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Fire, which would enable the russians to say that the russian minority or just the russian population in eastern ukraine is under attack, which is something that putin has been signaling since this crisis began. he said as recently as just a couple days ago that that population in eastern ukraine was the brunt of general genocide on the part of kyiv. and it could be truthful. we talking about something like a rag tag group of fighters who are backed and in some cases led by russians in eastern u...

Biden were here during the obama administration and when this happened, when russia illegally annexed crimea in 2014. so they have something they are basing this off of it and it is better to put the intelligence out there, to thwart or disrupt some of putins plans and i think that is what theyre trying to use to thur advantage and being very forthcoming with had a what theyre seeing. >> how do ukrainians view these false claims coming from russia? >> i think their not surprised by them at all. ...

And then there is the area that was planned for hundreds of thousand, but yet, a far less, and pictures on the russian state less, and they get 130 rubles on the rivals in russia, and how many arrive then it is the sort of the pretext that russia used in the past to justify assisting the separatist rebels. this video is quite dramatic, and separatists said it is the polish saboteurs to blow up a polish plant friday morning, and the met meta newsreel that does match the timing. and this explosion...

Explosion of a vehicle inside their test, near their government building. the state department immediately labeling that a false flag operation. we have long thought that the russian invasion may be preceded by some kind of pretext. an excuse, some type of information that would give president putin to come into ukraine to, say, defend ethnic russians or russian speakers. all of these llts, boris and amara, contributing to what is becoming a combustible situation. were watching very carefully wh...

Security council no less blunt and remarkably specific about how he would start. >> first, russia plans to manufacture a pretext for its attack. second, in response to this manufactured provocation, the highest levels of the russian government may theatrically convene emergency meetings to address the crisis, next the attack will begin. weve warned the ukrainian government of all that is coming and here today we are laying it out in great detail with the hope that by sharing what we know with th...

Invade the ukrainian territory to take the other 2/3s of the states in the eastern part of ukraine away from the ukrainian government and put them under control of moscow. this is a pretense to invasion, pretext. we ought to respond strongly to it. >> trace: you make a very good point. ukrainian army forces control significant chunks of these two territories. i want to play this sound bite from john kirby and jake sullivan. >> were absolutely prepared to sit down and seriously discuss with mr. p...

>> is there any -- is there any strategy in what joe biden would have said? he didnt say it loosely, and he reiterated what he said, but is there a strategy in signaling to russia, we have intelligence that you have made a decision? and that has upped the ante? >> i think the strategy people have to keep in mind, its not just the russian audience, and its not just the audience of putin. i do think theyve, im sure, signalled that they would continue to want to pursue diplomacy, continue to explor...

The blockade of ottawa. hello and welcome to bbc news. our top story now and theres been a dramatic escalation in russia—ukraine tensions. this morning, russian—backed separatists in eastern ukraine have ordered a full military mobilisation in the latest sign that a russian invasion of ukraine may be imminent. russia says it fears a ukrainian attack. ukraine says russia is trying to create a pretext for an invasion. international monitors say theres been a big increase in shelling across the...

Things happening very quickly this evening. bringing some breaking news from moscow. president putin ordering peacekeeping operations in eastern ukraines two breakaway regions. i sat at the top of the programme this was the pretext the russian president had been looking for to send russian troops across the bridge into ukraine. in the last few minutes he said there will be a peacekeeping operation to protect russian backed separatists in those two areas, so some reaction to that. mick mulvaney, ...

That would mean nato and russia are in open conflict. this is not about ukrainian membership in nato. president bush stated it as an aspiration 14 years ago. there is no plan for ukraine to join nato. not something thats coming up. its a pretext for vladimir putin to do what he has wanted to do since he took power more than 20 years ago, resemble the greater russian empire. simply believes now conditions are ripe for him to do so. unfortunately a lot of that has to do with the long train of conc...