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Cetera. >> i want to shift whats going on in ukraine. a display of unity. in a joint statement, both highlighted a, quote, interference in the internal affairs of other states. it is coming hours after u.s. intelligence revealed russias alleged plot to stage an attack by the ukrainian military as pretext to invade ukraine. courtney kube is at the pentagon. this is incredibly concerning but its somewhat modis

This is kind the false flag operation that ukrainian officials are warning about. so, theres a high degree of agreement between the ukrainians and the u.s. side about the nature of the threat facing from russia, at the moment. what a senior u.s. official tells cnn is that russia plans to fabricate a pretext for the invasion of russia, and will do that by blaming the ukrainian military for carrying out an attack they would stage against russian-backed rebels or against russia itself. the official...

A collection of material that lead us to a conclusion and we have been watching this for a while. and this is right out of the russian playbook. they have done this before. they did it in 2014 where they tried to create a false pretext for some sort of action. we believe that the information was credible enough to share at least parts of it with the public in the hopes that we can call out russia for what we know they are going to try to do. they have already, in the information space, just in t...

>> well, i think chris, the certainty is if there is a military operation by russian they will use all false pretext. we have seen this pattern before when you are covering the white house back in 2014, you will recall a civilian airliner was shot down over ukraine in the area controlled by russian separatists. all we heard about it is how ukraine shut down the plane, the united states shut down the plane, time and again they used false stories to justify their own actions, and i think with the ...

Had shown, or has plans, by russia to use false flag operation videos, or propaganda videos, to fabricate the pretext for an invasion in ukraine. i want you to watch this, watch what happens when spokes for the state department, ned price, was just simply asked to provide evidence backing up that claim. but >> what is the evidence? this is crisis actors, this is alex jones territory are getting into. what evidence do you have to support the idea that there is some propaganda film in the making? ...

Poland. its the exact same thing. sam kiley is in kyiv this morning. this information of another possibly way, another possible pretext for russia to invade ukraine, sam, how is this being received? >> reporter: well, john, im not actually in kyiv, i am in kharkiv, 30 miles from the russian border. im standing by a memorial to the soldiers who have fallen in the conflict since 2014, including recruiting posters for right-wing militia group and the brigade that is now absorbed into the home guard...

Allies. >> now, putin has not shut the door completely on diplomacy, hes expected to have a talk with the british prime minister tomorrow. here in ukraine, the president is warning if diplomacy fails, it could lead to a much wider war of devastation. sandra, back to you. >> sandra: ok, steve in kyiv, thank you, and john, heads up, the press secretary during the briefing last hour said on concern the u.s. deployment could give russia a pretext for invasion, psaki said one aggressor here, that is ...

Definitely a different picture now. >> thank you so much. meantime, the kremlin is denying reports that u.s. intelligence says russia was planning to stage a fake ukrainian attack as a pretext to invade ukraine again. cnns nic robertson has this live in moscow. this is a serious claim. what are you hearing there? >> reporter: yeah, the foreign minister here, knocking it down. calling it delusional, not the first he says. of course we have been told about the possibility of false flag operations ...

Ukraine. how helpful do you think these conversations are? is putin likely listening, or is he just checking a box that he can say to the world, look, i engaged in diplomacy and ultimately decided it was best to go in? >> diplomacy is always better than shooting. its the ukrainian people that stand to suffer the most if theres an invasion. but youre right, the diplomacy doesnt seem to be leading anywhere and it seems performative on some level as my colleagues julian barnes and helene cooper wro...

Say, but no concessions yet. many experts have noted that putins approach to diplomacy has changed over the year. hes acting as if hes in a hurry. do you agree with that and why? >> you can also look at it as a game of chicken, game of economy 101 where two are on the highway and the driver sort of expecting the other driver to swerve. so its a game on there obviously. while the white house is engaged in the informational warfare, trying to warn about the russia imminent invasion. russia saying ...