Russia Is Believed to Have Ordered The Invasion Of Ukraine, According To US Intelligence

Russia Is Believed to Have Ordered The Invasion Of Ukraine, According To US Intelligence

According to news sources, US intelligence has discovered evidence that Russian forces deployed near the Ukrainian border have received actual orders to launch an assault.

On Sunday, CBS News was the first to report that the Kremlin had given the go-ahead to commanders among the more than 150,000 troops stationed in possible attack areas.

Face the Nation said that "on the ground commanders are drafting concrete plans for how they will manoeuvre in their sector of the battlefield.

According to the New York Times, the Kremlin has also authorized an invasion. According to the publication, this intelligence caused Joe Biden to announce this week that Russian President Vladimir Putin had chosen to carry out an attack.

The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, told CBS that the Biden administration is still persuaded that Russia is moving through with its strike plans.

"Everything we're seeing, as President Biden stated, indicates that the choice we believe President Putin has made to invade is moving forward," he said.

When asked why the US believes an invasion is imminent despite repeated Russian denials, Blinken cited "provocations" and "false flag operations" as possible justifications.

Separatists supported by Russia have increased shelling in east Ukraine in recent days. That, according to Blinken, might be used as a pretext.

"We just got word this morning that the 'exercises' Russia was conducting in Belarus with 30,000 troops, which were meant to expire this weekend, will now be extended due to tensions in eastern Ukraine - tensions that Russia has exacerbated."

Blinken's interviews took place amid a flurry of diplomatic action that left little room for interpretation. Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed to press for a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine as the top US diplomat warned that Russia was moving forward with invasion plans.

Later on Sunday, the US embassy in Russia issued an alert to Americans in the country, advising them to make evacuation arrangements. It warned that assaults on Moscow and other major cities, as well as Russian territory along the Ukraine border, were a possibility.

"Attacks against shopping centers, train and metro stations, and other public gathering places have been threatened in major urban centres, including Moscow and St Petersburg, as well as in areas of heightened tension near Russia's border with Ukraine," the embassy stated.

Popular Posts

Ben Affleck's Father Says Hollywood Has Been ''Major Factor'' in Son's Drinking

In An Australian Mountain Landslide, A British Father And His 9-Year-Old Kid Were Murdered

Nigeria Federal Government Extends NIN-SIM Linkage Deadline By 8 Weeks

Foods That Will Help Boost Your Memory

The Plane Of Roman Abramovich Is One Of 100 Planes Grounded By The United States

Wailing Won’t Give Up Buhari From Clinical Trips, Says Aide

Neighbour is compelled to pay £250,000 to woman next door with wasp hypersensitive reaction who sued over rotten apples which fell onto the garden of her cottage

Abuse Of Pupils In Secure Rooms Of A Special School Was Filmed On CCTV

More Delays At Manchester Airport Are Being Blamed On A Lack Of Employees

The Government's Use Of A 'VIP Lane' To Award PPE Contracts To Two Businesses During The First Coronavirus Pandemic Was Illegal, According To The High Court.