Russia’s deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Polyansky urged the United States to respond to the shelling of Donetsk
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The first deputy permanent representative of Russia to the UN, Dmitry Polyansky, called on the United States to respond to the shelling of Donetsk. In his Twitter account, he said that Ukraine violates the Minsk agreements.
“While the West continues its hype around Russia’s alleged possible plans to attack Ukraine, the Ukrainian army continues shelling residential neighborhoods, killing and maiming civilians, blatantly violating the Minsk agreements. Where is the reaction of the US permanent mission to the UN?” – said Polyansky.
Earlier, The New York Times and The Washington Post wrote that US intelligence had found evidence that Russia was planning to fabricate some kind of pretext for invading Ukraine. According to them, on February 3, Moscow will allegedly show a fake video showing Ukrainian provocations on Russian territory or against the Russian-speaking population in eastern Ukraine. The information is given with reference to unnamed by name and position of high-ranking representatives of the US presidential administration. At the same time, the publications admit that “no direct evidence of the Russian plan” and the details of its receipt were not provided by the sources.
At the same time, the Russian side has repeatedly denied plans to launch an invasion. On the contrary, Moscow fears that Kiev may stage a provocation at the border. However, as White House press secretary Jen Psaki said, the US authorities no longer use the term “imminent” in the issue of a possible “invasion” of Ukraine.
On February 3, the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov commented on the data of the American media about the plans of the allegedly planned Russian “invasion” of Ukraine. According to a Kremlin spokesman, this is not the first time such materials have been published in the United States, but nothing followed.
