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Their final destination, we are told, their home base, now that military exercises have come to an end. but washington remain sceptical theres no withdrawal. quite the opposite, in fact. we are in the window where we believe an attack could come at any time, and that would be preceded by a fabricated pretext that the russians use as an excuse to launch an invasion. weve talked about this a bit in here, weve seen these tactics used in the past. although the us says there will be no military respo...

Not actually occurred. so, there could be a range of false flags and pretext that we would expect would precede an invasion and again, we remain in that window. >> can you provide any update on the intelligence assessment of who is behind the cyber attacks of the ukraine ministry of defense and yesterdays, can officials say russia was behind the attacks? >> we dont have -- it takes time, adversaries try to hide their tracks and takes time to gather relevant information and these can be -- these ...

Pretext for its attack. we dont know exactly the form it will take. it could be a fabricated so-called terrorist bombing inside russia. the invented discovery of a mass grave. a staged drone strike against civilians. or a fake, even a real attack using chemical weapons. >> reporter: despite the dire warningly, blinken urged russia to engage in dialogue and diplomacy. >> let me be clear: i am here today not to start a war but to prevent one. >> reporter: but the russians took a different diplomat...

With the latest. good morning, trey. >> good morning. concerning escalation overnight in eastern ukraine as 29 cease-fire violations were reported. a joint forces officer tells fox news his troops are now responding and that the exchange of fire continues at this hour. we do have some video from that kindergarten in ukraine this morning that was hit by a russian-backed group in this part of the country. the event was confirmed by ukraines foreign minister who said heavy weapons were used on this...

Over the past 24 hours. this is common. it is also very difficult to verify such claims because of the lack of international monitoring in that specific area because of these boundaries that are effectively in place. but this is the part of the ukraine that the us is very concerned about. we keep hearing about it, this false pretext for an invasion that the us is concerned about. essentially moscow, in their eyes, generating fake stories to build a justification for an invasion. we have most rec...

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Maybe seemingly smallish things happening in the last 24 to 48 hours. he calls it a scenario already in play of creating this false pretext for an invasion. what do you think of it? >> its really interesting how things have shifted a little bit, kate. so now youve got putin and the kremlin essentially saying, look, all were asking for is that the leadership in kyiv, the ukrainian government negotiate with these people in luhansk and other areas in the east, saying we want greater autonomy. thats...

Of this school? >> we have to look at it as one point in the broad picture. a picture of disinformation, possibility of russia manufacturing pretexts. so this is a case where the shells, according to the ukrainian military, came from the russian-controlled side of the line of contact there in eastern ukraine. at the same time, folks on the other side of that line in the russian-backed area, they are saying the ukrainians were shelling them and shelling has happened in this area for years. theres...

Incredibly complicated situation, that were all desperate to make sense of. joining us now on this quest to make sense of what is happening is ben rhodes, former deputy national -- to president obama. he was in that post when ukraine invaded russia in 2014. ben, its always good to see you. especially, and k e audit times like this, my friend. >> thanks, alex. >> first, lets talk about this latest assertion from the white house, that contrary to the russians are saying, were seeing a buildup of t...

Parliament considering recognizing it as independent, the concern is russia uses that as a pretext for either annexation, recognition or further military action. >> yeah, definitely a possibility. the fact there is a bill progressing through the russian parliament at the moment which would give vladimir putin the option of recognizing those rebel republics, rebel regions in ukraine as independent states is something we have to look at and look at closely. russia always has the option of going in...