MojNews_ Repeated coverage of anti-Russian news and articles in the German video and print media provoked a sharp reaction from the Moscow government.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Saturday evening that Bild's article on Ukraine was "crossing all lines and borders."

According to the RIA Novosti website, Zakharova said that the German newspaper Bild had crossed all possible customary and human moral boundaries by publishing a report on Russia's alleged plan to annex Ukraine.

He explained in an online interview:

Gone are the days when we chose words and phrases to be subtle, not hurt by emotions, and to approach our partners with the best of intentions. Today they have crossed all possible boundaries of human morality and spirituality. And Bild did the same today, announcing a plot to invade Ukraine.

The Russian official went on to call the German network Deutsche Welle the propaganda machine of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).