The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharov commented on the publication of Washington Post on the concentration of Russian troops on the border with Ukraine to prepare for the invasion of the neighboring country.
“Russian troops are located in the state of legal rights,” the diplomat said in an interview with “Kommersant”.
According to her, on the basis of NATO actions in the region, the American press should be concerned with aggressive actions not Russia, and the United States.
also she also noted that in the United States a special operation for the discharge of the situation around Ukraine with shifting responsibility to Russia.
“Its base make up provocative actions near the Russian borders, accompanied by indictment in the address of Moscow. In principle, there is nothing new – classical Western tactic. It is impressive only the scale of arrogance and lies,” added the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry.