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There are warnings as well because america believes that vladimir putin is now in a position to be able to order an invasion any day now, they are warning about the possibility of are warning about the possibility of a manufactured attack on russian forces that could be blamed on ukrainians, that would then act as a triggerfor military ukrainians, that would then act as a trigger for military action. new details about what the us call a false flag operation were discussed in an emergency meeting...

He mentioned, were not putting out this intelligence in order to start a war, were putting out this intelligence in order to avert a war. that was a pretty clear reference to the 2003 invasion of iraq by the bush administration and the intelligence that was used then as a pretext to invade. this administration seems to be taking pains to differentiate them from those intelligence assessments. but, still, i got to tell you, alex, here in ukraine, those intelligence assessments that weve been hear...

Western alliance unity, constraining the ability of putin to claim that he was invited in where there was pretext or provocation and necessitate his military invasion, and in so doing i think its deterred putin and given the west time to get organized, time to prepare sanctions, time to close embassies, arm the ukrainians and time to move troops to the eastern flank, this is been a master stroke by the biden administration and winning this decisive phase zero. >> you served as moscow bureau chie...

Signals, i guess we should call them now? >> well, the signals coming from russia are ambiguous. yes, they said forces are moving from the border, but that has not happened. at the same time the spokeswoman claimed a victory from moscow as removing those forces because it shows the western, quote, unquote, misinformation was wrong. so putin leaves himself open as a way to do this to move back from his confrontation with his faith fully intact. they talked about how russia should recognize import...

De-escalation, this despite russia claiming they are drawing down troops. today, the ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky looking to fend off a war with russia as his country faces a growing threat. all this as president biden has sent a direct message, one of peace, to the russian people. >> were not targeting the people of russia. we do not seek to destabilize russia. to the citizens of russia, you are not our enemy. and i do not believe you want a bloody destructive war against ukraine. >> ...

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Tomorrows front pages, starting with... the sunday times leads with comments from the defence secretary ben wallace, whos likened western efforts to counter russian aggression against ukraine to appeasement before world war two. the sunday telegraph claims russia is planning a "false flag" attack as a pretext for an invasion of ukraine as soon as wednesday. the independent has president biden calling on russia to pull its troops back. its front page also marks the occasion of chelsea becoming fo...

Clear that one of those forms is a rapid assault on the city of kyiv. that is a possible line of attack, course of action that the russian could choose to take. they could also choose to move in other parts of ukraine as well. the last point that i would make, i know this has been a subjective, fair amount of back and forth of over the course of the week. we are firmly convinced that the russians, should they decide to move forward with an invasion are looking hard at the creation of a pretext, ...

Morning with new details on that hour-long phone call but between president biden, and russian president putin. biden, warning the former kgb operative that invading ukraine would result in quote, swift and severe cost to russia, and cause, quote, widespread human suffering. citing anonymous sources briefed on the matter, the new york times reports that u.s. intel agencies are warning of a new russian plan, another so-called, false flag operation. then to create a false pretext to invade ukraine...

>> russia plans to manufacture a pretext for its attack. this could be a violent event that russia will bring on ukraine or an outrageous accusation that russia will level against the ukrainian government. russian media has already begun to spread some of these false alarms and claims to maximize public outrage, to lay the ground work for an invented justification for war. >> like clock work, russia is manufacturing something that could be used as that pretext for war. they are fabricating claim...