The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that only immoral madmen can talk about Moscow's alleged intention to attack Ukraine. She said this on the air of the Rete4 TV channel.

“When in the last two months we read the Western media, hear statements from the White House and from Downing Street that Russia intends to attack (on Ukraine), we are aware that only crazy, crazy, without morality and falsification,” the diplomat said.

According to her, the United States, speaking about the alleged readiness of the Russian Federation for aggression, "does not want to hear that we are talking about the movement of troops inside Russian territory."

“Everything that is happening now has already happened to the West,” the foreign ministry spokeswoman added, drawing parallels with the pretext for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Earlier, Zakharova said that American politicians have lied, are lying and will lie, creating pretexts for attacking civilians around the world.

The story of a possible “Russian invasion” of Ukraine has been actively promoted in the West since mid-autumn last year. 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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