US assessment of imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine and Moscow sees “hysteria”

The situation on the Ukrainian-Russian border is at a critical point, with the US estimating that Moscow prepares for invasion “at any time”which creates a war scene, although diplomacy remains in the foreground.

For its part, the Russia describes as “hysterical” the statements of the American officials “The White House’s hysteria is more revealing than ever. The Anglo-Saxons need war. At all costs”wrote in her account on the social network Telegram the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, estimating that for the USA “Provocations, misinformation, threats are a favorite way to solve their own problems”.

“The roller coaster of the American war and civil war machine is ready to take over people’s lives again. The whole world is watching how militarism and imperial ambitions expose themselves“, Said M. Zakharova, as the Russian news agencies broadcast her statements.

Russia’s ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, described the remarks by US officials as “seeking to” maximize the level of propaganda campaign against Russia. ” According to the Russian agency “RIA-Novosti”, such comments “lack evidence”, while the USA they just “throw ashes in the eyes”.

He ironically responded to statements by US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan about a Russian attack on Ukraine Russia’s deputy envoy to the UN Dmitry Poliansky wonders during the Olympics “If the US is going to invade Ukraine, why should anyone do it after such a panic campaign?”. According to D. Poliansky, Russian troops are still on Russian soil, while some rational people hoped that the hysteria inflated by the US took a turn for the worse, but they eventually “looked at it”, because those who spread panic gained “Second breath”.

Earlier, the Russian Foreign Minister had spoken about “Anti-Russian disinformation campaign” “We can talk about a conspiracy by Western governments and the media to create artificial tension around Ukraine through the massive and coordinated leakage of false information for reasons of geopolitical interest, in particular to divert attention.” from their own offensive actions “.

Putin’s contacts with Biden and Macron

Vladimir Putin will have today new phone conversations with his counterparts John Biden and Emanuel Macronwith the issue of Ukraine in the foreground.

In the face of the threat of an imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine, telephone conversations are intensifying on both sides of the Atlantic in an effort to resume dialogue.

The US president, who will be at the Camp David residence over the weekend, will speak today with Vladimir Putin, following talks between the chiefs of general staff of their countries’ armed forces on Friday. A telephone conversation is also planned for today between the Russian president and his French counterpart.

“We continue to see signs of Russian escalation, including the arrival of new forces on the border with Ukraine”White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan warned after a video conference of Western leaders.

“An invasion could take place at any time if Vladimir Putin gives the order for it”he added, adding that it could even begin “during the Beijing Olympics”, which end on February 20.

According to him, such an attack is a “very, very real possibility”, but the US intelligence services do not know whether the Russian president “has made a final decision or not”. “Nobody knows if a decision on action has been taken,” a NATO diplomat told AFP.