“All this suggests that the Ukrainian leadership de facto does not exclude a scenario of force in the settlement in Donbass, that is, it does not exclude the start of hostilities against the self-proclaimed republics,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
He recalled the phrase of the Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky, who declared the existence of a powerful army in Ukraine and called on not to be afraid to "tell each other the truth."
“If we want to return Donbass, let's go,” Zelensky said.
“Literally, quoted.
"Let's what?"
- we want to ask.
And against the backdrop of this aggressive ... rhetoric, we cannot but feel concern about Donbass, "Peskov said.
Earlier, the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Maria Zakharova, at a briefing said that, according to some sources, Kiev pulled up to 125 thousand troops to Donbass.
She noted that this is half of the composition of the Ukrainian army.
The Kremlin said that accusations of aggression on Russia could hide an attempt by Kiev to resolve the Donbass issue by force.