UK Europe Minister James Cleverly tells the UN Security Council Russia is using “increasing disinformation” to “fabricate a pretext” to invade Ukraine.
“We are seeing increasing disinformation about events in the Donbas that are straight out of the Kremlin playbook,” he says.
“A blatant attempt by the Russian Government to fabricate a pretext for the invasion of Ukraine.”
Western allies have warned that recent reports of shelling in Ukraine’s south-eastern Donbas region could be part of a Russian “false-flag” operation to justify an invasion.
courtesy BBC
