MOSCOW, November 14. /TASS/. Kiev is prepared to take any measures, including information provocations, to force young Ukrainians back from Europe as potential recruits, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters.
"There is intel indicating that the Kiev clique, despite officially lifting the ban on men aged 18 to 22 traveling abroad, is ready to take any measures — including staging information provocations — to force potential recruits who fled the country to return," the diplomat said. "To this end, the regime has decided to exploit the growing sentiment among Europeans in favor of not abolishing but significantly reducing the benefits and preferences granted to the Ukrainians who have flooded the continent."
"The emphasis will be placed on curtailing the Kiev regime's temporary protection programs and projects supporting Ukrainian emigrants. Western partners will advertise EU initiatives to return refugees to their homeland. They will also apply their own methods, such as provocation, denunciation, and discrediting of forced migrants. In particular, they will simulate the negative perception of Ukrainians by citizens of European Union countries," the spokeswoman said.
