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Good in the information space with cyber and were beginning to see that the united states and the uk, our joint capabilities are catching up and in some way they cant create the pretext they wont. it doesnt mean they wont invade because if they want to invade they will. thats still the largest issue. are we doing enough to deter them? i think the thrust of u.s. policy over the past few weeks has been very good. i dont think putin counted on the kind of response he is facing militarily, diplomati...

She had moved from the war in donbass, hoping to avoid that conflict, but arriving to a very different kind of war here in kyiv. take a listen to what she had to say. >> yes, i worry, because i see the situation so strange and i cannot understand what will be there, because also, i even couldnt think that things could happen. of course -- now, i understand everything thats happened. >> reporter: and the purpose of hybrid warfare, according to experts, is to create confusion and instability. and ...

Is not going to happen, and so now while the u.s. has made clear what the economic consequences through sanctions would be for our russian incursion, the focus right now is really trying to make sure that if russia attempts some type of misdirection which is a critical part of the russian playbook, that the u.s. will be able to head that off at the pass, and when the u.s. recently according to intelligence officials, saw russia move a force into the ukrainian region to be able to potentially lau...

Created, but they will affect our allies. so we dont want those problems, our allies dont and certainly we dont want 50,000 people killed or otherwise hurt in ukraine from this. but its all in putins hands. i think the united states, our diplomats and nato have done everything possible to head this off. its up to mr. putin. hes put demands out that are impossible to deal with. its not just about ukraine. its about nato. really about freedom and democracy versus his autocratic rule. to create a p...

May consider. i can tell you, and hes got a lot of alternatives, but its pretty brazen to do what he has done, to put 130,000 troops on the border of someone elses country, and then invade. of course hes going to look for a pretext, right? if he does go, it will be because there was some sort of staged attack or violence, and he will frame it as protecting the russian people, which is hard to do considering over the last couple of months he has obviously positioned himself for an invasion. >> ho...

This propaganda video potentially for a false flag as a pretext to invade, the increasing forces on the ukraine border, just western russia also in the north, in belarus, there are some american diplomats, mr. secretary, who say that the u.s. approach is working. listen to former ambassador to ukraine, william taylor, what he told us this morning. >> putin is pausing at least for now, is significant in response to the strong measures that the ukrainians have taken, that the united states has tak...

So that they can reintegrate into the communities that theyre going to be living in and be productive members of society. so its all part of a full-scale effort that really began last summer, and continues into today. >> chris, lots to get to today. we want to shift gears here. u.s. officials say that russia was planning a false flag attack as a pretext to invade ukraine. you guys took the step yesterday to publicize the plot. does the white house hope by doing so, it will change putins calculat...

Hello, im christian fraser. youre watching context on bbc news. us special forces have killed the leader of the islamic state group in a night time operation in north west syria. the commandos used fingerprints and dna analysis to confirm the identity of al qurayshi, his body was left at the site, another one, said joe biden weve removed from the field of battle. last nights operation took a major terrorist leader off the battlefield. the white house says the kremlin were planning to broadcast f...

Willing to engineer a pretext blaming ukraine in order to justify a russian incursion. are we ready for this? >> i think we are ready for this, we have the greatest military in the world and this is an area where we both have democrats and republicans come together, bipartisan support even know that doesnt make headlines. we know russia doesnt want to be looked at not only by ukrainians but by the international community as an invader, so what did they do if they put out this false flag video an...

To announce al qurashi as his successor. so i would expect a relatively quick announcement of who the new head of isis will be. youre watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: a pretext for an invasion? the us says the kremlin has plans to broadcast fake images of the ukrainian army shooting russian sympathisers. this is the moment that millions in iran have been waiting for. after his long years in exile, the first hesitant steps of ayatollah khomeini on iranian soil. south a...