Moscow-Sana
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stressed that the allegations made by the authorities in Kiev about an imminent Russian military attack on Ukraine are "mere hysteria and maneuvering to divert attention from the Ukrainian military movements."
Russia Today website quoted Zakharova as saying in a statement today that "Kiev has sent 125,000 soldiers, which is equivalent to half the number of the armed forces of Ukraine, to the conflict zone in Donbass, and the Ukrainian army is deploying heavy equipment in the region," expressing Moscow's concern about Kiev's actual rejection of the settlement. peaceful conditions there.
Zakharova explained that the bill presented by the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, which stipulates the possibility of the presence of foreign forces in the country in 2022, directly contradicts the Minsk agreements, calling on NATO countries to "stop provocations and encourage the military plans of the Kiev regime."
Zakharova called on NATO countries to make efforts to urge Kiev to establish direct dialogue with the republics of Donetsk and Luhansk in order to find a peaceful and sustainable solution to the internal Ukrainian conflict.
