Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that American politicians have lied, are lying and will continue to lie, creating pretexts to attack civilians around the world. She wrote about this in her Telegram channel.

The diplomat drew attention to the words of US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, who had previously urged to be prepared for Moscow to create a pretext for an attack on Ukraine.

According to her, the world already knows "who" lies all the time.

“And those who have forgotten how Washington“ creates pretexts for an attack ”, let him watch the speech of (former -) US Secretary of State Colin Powell in the UN Security Council on February 5, 2003,” Zakharova pointed out to Powell’s speech, in which he claimed that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction.

Earlier, Jake Sullivan said that Russia's "invasion" of Ukraine could begin any day.

Prior to this, Politico, citing sources, wrote that US President Joe Biden, during a conversation with the leaders of allied countries, said that the Russian Federation could allegedly attack Ukraine on February 16.

The story of a possible “Russian invasion” of Ukraine has been actively promoted in the West since mid-autumn 2021. The US has consistently pointed to a supposed increase in Russia's presence near Ukraine's borders, threatening Moscow with new sanctions if it escalates. At the same time, the Kremlin has more than once directly denied any plans to attack Ukraine, on the contrary, pointing to the possible preparation of a military operation in the Donbass by Kiev.

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