Balanced and businesslike – this is how the Kremlin assessed the telephone conversation of the presidents Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden. Washington requested the conversation, and ahead of schedule. The leaders were supposed to phone only next week, but the situation has become too explosive around Ukraine.
“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 being allocated for the modernization of the Ukrainian army, and the number of military instructors sent is increasing,” said Yuriy Ushakov, a Russian diplomat. .
The specific date – February 16 – is called by the American media. The publication “Politico” writes about this with reference to officials in Washington. Allegedly, President Joe Biden announced this in a conversation with the leadership of the EU and NATO. The meeting was closed, but there are already a lot of leaks – both about a flurry of missile strikes and about cyber attacks. All this is replicated in social networks by foreign reporters.
“U.S. officials are anticipating a horrendous bloody campaign that will begin with two days of aerial bombardment and electronic warfare. All of this will be followed by an invasion that may be aimed at a change of power,” Nick Shifrin, a PBS journalist, screeches.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs is already preparing to repel sudden attacks on the border. Such is the legend of these teachings in the Kherson region. More than a thousand people are involved. Maneuvers personally observed by the President of the country Vladimir Zelensky, are held in the villages of Kalanchak and Novoalekseevka. From them to the Crimea – a stone’s throw. But Kiev, which receives American weapons by planes, is again scaring everyone with a Russian invasion.
“There is too much information now circulating about a full-scale war on the part of Russia. They even name the appropriate dates. We understand all the risks, we understand that they exist. If you have data on a 100% invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation starting from February 16, please provide them to us,” said Vladimir ZelenskyPresident of Ukraine.
But France sees no signs that Moscow is preparing for aggression. So writes the Reuters agency, referring to reports from the Elysee Palace about a telephone conversation between Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel Macron. The President of Russia noted the unwillingness of the West to push Kiev to implement the Minsk agreements. Although Paris is one of their guarantors within the Normandy format. The head of the White House also discussed the peaceful settlement of the crisis in Donbass.
“The President of Russia highlighted the destructive line of the Ukrainian authorities to sabotage the Minsk agreements, which has been going on for the past eight years. He noted that there is no due pressure on the part of Western states so that Kiev fulfills its obligations. Our president also drew attention on the danger of the militarization of Ukraine, its pumping with modern weapons, which Western countries are purposefully doing, thereby encouraging possible provocations by the Ukrainian security forces,” said Yuriy Ushakov, diplomat, aide to the President of the Russian Federation.
The authorities of the Donetsk People’s Republic have already declared about the danger of such provocations on the line of contact in Donbass. According to them, on the territory controlled by Kiev, on Saturday there was explosion. It is possible that this could have been a filming of a provocation, Denis Pushilin believes. The atmosphere is too heated.
“As for the situation, it is aggravating on a daily basis. We do not see any decrease in arms deliveries. As for the number of personnel, it has increased since our last communication, that is, now our intelligence records about 150,000 personnel already” , – said Denis Pushilin, head of the DPR.
Against this background, the so-called Unity March was staged in Kiev. Zhovto-blakite panels near the building of the Taras Shevchenko National University. Nationalist flags are also glimpsed in the motley crowd. The organizers call on the people to unite against the notorious Russian threat. In Moscow, reports of the invasion are commented with bewilderment.
“Apparently, until the ideological inspirers of the Maidans bring Ukraine to a complete collapse, they will not calm down. For two months now they have been mocking common sense and the Ukrainian people, implementing another global provocative campaign,” said Maria Zakharova, an official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
This escalation of events has already caused many countries to panic. More than twenty states have declared Ukraine a territory dangerous for travel and stay. Sweden, Turkey, Jordan, even Iraq – apparently, it is now calmer in Baghdad than in Kiev.