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US needs war – Russia US/UK need war ‘at any cost’ – Russia
(about 3 hours later)
Washington reportedly plans to send 3,000 additional troops Russia says that “a propaganda brigade led by Bloomberg” has helped to stoke military tensions
The US needs war at any price, the Russian Foreign Ministry claimed on Friday in response to news of an alleged plan by the US to send thousands of extra troops to Poland. Russia has accused both the US government and Western media outlets of stoking military tensions and rebuked claims that it plans to attack Ukraine early next week.
Earlier the same day, the Pentagon disclosed that it was sending an additional 3,000 soldiers to Eastern Europe amid the Ukraine crisis. According to an official who spoke to reporters ahead of the official announcement, the personnel will join the 1,700 who are already based on Polish soil, early next week.  “Hysteria at the White House is revealing more than ever. The Anglo-Saxons need war. At any cost. Provocations, disinformation and threats are [their] favorite method of solving their own problems,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova wrote on Friday evening. 
“The hysteria of the White House is more revealing than ever. The Anglo-Saxons need a war. At any price,” the Ministry's spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. “The whole world is watching how militarism and imperial ambitions are exposing themselves,” Zakharova said, adding that “the propaganda brigade led by Bloomberg” is complicit in the ongoing escalation.
She added that “provocations, disinformation and threats” serve as a preferred way for the US and its allies to solve their own problems. The statement came after the New York-based news agency quoted US sources as saying that Moscow could invade Ukraine as soon as Tuesday. Last week, Bloomberg accidentally published and then retracted a headline reading: “Russian invades Ukraine.”
“The American military-political machine is ready to go through people’s lives again. The whole world is watching how militarism and imperial ambitions expose themselves,” Zakharova said. Politico and Der Spiegel published similar stories that quoted US officials as warning their European allies about a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 16. This coincided with a speech by White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, who told reporters Moscow could launch missiles and airstrikes into Ukraine before invading it with ground troops.
The last few months have seen Western countries accuse Russia of an alleged plan to attack Ukraine. Despite multiple denials of these claims by Moscow, the US and its NATO allies keep building up their military presence in Eastern Europe. Anatoly Antonov, Russia’s ambassador to the US, dismissed Sullivan’s words as part of a “propaganda campaign.” He reiterated that Moscow has no plans to attack anyone.
A Pentagon official, however, claimed that the troops which will soon be on their way to Poland are being sent there only to defend NATO allies.