Russian invasion of Ukraine/Denial

2014 Denial

From 'Not Us' To 'Why Hide It?': How Russia Denied Its Crimea Invasion, Then Admitted It

2022 Denial

• Russian MFA says Russia won’t invade Ukraine, blames US for ‘aggressive plans’, February 10, 2022

• When’s ‘our upcoming invasions, I’d like to plan my vacation’: Diplomat mocks US-UK media, February 16, 2022

• Russia not invading Ukraine and has no such plans — Russian ambassador to US, February 21, 2022

• Dmitry Polyanskiy: Invasion fears are hype and hysteria

• https://twitter.com/adnashmyash/status/1639417959176101888

“ As for your question about whether we plan to invade other countries, we have no plans to invade other countries. We have not invaded Ukraine either.

— Sergey Lavrov, Russia has not invaded Ukraine and will not invade any other country — Lavrov, March 10, 2022

“ We didn't invade Ukraine

— Sergey Lavrov, Lavrov: Russia is not squeaky clean and not ashamed, 17 June 2022