Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation: Kyiv and the West are conducting an "aggressive campaign"

The Russian Foreign Ministry accused Ukraine and a number of Western countries of an "aggressive information campaign" in order to make responsibility for Moscow for the escalation of tension in the Donbass and the Russian-Ukrainian border.

In the afternoon, April 6, the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg expressed concern about the information about Russian military activity near the borders of Ukraine, as well as violations of the silence regime in the conflict zone in the Donbass.

“NATO firmly supports the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine,” Stoltenberg emphasized in an interview by phone with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky.

"We consider such a policy of disinformation as actions designed to create the necessary information background and divert attention from the own military preparations of Kiev in the Donbass ... and building up the military activity of NATO countries in Ukraine," the Russian Foreign Ministry representative Maria Zakharova said .

Feasts regarding the incoming data on the increase in the Russian military presence among the borders of Ukraine were previously expressed by the leaders of the United States, Great Britain and a number of EU countries.

On April 2, Vladimir Zelensky held negotiations with Joe Bayden. For Biden, the call was the first conversation in this format with the Ukrainian leader after taking office of the US president on January 20. Zelensky called on Western countries to tighten sanctions against Moscow and promote the efforts of Kyiv on integration in NATO.

In social networks in recent days, unverified reports of the movement of Russian military equipment to the borders of Ukraine, as well as near the annexed Crimea, appear.

The Russian authorities say that the aggravated situation in the Donbass, as well as scheduled events for the preparation of Russian troops, has now been chosen as a reason for the "aggressive information campaign" against Moscow.

The situation in eastern Ukraine deteriorated sharply in late March. The parties to the conflict accuse each other of shelling and the departure from the Minsk agreements. According to DPA, since the beginning of this year, the losses of the Ukrainian military amounted to at least 24 people killed, pro -Russian separatists said that on their part of the killed since the beginning of January 23.