All parties involved in the situation surrounding Ukraine should refrain
from actions and rhetoric that could exacerbate current tensions.
This was said by Deputy Spokesperson for the UN Secretary General Farhan Haq
commenting on the false report claiming Russia had invaded Ukraine by
Bloomberg.
Bloomberg news agency published the headline, Live: Russia invaded Ukraine
on Saturday (5/2/2022). The news appeared on the veranda around midnight
Moscow time.
The news claimed that Russia had launched an invasion of Ukraine before
wiping it out and admitted its guilt, saying the incident was being
investigated.
"We believe that all parties should avoid any action or rhetoric that
could escalate the situation," Haq said when asked if the UN was concerned
about such instances of misinformation.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Bloomberg's misleading passage
showed very high tensions, fueled by the West's aggressive stance towards
Russia and pointed out that such provocative reports could lead to
irreparable consequences, saying that now any spark is very dangerous.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova later
strengthened that statement by noting that the Bloomberg incident exposed
the global campaign being waged against Russia through political pressure
and disinformation.
"This is a way of carrying out the struggle in conditions where there is no
way to restrain competition by legal means, such an approach, which has
become a classic, is used for information and political pressure, campaigns
and so on," Zakharova told radio station Radio Rossii.
"Now it has become a global campaign against our country under the slogan of
the supposed Russian aggression against Ukraine.
There's no logic, there's no facts, there's a huge amount of falsification,
disinformation, outright madness, multiplied, I think, with some kind of
bullshit."
The precarious situation around Ukraine has worsened in recent weeks with
the United States and the European Union voicing concerns over Russia's
military buildup on Ukraine's borders, and NATO urging allies to increase
their military support for Kiev.
So far, the US, UK, Canada, Poland and the Baltic states have supplied some
armed forces to Ukraine, with Washington sending additional troops to
neighboring Poland and Romania.
Russia in turn has repeatedly denied having any intention to attack any
country, pointing to NATO's military activity near its borders, which it
views as a threat to its national security.