A convoy of Russian armored vehicles moves along a highway in Crimea January 18. Associated Press

The Kremlin on Monday accused the US of overhyping the prospect of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, even though it has gathered tens of thousands of troops on the border of the former Soviet republic. 

"To our dismay, American media have lately been publishing a very large amount of unverified, distorted and deliberately deceitful information about what's happening in Ukraine and around it," Dmitry Peskov, a Kremlin spokesperson, told reporters, according to CNN.

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