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Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
He was going to speak to journalists when he received a call. The microphones picked up the conversation.
Maria Zakharovaa regular presence at Kremlin press conferences, was speaking when he was interrupted – at an unusual time.
The spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was going to speak to journalists last Thursday, when her cell phone rang. Or it will have rang. And he answered. Apparently.
As the cell phone was with both of them microphones (Maria didn’t move away either), it was possible to hear the content of that conversation.
“We do not make any comment on the attack on Yuzhmash with ballistic missileswhich Western newspapers started to report”, can be heard on the other side – it is not known who was speaking.
During the briefing, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova received a phone call and was asked not to comment on the strike on the Dnipro by an intercontinental ballistic missile.
But thanks to Masha’s intelligence, “no one heard anything.”
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There are Ukrainian newspapers that suggest that this moment was prepared. Which was theater. It could be a way of creating fear in the West.
And, in the video itself, there is a moment that reinforces this position: Maria Zakharova don’t even look at your cell phone before answering. You don’t even see who is calling, nor do you see where you should press to answer.
When asked about this conversation, the spokesperson responded that, before the press conference, asked for clarification to experts on certain topics, as is customary.
At issue was the first intercontinental ballistic missile launched by Russia, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.
During this conference, Maria Zakharova was asked about the subject: “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs don’t comment. Therefore, there is no intrigue.”
