Last week, the Kremlin and the White House confirmed that Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump would meet in Alaska on August 15.
"According to available information received through several channels, the Kiev regime is preparing a provocation in order to disrupt the Russian-US talks scheduled for August 15 this year," the statement said.
Here's full statement of the Russian Defense Ministry:
For this purpose, on Monday, August 11, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) transported a group of foreign media journalists by car to the city of Chuguyev in the Kharkov region [near the Russian border], under the pretext of 'preparing a series of reports on residents of the city in the frontline zone.'
Directly before the summit on Friday, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are planning a provocative strike using UAVs and missiles against one of the city’s densely populated residential neighborhoods or a hospital, causing significant civilian casualties. The imported Western journalists are expected to 'immediately document' the incident.
As a result of this provocation by the Kiev regime, all responsibility for the strike and the civilian deaths will be placed on the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, creating a negative media backdrop and conditions for disrupting Russian–American cooperation on resolving the conflict in Ukraine.
Provocations in other settlements under the control of the Kiev regime are also possible."