The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, on Wednesday, February 16, called the transfer of the US Embassy from the Ukrainian capital to Lviv a circus.
On February 14, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced that the United States would temporarily move the embassy in Ukraine from Kiev to Lvov. He added that the diplomatic mission “will continue to maintain contacts with the government of Ukraine” and help coordinate diplomatic efforts to de-escalate tensions around the country.
“How much, I wonder, did it cost the American budget, by the way? The circus with this transfer of this embassy with the alleged destruction of equipment. Surely new equipment needs to be purchased, ”Zakharova said during the briefing.
Earlier, on February 15, The New York Times reported that the US authorities temporarily redeployed their Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) residency in Kiev. It was noted that this could make it difficult to gather information about alleged Russian activities in Ukraine.
Prior to that, on February 11, the State Department urged Americans to leave Ukraine and warned that the US would not be able to evacuate its citizens in the event of Russian military action anywhere in Ukraine, as consular services would be seriously affected.
For two months now, Western politicians and media representatives have been spreading numerous speculations about the alleged possible Russian aggression against Ukraine, pointing to the concentration of Russian forces near the border. The Russian side has repeatedly denied such accusations, emphasizing that it has no plans to invade a neighboring country.
On February 12, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in an interview with 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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