Washington is fanning hysteria around Russia’s allegedly planned “invasion” of Ukraine and at the same time is pumping weapons into Kiev, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said on Saturday, February 12, following a telephone conversation between Russian leader Vladimir Putin and American counterpart Joe Biden.
“The facts are that the Americans are artificially inflating hysteria around the so-called planned Russian invasion, even naming the dates of the invasion, and in parallel, together with the allies, they are pumping up the military muscles of Ukraine – significant financial resources are allocated for the modernization of the Ukrainian army, the number of military instructors sent is increasing,” he said. .
In general, Ushakov described the conversation as businesslike. An adviser to the Russian leader noted that Biden, during the conversation, referred to his predecessors, who during the Cold War years did everything to avoid conflict. According to him, the head of the White House emphasized: “everything possible must be done to exclude the worst scenario around Ukraine” and suggested several ways to do this.
The White House noted that during the conversation, Biden said: the United States is ready for any scenario around Ukraine and is aimed at diplomacy with Russia. In addition, the American president stressed that the Russian Federation would face tangible consequences if it “attacked Ukraine.”
The conversation between the leaders of the two countries lasted more than an hour via a secure connection. It ended at 12:06 pm EST (20:06 Moscow time).
On the same day, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had telephone conversations with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. During the conversation, they also discussed the situation around Ukraine and security issues. Following the talks, Lavrov said that the US propaganda campaign about alleged Russian aggression against Ukraine was pursuing provocative goals. At the same time, the US and NATO continue to ignore the key provisions for Moscow on the non-expansion of the alliance and the non-deployment of strike weapons systems near Russian borders.
At the same time, Moscow has repeatedly rejected accusations of a planned “invasion”, saying that it does not threaten anyone. As the Russian side emphasized, such accusations are used as a pretext to deploy as much NATO military equipment as possible near the borders of the Russian Federation.
Source: IZ
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