Ukraine is under the external control of the United States.
On January 16, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov stressed that Russia does not show military escalation against Ukraine.
Earlier, on January 14, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said that the United States had evidence that Russia was allegedly preparing a pretext for invading Ukraine. Kirby noted that it was about “a group of operatives who are preparing to conduct a false flag operation.”
Source: IZ
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