Fri 04 February 2022:
Pentagon Spokesperson John Kirby has confirmed media reports that the US has intelligence accusing Russia of planning to fabricate a pretext to invade Ukraine.
“We’ve discussed this idea of false flags by the Russians before; we made no secret of that. We do have information that the Russians are likely to want to fabricate a pretext for an invasion – which again, is right out of their playbook,” Kirby said at a press briefing at the Pentagon.
“One option is the Russian government, we think is planning to stage an attack by Ukrainian military or intelligence forces against Russian sovereign territory or against Russian speaking people, to therefore justify their acts.
“We believe that Russia would produce a very graphic propaganda video, which would include corpses, and factors that would be depicting borders and images of destroyed locations …
“We’re watching this across the board. We’ve seen these kinds of activity by the Russians in the past and we believe it’s important when we see it like this, we can call it out,” Kirby said.
Meanwhile, US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said that it is important that the US imposes sanctions on Russia if it strikes Ukraine.
Pelosi called the situation “deadly serious” and said legislators “want to move quickly” to pass a sanctions bill.
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