Russia is preparing falsified materials about Ukraine's supposed genocide of the Russia-speaking population in Donbas, specifically that Ukrainian military personnel supposedly killed 500 citizens of the village of Sokilnyky in Luhansk region in order to file a suit against Ukraine at The Hague, Ukrainian presidential administration spokesman on Anti-Terrorist Operation issues Andriy Lysenko has said.

"To distract attention from the tragic events in Syria, where civilian deaths resulting from the actions of the Russian army are already being registered, the Russian leadership is preparing a provocation on an international scale against Ukraine. Its aim is to discredit the Ukrainian leadership, to get a reason to appeal to The Hague International Criminal Court (ICC) to file lawsuit against Ukraine, as well as for creating the grounds for Russia's exit from the Minsk process," he said at a briefing in Kyiv on Thursday.

Lysenko said that Russia is 'preparing documentary materials alleging that Ukraine destroyed about 400 houses and killed 500 residents of the village of Sokilnyky in Luhansk region which is now in temporarily occupied territory."

According to him, the Russian Federal Security Service, the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces' Main Intelligence Directorate, the Investigation Committee of the Russian Federation, and representatives of so-called force structures of Luhansk People's Republic were engaged in this propaganda.

"Propagandists use real facts of destruction in the village of Sokilnyky and the deaths of its citizens, who became victims of militants and the Russian troops during military actions in late 2014-early 2015," Lysenko said.