“There was a demand from the Russian side to stop replicating, making speculations about some impending Russian aggression,” she said on the air of the Full Contact program.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said during the briefing that Russia could "attack Ukraine" at any time.

The Russian embassy in Washington earlier called reports that Russia's "invasion" of Ukraine could allegedly begin between mid-January and mid-February, and Moscow could allegedly "fake a pretext for an attack" as a fabrication and information pressure.