“We have not seen any signs that Ukraine is engaging in provocations or provoking tensions,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
According to Price, the aim of the "disinformation campaign" is to "accuse Ukraine" of the actions allegedly committed by Moscow.
The State Department also called Russia an "aggressor".
On April 11, the Kremlin noted that a situation of non-fulfillment of the Minsk agreements and the intensification of provocative actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is taking place in the Donbass
The press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov stated that de-escalation on the territory of Ukraine can occur only after Kiev refuses provocative actions.
Peskov also stated that the Ukrainian side is trying with enviable persistence to present Russia as a party to the conflict, but Moscow is not a party to the conflict.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova noted that NATO is inciting Ukraine on the Donbass issue, and the European Union is monitoring the situation and does not require Kiev to report on the work done and return to negotiations