The Kremlin criticized the statements of US President Joe Biden, who spoke Thursday about Russia’s readiness to launch an attack on Ukraine in the coming days, stressing that such comments inflame tensions.
“Unfortunately, tension continues to be fueled by such statements,” Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in a press statement, in response to Biden.
And earlier on Thursday, Biden claimed, before leaving the White House for Ohio, that there are indications that Russia will attack Ukraine “in the coming days,” considering that the risk of war is “very high.”
The government in Kiev and NATO member states insistently claim that Russia is amassing large forces, numbering more than 100,000, near the border with Ukraine “in preparation for a new invasion” of Ukrainian lands.
The Russian government has repeatedly stressed that it has no intention of launching any operation against Ukraine, stressing that all reports that speak of this are false and the purpose of these allegations is to escalate tension in the region and fuel anti-Russian rhetoric in preparation for new economic sanctions and justify NATO’s expansion to the east, which it opposes. Moscow strongly, saying that it threatens Russian security.
Source: agencies