Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Saturday accused the United States of promoting “a propaganda campaign” about an alleged attack on Ukraine. Lavrov made the accusation directly to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, just hours before a phone call between Russian and US presidents Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden, who are trying to avoid conflict. According to the Kremlin, the conversation is scheduled for 11:00 am (East Coast Time, 1:00 pm EDT).
“The minister (Lavrov) emphasized that the propaganda campaign launched by the United States and its allies on the “Russian aggression” against Ukraine (…) encourages the Kiev authorities to sabotage the Minsk accords” and try to resolve the conflict. in the east “by force”, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement released after the telephone conversation with the US foreign minister.
The head of Russian diplomacy also told Blinken that US and NATO responses to Moscow’s security proposals “ignore Russia’s main concerns,” particularly on issues related to not expanding the military alliance and not using strike weapons. near the borders of Russia.
The conversation between Lavrov and Blinken came just hours before a phone call between the presidents of Russia and the US, Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden. According to the Kremlin, the conversation is scheduled for 11:00 am (East Coast Time, 1:00 pm EDT).
Moscow called the flood of information about an imminent Russian attack on Ukraine, which the White House said could take place as early as next week, as “hysteria”.
“The White House hysteria is more revealing than ever. The Anglo-Saxons want war at all costs,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Saturday.
According to Zakharova, provocations, misinformation and threats are “the favorite method” of “Anglo-Saxons” to solve “their own problems”.
The United States warned on Friday that there was a “clear possibility” that Russia could attack Ukraine next week, which is why it asked its citizens to leave Ukrainian territory within 48 hours and ordered more. 3,000 troops to Poland.
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