The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs claims that Western countries and the media are spreading a “large-scale disinformation campaign” that promotes the thesis about an alleged imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine. The statement, made on Friday (11), comes a day before the expected call between US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“In late 2021 and early 2022, the global information space faced a media campaign unprecedented in its scale and sophistication, the aim of which is to convince the world community that the Russian Federation is preparing an invasion of the territory of Ukraine,” says the ministry statement published Friday on its website.
The ministry accused Western countries and Western media of spreading disinformation “to divert attention from their own aggressive actions”.
At a news conference at the White House on Friday, President Biden’s national security adviser Jack Sullivan warned that a Russian attack on Ukraine could begin soon, starting with air strikes and missile strikes. He advised all Americans to leave the country for their own safety as soon as possible.
Earlier on Friday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US believes a Russian invasion of Ukraine could begin “at any moment”, including during the ongoing Olympics in Beijing. He also said the US continues “to see very worrying signs of Russian escalation, including new forces arriving on the Ukrainian border.
Source: CNN Brasil
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