“New false staged provocations to accuse the Russian Armed Forces of allegedly cruel treatment of the population of Ukraine are being prepared by the Kiev regime under the leadership of the British special services in the Sumy region,” Mizintsev said.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in an interview with Russia 24 TV channel, said that the Ukrainian regime, with the support of Western intelligence services, would continue provocations against Russia.
On April 9, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said that Kyiv was preparing a provocation to accuse Russia of alleged massacres of civilians in Irpin, Kiev region.
On April 6, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the Kyiv regime was preparing a provocation with poisonous substances in the city of Pervomaisky in the Kharkiv region.