“American journalists have forgotten that the action plan on the battlefield has already been published in German publications,” Zakharova said, via the Telegram app.
Zakharova wrote, referring to a report prepared by unnamed secret services regarding Russia’s alleged “plan” to annex Ukraine, which appeared on the website of the German newspaper Bild on February 5.
In parallel, a source close to the Russian Defense Ministry described the Russian “Novosti” agency, that the report of the “CBS” channel regarding the Russian government giving an order to its forces to “invade Ukraine” is nonsense, noting that it puts US President Joe Biden in a “stupid position.” ».
“The authors of this surprise put President Joe Biden in their imaginations,” said the source from the Military Academy of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.
The source explained: “Biden insisted at the beginning of last week that Russian forces were scheduled to invade Ukraine on Wednesday, February 16, and claimed that the intelligence had confirmed this accurately and all things were prepared for that. And now it is alleged that American intelligence determined that the Russian military leaders began planning their actions, regarding a week following February 16, the date of the alleged invasion.
He added, “Therefore, this nonsense from the American media does not provoke anything except for a bitter smile.”
And earlier on Sunday, CBS correspondent David Martin, speaking during the channel’s broadcast and explaining Biden’s recent statements, said that “intelligence says that Russian forces have received an order to invade Ukraine,” without providing any evidence to confirm this announcement.
NATO member states insistently claim that Russia is amassing large forces, numbering more than 100,000, near the border with Ukraine “in preparation for an imminent invasion” of Ukrainian lands, while Moscow repeatedly denies launching any operation once morest Ukraine, stressing that all reports regarding this are false. 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 Moscow strongly opposes, saying that it threatens Russian security.
And several American media outlets had previously published reports claiming that Russia would begin invading Ukraine on February 15, 17 or 20, but that did not happen.