(News) "The madness and fear-mongering continue": The Washington Post suggests that Russia could seize Kiev in two days

[Askor lml]

"What if we said the US could take London in a week and cause 300,000 civilian deaths?" said Russia's deputy permanent representative to the UN.

Western media speculation about how long it would take for Russian troops to seize Kiev in an alleged invasion of Ukraine is "crazy," Russia's deputy permanent representative to the UN, Dmitri Polianski, said on Sunday.

"The madness and scaremongering continues. What if we said the US could take London in a week and cause 300,000 civilian deaths?" Polianski wrote on his Twitter account, commenting on a Washington Post article published this Saturday. which indicates that Russia could take Kiev in two days, leaving 50,000 dead among the civilian po[CENSORED]tion. The senior official asked if this type of publication "would sit well with the Americans and British". "The Russians and the Ukrainians feel just as bad," he summed up.

"US Military and Intelligence Assessments"
In its publication, in which it refers to "US military and intelligence assessments", The Washington Post writes that Russia is allegedly "on the verge of finalizing preparations" for an invasion of Ukraine that would leave 50,000 civilian casualties and would cause "a humanitarian crisis with 5 million refugees".

Likewise, the media maintains that the Russian authorities have already brought to the borders of the neighboring country about 70% of the forces and capabilities necessary for a large-scale invasion. According to The Washington Post sources, "83 tactical groups of Russian battalions of about 750 troops each" are located near the Ukrainian borders, while two weeks ago there were 60 groups there.

At the same time, Reuters also reported, citing "two US officials" as a source, that Russia maintains approximately 70% of the fighting forces needed for the invasion near the Ukrainian borders and reported that civilian deaths could range between 25,000 and 50,000. , according to US estimates

Western media "fake news"
A day earlier, The New York Times had suggested, citing "an assessment by Ukraine's military high command," that Russian troops "appear to be in the final stages of preparations for military action" against the neighboring country.

The Russian Foreign Ministry responded to these publications by stating that the "fake news" of the US media seeks to destabilize the situation in Ukraine from within.

On Friday, Bloomberg mistakenly posted the headline "Russia invades Ukraine" on its website, only to delete it about 30 minutes later. Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov said that the Bloomberg publication represents "a perfect demonstration of how dangerous the situation is, caused by endless aggressive statements coming from Washington, from London, from other European capitals."

Likewise, the German tabloid Bild published this Saturday an alleged plan prepared by the Russian authorities for the stage after a possible invasion of Ukraine. For her part, the press secretary of the Russian Foreign Ministry, María Zajárova, described the Bild and Bloomberg publications as a "global political-informative marathon of NATO's wishes."

Claims about a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine have been intensifying in the West since last November, when several media outlets aired alleged plans to carry out such an operation. For its part, Moscow rejects these accusations and assures that the Atlantic Alliance is militarizing its neighboring country.
In particular, the Russian presidential spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, stated that these alarmist reports seek to portray Moscow as a party that threatens the resolution of the conflict in the Ukrainian region of Donbass and warned that they could serve as "camouflage" for potential aggressive plans by Kiev. , aimed at resolving the situation by force.
News brought by https://actualidad.rt.com/