Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will allegedly take place on February 16 at 01:00 British time (04:00 Moscow time and 03:00 Kyiv time), British tabloid The Sun reports, citing an American intelligence source.
According to the tabloid, at this time, Russia allegedly plans to launch a massive missile attack on a neighboring country. About 200,000 soldiers will take part in the attack, newspaper sources say. According to the interlocutor of the publication, there are about 40 thousand Russian soldiers on the Belarusian-Ukrainian border. Another 30,000 “separatist” forces are located in the self-proclaimed DNR and LNR.
Today, the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the reports of Western politicians about the date of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, said that Vladimir Putin sometimes jokes about the date of the “Russian invasion” – allegedly the president asks to know if the exact time in hours when the war. Earlier, the American media, citing the words of US President Joe Biden, claimed that the invasion was scheduled for the 16th, but did not indicate the exact start time of the operation.
It should be noted that today the Russian Defense Ministry announced the return to the places of deployment of part of the troops from the regions bordering Ukraine, where they participated in the exercises. NATO responded by saying that it views Russia’s latest de-escalation steps with cautious optimism.
Read more about what Russia has achieved in the three months of diplomatic and forceful pressure on the West in the material “Kommersant” “The Farce Attacks”.