The Kremlin responded Sunday to accusations from Washington, which had said the day before "seriously concerned" by the actions and statements of Russia towards Ukraine where tensions are mounting.
“
This hysteria is created in an artificial way.
Those who brought their armed forces from across the Atlantic, that is to say the United States, accuse us of unusual military activities on our territory,
”said spokesman for the Russian presidency, Dmitri. Peskov, in an interview on the Moscow.Kremlin.Putin television program.
"
It is not quite logical and not quite decent,
" he said.
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reiterated on Saturday that the United States had "
serious concerns about Russia's unusual military activities on the border with Ukraine
". "
We are really worried by certain rhetoric that we have seen and heard both from Russia and on social networks,
" he told reporters in Dakar, saying that these concerns were "
widely shared
" by allies of the United States.
For its part, the Kremlin called on Sunday "
the United States and its allies
" to stop reinforcing their troops near the Russian borders, these actions being regularly denounced by Moscow, which sees them as a threat to its security.
"
NATO must put an end to its provocative activities near our borders,
" insisted the Russian spokesperson.