The United States cannot give an exact date for the “invasion” of Ukraine, but believes that it could begin any day. This was announced on Sunday, February 13, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan.
“We cannot accurately predict the day, but we say that we are in a period when an invasion, a major military operation, could be launched by Russia in Ukraine any day. This includes next week, until the end of the Olympics, ”he said in an interview with CNN.
According to him, “it can happen after the 2022 Olympics in Beijing or, if possible, Russia can choose the path of diplomacy.”
In the United States and EU countries, they have recently expressed concern about the alleged increase in Russia’s “aggressive actions” against Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly denied such accusations, 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.
On February 11, the Politico newspaper, citing its sources, wrote about the statement of US President Joe Biden, according to which Russia could allegedly attack Ukraine on February 16. At the same time, a day earlier, the US agency Bloomberg stressed that Russia would attack Ukraine on February 15.
On February 12, the head of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, Leonid Slutsky, said that Western media continue to spread fakes about Russia’s alleged “invasion” of Ukraine, supporting the thesis of a “Russian threat.” According to him, the US wants to “ignite a fire in the third territory.”
On the same day, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei 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 pernicious attempts forceful solution of the “problem of Donbass”.
Source: IZ
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