Western media tried to do all they could to make a war between Russia and Ukraine take place, but this has nothing to do with reality - Russian Foreign Ministry

MOSCOW. Feb 16 (Interfax) - The West's "hysteria" about Russia's supposed preparations for invading Ukraine is bewildering, and its attempts to dictate to Moscow how to behave show a lack of manners, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said.

"Unfortunately for numerous Western media, a war didn't happen again," Zakharova said.

"Indeed, they were trying to do all they could to make it happen, and perhaps the battles in their newspapers were for real, but this has nothing to do with reality," Zakharova said at a press briefing in Moscow on Wednesday.