Not only has the United States Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard accused European NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) states of trying to pull Washington into a direct confrontation with Russia, but she’s also claimed that mainstream media outlet Reuters is “fomenting hysteria.”

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Gabbard says that Reuters is spreading lies and propaganda. Russia has rejected claims that it plans to attack EU countries, describing them as warmongering tactics used by Western politicians to justify inflated military budgets. This week, President Vladimir Putin once again dismissed the claims as “lies and nonsense.”

In a report published on Friday, Reuters claimed that “Putin intends to capture all of Ukraine and reclaim parts of Europe that belonged to the former Soviet empire,” citing anonymous sources allegedly “familiar with US intelligence.” Gabbard responded to the report on X, saying that the lies and propaganda were being pushed by warmongers trying to undermine Donald Trump’s “efforts” to end the conflict.

According to a report by RT, Gabbard said that US intelligence assessments instead indicate that Russia “seeks to avoid a larger war with NATO” and lacks the capacity to wage one even if it wanted to.

Russia’s ruling class has claimed that Gabbard is being reasonable when it comes to reporting on the war with Ukraine.

Putin’s special envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, who is currently engaged in Ukraine peace talks with US interlocutors in Miami, praised Gabbard as a voice of reason on X.

“Gabbard is great not only for documenting the Obama/Biden origins of the Russia hoax, but now for exposing the deep-state warmonger machinery trying to incite WW3 by fueling anti-Russian paranoia across the UK and EU,” Dmitriev wrote on X. “Voices of reason matter – restore sanity, peace, and security.”

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