Moscow-Sana
The Russian Foreign Ministry considered that the Western media hype about Ukraine "has reached the height of madness," commenting on a Western media report accusing Russia of moving huge forces to the border with Ukraine.
In a statement today, the Russian Foreign Ministry described a report by the Swiss broadcaster SRF, which included the aforementioned allegations, as “having reached the boiling point or even the stage of extreme insanity,” considering that it seems that the journalist who prepared the report was ambiguous because he was still thinking about preparations for the Russian-Belarusian defensive maneuvers. In which units of the Russian Eastern Military District participate.
The Russian Foreign Ministry added, "This report is no longer just an unprofessional work, but rather needs a medical diagnosis for its authors... If you want to talk about the maneuvers, contact the Russian Defense Ministry to teach you how to use the map and tell you what the defensive capability exercises are."
It is scheduled to take place from February 10 to 20 of it, joint Russian-Belarusian maneuvers in Belarus titled Union Packages 2022, in which the participating forces will train to confront external aggression and counter-terrorism operations and protect the borders of the Union State between Russia and Belarus from external threats.
Western countries are working to exacerbate tensions over the situation in Ukraine by promoting allegations about the deployment of Russian forces along the Ukrainian border, which Moscow has repeatedly denied, stressing that what is being promoted in this regard is misleading information aimed at covering up NATO's expansion to the east and the deployment of more missile systems near the Russian border. And inciting the Kiev authorities to resolve the crisis in Donbass by force, not through dialogue, as stipulated in the Minsk agreements.