The Foreign Secretary has c'alled for Russia to 'halt its aggression' amid fears Moscow is preparing to invade Ukraine.
Liz Truss tweeted: 'Russia is waging a disinformation campaign intended to destabilise and justify an invasion of its sovereign neighbour Ukraine.
'Russia must halt its aggression, de-escalate and engage in meaningful talks.'
Her comments came as Russia pressed ahead with military exercises despite denying US claims that Vladimir Putin is planning a 'false flag' operation as a pretext to invade its neighbour.
New pictures showed ambush and live firing tank exercises, the latest of a frenzy of drills since the New Year in the country's western military district.
New pictures from Russia today showed ambush and live firing tank exercises, the latest of a frenzy of drills since the New Year in the country's western military district
Britain's Foreign Secretary Liz Truss (pictured on Tuesday) has called for Russia to 'halt its aggression' amid fears Moscow is preparing to invade Ukraine
Liz Truss tweeted: 'Russia is waging a disinformation campaign intended to destabilise and justify an invasion of its sovereign neighbour Ukraine. 'Russia must halt its aggression, de-escalate and engage in meaningful talks'
Her comments came as Russia pressed ahead with military exercises despite denying US claims that Vladimir Putin (pictured on Monday) is planning a 'false flag' operation as a pretext to invade its neighbour
British MP Tobias Ellwood, Tory chairman of the Commons defence committee, has said a Russian invasion of Ukraine is now 'inevitable'.
The US claimed it had intelligence that Russia was preparing for a 'false flag' operation to make it appear that Ukraine had attacked its troops.
Russia 'has already pre-positioned a group of operatives' to stage such an operation in eastern Ukraine, it was claimed.
'The operatives are trained in urban warfare and in using explosives to carry out acts of sabotage against Russia's own proxy forces.'
This brought an angry riposte from the Russian authorities.
'Representatives of the administration are already describing in detail the scenarios of such provocations, naming the dates of the eventual start of 'operations', said the Russian embassy in Washington. 'As usual, there is no evidence.'
A spokesman said: 'Such statements confirm the incessant information pressure on our country. Moreover, the same scenario is repeated - there is a 'stuffing' of a sensation, which then, repeated many times by the media, turns into the main news.'
Russia insisted that 'the continuous accusations against us in the United States… are unfounded and cannot have any confirmation'.
The US claimed it had intelligence that Russia was preparing for a 'false flag' operation to make it appear that Ukraine had attacked its troops, as a pretext to invade
Russia insisted that 'the continuous accusations against us in the United States… are unfounded and cannot have any confirmation'. Pictured: A Russian tank takes part in a drill
But Moscow is insisting that a solution must be
