Maria Zakharova said London's fabricated disinformation about Russia's attack on Ukraine is "a clumsy attempt to save face." She also called the data about the invasion of Russia under a "foreign flag" a lie. Earlier, the tabloid The Sun said that the "attack" will take place on February 16 at 4:00 Moscow time. The British Foreign Office decided to disgrace itself to the end, claiming Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in her Telegram channel.

According to the diplomat, London's fabricated disinformation about Russia's attack on Ukraine is "a clumsy attempt to save face."

“British Foreign Minister Liz Truss does not give up, she decided to disgrace herself to the end,” Zakharova noted. “There seems to be too much at stake.”

As the representative of the Foreign Ministry pointed out, the "feeding" of local journalists and tabloids by the British authorities regarding the "invasion" of Russia into Ukraine continues, even the "exact" dates of this are called. She recalled that the tabloids The Sun and Mirror named the time of the “attack” to the nearest hour.

“The British officialdom simply cannot afford to say goodbye to the version that was fed to the media “disinformation” and is trying to save face in an awkward way - sort of confirming earlier assurances and at the same time allowing itself to start some kind of retreat back and sideways and inventing versions about some” other people's flags," Zakharova said.

She also noted that many people proceed from such judgments about "foreign flags", creating the ground for provocations. The diplomat recalled that Russia has repeatedly spoken about the use of “foreign flags” in Ukraine, but in the context of possible provocations by the West.

“Perhaps it is [about] that they will use their flag [of Great Britain]. I don’t know, this is a question for them, ”said Zakharova.

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“Invasion is inevitable”

The head of British diplomacy previously described a likely plan for an “invasion” by Russian troops without “marks” and the subsequent capture of Kiev in a few days, The Independent points out.

She said that London needed to see a full-scale withdrawal of Russian troops from the border with Ukraine to believe that Moscow had no plans to invade.

Of course, our latest intelligence suggests that an invasion is imminent, that it is very likely, and that we have seen 100,000 troops stationed around the border," Truss said.

Bob Seeley, a Conservative member of the House of Commons Foreign Relations Committee, said the withdrawal of Russian troops should not be seen as "the end of history." He noted that Moscow still "has a lot of troops around Ukraine" and it can "swap more in a short time."

Attack at 4:00 am

British tabloids Sun and Mirror, citing US intelligence data, stated that, despite the Russian Defense Ministry's statements about the withdrawal of troops after the exercises, the "attack on Ukraine" is planned at 4:00 Moscow time ( 3:00 Kyiv time) February 16.

According to The Sun sources, Kiev continues to prepare for defense, despite media reports about the withdrawal of Russian troops from the border. The tabloid claims that Moscow is "almost certainly" attacking Ukraine from several points at once - in the south, east and north of the country.

U.S. intelligence believes the offensive will begin with a flurry of airstrikes on military and government control centers in Kiev. After the missile strikes, Russian tanks will cross the border, The Sun claims. It is also assumed that Russian ships may launch an assault on the southern coast of Ukraine.

"The Russian invasion is scheduled for '3 am tomorrow' local time with tank and missile attacks," reads the headline of the Mirror article, also citing US intelligence sources. At the same time, the caption to the text states that "the invasion will begin on Wednesday at noon."

Despite the fact that Russia announced the return of part of the troops after the exercises to their places of permanent deployment, 130 thousand military personnel still remain on the eastern and southern borders of Ukraine, stressed in. They also indicated that 40,000 Russian servicemen are in Belarus, where joint military exercises are taking place.

“We cannot take everything Russia says or does at face value. We must prepare for defense,” a Ukrainian military source told The Sun.

The tabloid notes that Kiev is preparing for war at a rapid pace: anti-aircraft systems have been seen in the city moving into position along with columns of National Guard vehicles.

Moscow's position

The press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the reports of Western politicians about the date of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, noted that Vladimir Putin sometimes jokes about the date of the "Russian invasion" - allegedly the president asks to knowhere is the exact time in hours when the war will start.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said earlier that it was time for London to apologize for reports of "Russia's invasion of Ukraine".Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov indicated that Russia was not going to start a war with Ukraine. He also accused Western countries and the United States of "hysterically" developing the topic of the threat to Kiev from Moscow.

At a meeting with Putin, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that "part of the exercises are coming to an end, some will be completed in the near future." The Southern and Western military districts of the Russian Federation have begun returning troops to their places of deployment, said Major General Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Ministry of Defense.

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