Russian Foreign Ministry called on Western media outlets to publish a full list of dates on which Russia will invade Ukraine for the year ahead, so diplomats can schedule their vacations accordingly

tass.com When’s ‘our upcoming invasions, I’d like to plan my vacation’: Diplomat mocks US-UK media

According to the Politico newspaper, US President Joe Biden claimed that Russia could allegedly attack Ukraine on February 16

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Classic KGB. Fear, uncertainty, doubt.
- Except that it's US and UK who are spreading FUD.
  
  Amassing troops on Ukraine's borders, edging warplanes into Finland's airspace, and getting chased about by the Irish fishing fleet certainly isn't spreading FUD, right?
  
  "Ukraines borders" is Russian teritorry, so of course the military is stationed there. Meanwhile, why does United States and NATO have military bases all over eastern Europe?
  
  so of course the military is stationed there
  What are you talking about? They weren't stationed there until just this year. And they're stationed in Belarus, Moldova, Crimea along with forces in the Baltic Sea.
  
  They weren’t stationed there until just this year.
  https://www.vox.com/2016/9/1/12729426/russia-troops-ukraine-border
  https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/world/europe/russia-military-exercise-zapad-west.html
  https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/12/1/poroshenko-over-80000-russian-troops-in-and-around-ukraine
  https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/6/1890607/-Russian-Troops-Reportedly-Moving-To-Ukraine-Border-Belarus-Anyone-Know-Russian
  ...
  
  The stupid, it burns. There's ~~130k to 150k~~ possibly 190k troops there now. No previous article mentions that number of troops. This represents an escalation, which is higher than any number in the articles you are linking which means....there are new troops there that were not previously there before. Kinda weird that I have to say something like that out loud.
  This also completely ignores the fact that the largest country in the world, specifically massing troops on all borders of a specific country isn't the same as having them distributed anywhere in the country.
  
  The Southern military district is headquartered in Rostov on Don since 2010, which is 100 km from the Ukrainian border. It would be very strange if there were no military units stationed before this year.
  
  That has nothing to do with the recent escalation of military presence, which I know that you know, so why are you wasting both my time and yours?
  
  You must be talking about these satellite pictures of Russian tanks being parked outside their permanent barracks. Really scary!
  And which recent escalation do you mean exactly?
  
  There is a substantial new troop presence at a scale without recent precedent and you're just trying to change the subject. It has recently been reported as 190,000 troops. Literally none of the articles cited by you or your friend have those kinds of figures.
  So to recap:
  The Rostov base has nothing to do with anything
  a news cycle about a picture has nothing to do with anything
  The timeline of previous buildups have nothing to do with anything.
  You're just cycling through stupid derails, one after another. Next you're probably going to post a news article about how a reporter said something wrong about Russia in 2017 and say "what about this?!?!" And that, too, will have nothing to do with anything.
  You're continuing to waste my time and yours, which I'm guessing is the goal here.
  
  Yes a lot has been reported, but actual proof is never given. Thats probably why you didnt bother linking any sources for your claims.
  
  To discourage Russia from invading it's neighbors, maybe? As it repeatedly has. You're not suggesting that the massed troops aren't a direct threat, are you? Because the last time that happened, Russia did indeed invade Ukraine.
  
  Russia has never invaded Ukraine. If you are talking about Crimea, there was a referendum held on joining Russia, and the large majority agreed. Not surprising when a fascist coup is happening, and nationalist militias intend to murder ethnic Russians.
  
  Untrue, comrade. Donbas was lousy with Russian troops. You've got quite a list of lies there, too. The best one is divining intent without a shred of evidence.
  
  Using that logic, NATO has invaded Ukraine since Ukraine is crawling with NATO troops.
  
  Using your Russian propagandist logic, NATO rescued their Ukrainian speaking peoples.
  
  Rescued from whom exactly?
  
  Little green men?
  
  I have watched videos from Donbass, and there was not a single Russian soldier to be seen. But if you are so sure, show me a single picture/video of a soldier with Russian insignia in Donbass. It is true that individual Russians travelled to Donbass and joined the militia. Nothing wrong with that, fascists from all the western countries are fighting alongside the Ukrainian military.
  
  Lol, they dropped that pretense quite a while ago. You're late to the disinformation campaign. The little green men are so 2014.
  Also, if everyone looks like a fascist to you, is that because you're a communist?
  
  How would you call these guys?
  
  Dudes with no sense of irony. Probably dead to Russian shelling that Russia still denies.
  
  Amassing what troops? Meanwhile, exact same kind of edging is done by US regularly. US sub just violated Russian waters this week. Maybe stop guzzling propaganda for a bit and go touch grass.
  
  Are you calling Putin a liar? He said that the amassed Russian troops are withdrawing. So... those troops?
  And those satellite photos of military bridges being erected in Belarus really sound like US propaganda. Yep. You doubt the facts and claim doubts as factual, comrade.
  
  That's not what he said at all. Russia conduced a joint anti-terrorism exercise in Belarus that was scheduled back in 2019. You should learn some basic facts before running your mouth.
  
  Pravada
  
  figures you'd be too dumb to spell pravda correctly 😂
  
  Thanks for the tip, comrade.

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