Moscow-Sana
The Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed that the United States is running a special operation to escalate the situation on Ukraine and hold Russia responsible for this.
Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Kommersant newspaper in response to allegations of US media reports about Russia's imminent attack on Ukraine that the deployment of Russian forces on Russian soil is Russia's legitimate right in light of NATO's practices in the region, and the US press should be concerned about US, not Russian, aggressive actions.
She added that the United States is running a special operation to inflame the situation around Ukraine and blame Russia, which is based on provocative actions on the Russian border and is accompanied by an accusatory rhetoric against Moscow, noting that in principle there is nothing new in the classic Western tactics .. only the extent of insolence and hypocrisy is surprising.
The United States is leading a Western political and propaganda campaign accusing Russia of massing its forces on the border with Ukraine in order to justify NATO's eastward expansion and the deployment of nuclear missiles close to the Russian border.