Washington. February 5. INTERFAX - US statements that Moscow is allegedly preparing to invade Ukraine, including under a "foreign flag", are part of an information war against Russia, Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov said.
"We urge the United States not to act out scenes for the gullible. The essays on the topic of Russian operations "under a false flag", apparently, are aimed at constructing an alibi for possible operations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine against Donbass," the diplomat said in response to a question from the American edition of Newsweek.
He stressed: "With all responsibility I want to assure the readers of Newsweek that Russia is going to attack anyone. We need good neighborly relations with the fraternal Ukrainian people."
The ambassador noted that Moscow is "concerned about the US position on the situation around Ukraine." He recalled that the presidents of the two countries at a meeting in Geneva agreed that the Minsk Agreements should be the basis for resolving the situation in eastern Ukraine. "Our common task is to force Kiev to fulfill its obligations, sit down at the negotiating table with representatives of the DPR and LPR and peacefully agree on everything," Antonov stressed.
He noted that "the current American actions to pump weapons into Ukraine" are "erroneous and extremely dangerous."
