America’s accusation that Moscow is planning to stage a false flag incident in Ukraine is reminiscent of the US’ bogus claims that Iraq was in possession of weapons of mass destruction in 2003, the Russian Embassy in Washington said on Friday.
Writing on Facebook, a statement from the diplomats called the suggestions “creative,” and “typical” of the US.
On Thursday, the Pentagon claimed the US had received information that Moscow is planning to stage “a fake attack by Ukrainian military or intelligence forces” against “Russian sovereign territory” or “Russian-speaking people,” as a pretext for invasion.
“As part of this fake attack, we believe that Russia would produce a very graphic propaganda video, which would include corpses and actors that would be depicting mourners and images of destroyed locations,” US Department of Defense Press Secretary John Kirby said.