The West was destroyed without a single shot!

After Russia announced that its troops were withdrawing after completing exercises near the border with Ukraine, Moscow insisted that predictions that it could be just minutes from ordering a full-scale invasion had proved untrue.

In a fiery statement Tuesday, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova spoke contemptuously of reports and claims by US and European officials that Moscow’s armed forces could only be hours away from striking a neighbor.

“February 15, 2022 will go down in history as the day of the failure of Western military propaganda,” she wrote.

According to her, the West is “ashamed and destroyed without a single shot.”

At the same time, the Ministry of Defense of Moscow announced that a number of Russian troops have completed their exercises in Belarus, near the Ukrainian border, and will begin the withdrawal process.

Zakharova’s comments came after the American business publication Bloomberg reported on Saturday, citing unnamed officials, that an offensive against Ukraine could take place as early as Tuesday. The agency said a possible attack could include a provocation in the Donbass region or against Kiev.

White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told CNN over the weekend that “sources” and “intelligence gathered” suggest that “major military action” could begin “every day.” He said this includes the upcoming week before the end of the Olympics.

Tensions along the shared border have escalated in recent months, with Western officials raising concerns that Moscow troops may soon stage an invasion. The Kremlin has repeatedly insisted it has no aggressive intentions and accused English-language media of inciting mass “hysteria.”

Amid fears of a potential invasion, Moscow has sought security guarantees that will limit NATO’s expansion closer to its borders and block Ukraine’s accession to its ranks.

However, the bloc’s secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, said Russia had “no veto” on Kiev’s ambitions to secure membership.

On Monday, Russia’s top diplomat, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, said his country was disappointed with the response from NATO and the United States, but still hoped for a diplomatic solution. Speaking shortly after Zakharova on Tuesday, he said Western reports of an impending invasion were “information terrorism”.

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