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A convoy of Russian armored vehicles moves along a highway in Crimea, Tuesday, January 18, 2022. Foto/mymotherlode.com
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova alleged that Kiev and the West’s claims about an imminent Russian attack on Ukraine were a cover for their own large-scale provocations, including military ones.
“They may have very tragic consequences for regional and global security,” Zakharova said AP, Thursday (20/1/2022).
He pointed to arms shipments to Ukraine by military transport planes English in the last few days. Zakharova claims that Ukraine considers Western military aid as the holder of full authority for military operations in the Donbas.
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Donbas, located in eastern Ukraine, is under the control of pro-Russian separatists who have been battling Ukrainian forces for nearly eight years, a conflict that has killed more than 14,000 people.
This accusation seems to reply to media accusations United States of America (US) who said Russia was planning a false flag operation as a pretext to attack Ukraine. Earlier, CNN quoted a US official as reporting that Russia would carry out sabotage against its own proxy forces.
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Ukraine said earlier this week that it had received delivery of anti-tank missiles from Britain. Ukraine has rejected Moscow’s claims that it is planning an offensive to retake control of separatist-held territory in the country’s eastern industrial heartland.
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