The Russian Defense Ministry issued a statement Sunday morning, Jan. 15, warning of a large scale provocation by Ukraine’s notorious Security Service (SBU) in the wake of the recent defeats of Ukraine’s forces in the Donbass, and ahead of the Jan. 20 meeting at Ramstein Air Base in Germany. It named specifics:
“The Security Service of Ukraine is preparing for a large-scale provocation in the next few days to discredit Russia’s activity within the ‘grain deal', and to accuse of creating ‘shortage of food’ in Ukraine. In Karaichnoye (in the Kharkov region), the Ukrainian intelligence service is planting mines in a granary. After its explosion, the Russian Federation will be accused of the allegedly ‘intentional elimination of grain stocks in Ukraine,’ ‘sparking starvation,’ and therefore ‘disrupting the grain deal.’ Western media will present this incident as ‘another atrocity committed by Russian forces’ that requires a ‘harsh response of the international community.’” The ministry said that a group of 30 saboteurs have already arrived in the Kharkov region for this operation.
“In the wake of Ukrainian army’s failures, and on the eve of the meeting of the NATO defense ministers in Ramstein (Germany) on 20 January, these resounding provocations are used by Kiev authorities to put more pressure on the opinion of Western countries for achieving large-scale supplies of modern armaments and hardware for the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” the statement concluded. (https://eng.mil.ru/en/special_operation/news/more.htm?id=12451469@egNews )
