US Ambassador to the UN Thomas-Greenfield “reminded” of Russian invasions of Eastern Europe in the past

US Permanent Representative to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield is convinced that Russia has previously deployed troops on the border with neighboring states before the “invasion of Crimea” (in 2014) and other parts of Eastern Europe. She stated this in an interview with CNN.

“This is the Russian way of doing things. They placed these troops on the border (with Ukraine – ed.). We saw how they did it when they invaded the Crimea. We saw how they did it when they invaded other parts of Eastern Europe, ”RBC quotes the American envoy.

At the same time, during the interview, the journalist of the TV company noted that neither the correspondents, nor the residents of Ukraine with whom he spoke, do not believe in the imminent Russian invasion, but US officials say the opposite. To this, Thomas-Greenfield countered that all parties are seeing the same picture, but interpreting the facts differently.

Recall that starting from November-December 2021, Western countries, as well as Ukraine, have been making statements about a possible “invasion” of Russia into Ukrainian territory. Recently, US speakers have argued that an attack could happen “any day.” Moscow denies all accusations and assures that Russia poses no threat to anyone. Earlier, various Western media indicated that the sign of the “invasion” is the accumulation of Russian military equipment in the regions bordering Ukraine. At the same time, among the likely anti-Russian sanctions were both the shutdown of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, as well as restrictions against Russian energy companies, and the shutdown of the SWIFT international interbank settlement system.

Recently, The Sun tabloid claimed that Russia’s “invasion” of Ukraine would take place at 3:00 Kyiv time (4:00 Moscow time) on February 16, which ultimately did not happen.

And yesterday, the Politico newspaper “set” a new date for the “attack” of Russian troops on Ukraine – February 20.

For his part, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said at a meeting of the UN Security Council that Russian troops are preparing to launch an invasion of Ukraine in “the coming days.”

Moreover, the British Ministry of Defense has already published on its Twitter a map of a possible Russian attack on the cities of Ukraine, including from the territory of Belarus and Crimea. In total, the military department has identified seven routes.

At the same time, UN Deputy Secretary General Rosemary DiCarlo stated that tensions around Ukraine had reached their maximum point since 2014.