(News) Lavrov: The US has spread complete misinformation about Russia's alleged "provocation" to invade Ukraine

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The US has spread complete misinformation about Russia's alleged "provocation" to invade Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday after talks with his Croatian counterpart Gordan Grlic Radman.

"US officials have also commented on the very issue of the so-called invasion of Ukraine, in particular spreading complete disinformation that we are preparing a provocation with an attack on the Russian-speaking po[CENSORED]tion in Donbass to get a pretext for such an invasion," he said. Lavrov.

The senior official pointed out that what happened in Ukraine in 2014 was not the result of a Russian provocation, but of a coup "supported and even organized to a great extent" by Washington. "Today Ukraine is definitely under US external control," he added.

Moscow has repeatedly dismissed accusations of an alleged invasion of Ukraine. Russian presidential spokesman Dmitri Peskov said that Russia does not consider an invasion of the neighboring country as a possible option. "No one is threatening anyone with military action. It would be crazy to do that," the spokesman said.

Likewise, Peskov denounced "a gradual NATO invasion of Ukrainian territory" and explained that the deployment of Russian troops near the border with Ukraine is due to "a very tense situation, a hostile atmosphere created by various NATO exercises , NATO fighters and spy planes, the advancement of NATO infrastructure to the borders".

Concerns about a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine have intensified in the West after several media outlets published alleged plans for the operation in November. Thus, according to a publication by Bloomberg, Moscow anticipates the participation of 100,000 Russian soldiers, half of whom, according to agency sources, have already occupied their positions.
In response, on December 9 the chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, General Valery Gerasimov, during a briefing called media reports of an alleged Russian invasion of Ukraine "false".

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