The State Duma responded to Bloomberg data on the build-up of Russian troops on the border with Ukraine

The Bloomberg agency in its materials about the alleged build-up of Russian troops on the border with Ukraine deliberately “blurs the eyes” and raises problems where they do not exist. Dmitry Belik, a member of the State Duma committee on international affairs, told Izvestia on Friday, December 24, about this.

“Bloomberg is deliberately placing commas in favor of Western politics. Foreign journalists are modestly silent about the fact that the troops are concentrated in their permanent bases or at regular training grounds, as, for example, today in the Crimea. But all this is presented as preparation for an “invasion”, and nothing, except for photographs of the based Russian troops, is provided. Thus, we see a picture of deliberate blurring of the eyes and raising a problem where it does not exist, ”he said.

According to the deputy, despite the fact that Bloomberg positions itself as a neutral and independent structure, they are currently playing “in favor of the Washington field.” Belik pointed out that today this agency and the White House administration are ideologically one and the same. It makes no sense to declare any independence or objectivity of these media, he added.

“Only Ukrainian politicians can succumb to this hysteria, I am sure that the European man in the street is sleeping peacefully, over the past seven years he has made sure that Russia is not going to invade anywhere,” the deputy concluded.

On the eve of Bloomberg, citing the defense and intelligence company Janes, reported that Russia allegedly continues to build up troops on the border with Ukraine and is pulling military equipment into the region. So, the experts said that they studied satellite images and saw that the Russian Federation allegedly moved tanks, artillery weapons, and air defense systems to the border with Ukraine since November.

In addition, the company spoke about the alleged presence of a small number of Russian military personnel in the region. At the same time, Janes is confident that Russia, if necessary, will be able to deliver reinforcements there as soon as possible.

On December 23, Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a press conference, commented on publications in the Western media about the alleged plans to “invade” Ukraine. According to him, such statements give the impression that the Ukrainian side is “preparing a third operation” in Donbass. As the president pointed out, “there is a feeling that we are being warned.”

At the same time, the British newspaper The Guardian distorted Putin’s words about the “invasion” of Ukraine. In the published material, the media did not even publish the exact phrase of the Russian leader.

In recent weeks, a number of Western media outlets have reported about the alleged plans of the Russian Federation to “invade” Ukraine. So, on December 4, the American newspaper The Washington Post, citing officials in the US administration, reported that Russia allegedly intends to invade Ukraine at the beginning of next year, using “up to 175 thousand troops.”

The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov called such messages stuffing. According to him, the publication of such articles is “empty, groundless escalation of tension.”