The Russian Embassy in the U.S. took aim at a Newsweek op-ed which said that Moscow could use weapons of mass destruction in Ukraine.
"I hope this is nothing more than gaslighting and fear mongering, but Putin's history of prior atrocities can't be discounted," she added.said Russia makes accusations of false flag operations as a projection of what Moscow wants to do and that if you want to know the Kremlin's intentions,"look at what Russia accuses others of."
The U.S. and Ukraine have previously accused Russia of planning false flag operations to justify its actions. Before the war, U.S. officials alleged Russia had been preparing to"fabricate a pretext for an invasion" by claiming a fake attack by Ukraine. In March, the U.S. said Russia could launch a chemical attack after Moscow accused Ukraine of preparing a false flag chemical weapons operation.
Last week, Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky accused Russia of attacks in the breakaway region of Transnistria, to drag Moldova into the war.who became emotional as he talked about the horrors that have been unfolding in Ukraine since Russia invaded in February.was a"rational actor," he told reporters on Friday it was"difficult to look at some of the images and imagine that any well-thinking, serious, mature leader would do that.
In a post shared on social media, Russia's Ambassador to the U.S., Anatoly Antonov, called the comments"offensive and unacceptable" and said that he has"lost the dignity of an American officer, descending to public insults."Ukrainian soldiers ride on an armored personnel carrier in Sloviansk, eastern Ukraine, on April 29, 2022. Russia has accused the U.S. of planning"provocations" to claim that Moscow was using weapons of mass destruction.
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