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War can take an unpredictable path, and we think if russia does act in the way that we fear it will, it will bring tremendous hardship and greater insecurity into the heart of europe, and that is a concern to all of us. there are fears that russia may initiate a so—called "false flag" operation. this might involve attacks on pro—russian groups in ukraine to create a pretext for an invasion. he has shown that russia will not be ignored. dont forget that only six months ago everyone was talkin...

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Block to promise never to admit ukraine to its membership. russia has tried to play down the threat of its military presence, saying the us is whipping up hysteria over an imminent invasion. war can take an unpredictable path, and we think if russia does act in the way that we fear it will, it will bring tremendous hardship and greater insecurity into the heart of europe, and that is a concern to all of us. there are fears that russia may initiate a so—called "false flag" operation. this might...

This tension, what we really have to keep an eye on is the fighting that has taken place just 15 miles away from here in the donbas. just this morning we heard the kremlin saying this is still a very dangerous situation. they accuse ukraine of starting a civil war in ukraine. and we heard president putin saying just yesterday there is a genocide taking place here in the donbas. so the west, u.s. and nato long feared president putin could include a pretext of whats going on here in ukraine. we ha...

Russia continues to amass troops at the border. tonight, we have more detail on that point from a senior biden administration official. that official notes that russia has at it as many as 7000 troops to the ukrainian border, with some arriving as recently as today. that official, tonight, rejecting russias assistance, that there has been a reduction of forces. theyve received a lot of attention for that claim, both here in around the world. but, we now know was false. that official also noted a...

U.s. and canada reopened after police cleared protesters who essentially shut down the major trade border for roughly a week. we will bring you more details on the situation in canada and protests elsewhere later tonight. with that, lets bring in our lead off guests, peter baker chief white house correspondent for the new york times, who previously served as the bureau chief for the washington post. courtney super mania, white house correspondent for usa today, and jeremy bash, former chief of s...

And now there is all this talk that russia may be trying to create an excuse to invade, because if its not pulling back and its keeping the troops there, the next step would be it looks for some pretext. that pretext could come from the separatist area. its important to understand a little of this dynamic because its very important, but it can be lost in the confusion, and i think part of the information war were seeing right now is to deliberately confuse people or to assume they dont understan...

Ukraine, potentially at my moment. theyre accusing russian-backed separatists of shelling a kindergarten. this may be used as pretext for russia for a military action. russia has moved an additional 7,000 trooms to the boarder, not away from it, as russia vowed to do earlier this week. and making a diplomatic solution to the crisis less tenable, russia expedded the number two diplomat from moscow today. all evidence suggests a russian invasion could be imminent. >> how high is a threat of russia...

They shouldnt leave the country, thats quite the change in public tone. >> just in the last couple of days the ukrainian government has shifted tone. it was initially following very much zelenskys line in that theres sort of nothing to see here, weve seen this all before to now taking a much more active stance, putting out statements, putting out tweets in english, trying to counter russian disinformation, trying to tell the world that russia could imminently use this pretext to launch some sort...

As one of the worst storms in years heads for the uk. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it is live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news.— president biden has said the threat of a russian invasion of ukraine remains "very high" and could take place within days, despite moscows claim to be pulling troops from its borders. his message was echoed at a nato summit in brussels, where western leaders said that far from withdrawing, russia had in fact added troops. and in ...