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In eastern ukraine. the violence persists. doubling in recent days and separatist leaders accusing the ukrainian military of planning some sort of attack, something that the ukrainian military denies. separatist leaders evacuating thousands of women and children. and they were also calling on the men in donbass, to carry arms in preparation for a fight. , now ukrainians are saying that they believe that this is a pretext, a potential pretext for escalating the safety. tense situations with you i...

When he is going to push the button if he does. >> we know the signs u.s. officials are watching for is if russia starts launching cyber attacks, already attributed attacks that happened last week to russia, very quick attribution but what cyber activity should we expect if the russians do pull the trigger? >> i think the first thing youll see will be some sort of pretext, some sort of manufactured pretext justifying the invasion. united states done a good job thus far of revealing and exposing ...

Joining me now beth, cnn national security analyst. beth, you served as deputy director of national intelligence during the trump administration. what do you think about a possible summit to avert an invasion? do you think its realistic at all? >> well, i think its something that you have to do. it would be diplomatic malpractice if you didnt go ahead and do this sort of thing. i do think that at this point i, you know, i lean toward this being more of a delaying tactic. we still havent seen tha...

Internationally recognised peace process thats been going on in eastern ukraine for the past few years, which hasnt made much progress but a few days ago president putin recommitted himself to that peace process. it could also give a pretext to russian forces, or to move them openly into the donbas and possibly not only into areas under rebel control but further still. that would trigger almost certainly western sanctions. this would be a major development. what a piece of theatre we witnessed i...

Point of readiness across ukraines borders to the north, to the east, to the south. everything seems to be in place for russia to engage in a major aggression against ukraine. >> to be clear, you think tonight that could happen or will happen? >> i cant put a date or an exact time on it. >> a senior u.s. defense official also tells nbc that russia has brought in nearly 100% of all the forces we anticipated putin would need. quote, they are literally ready to go now. additionally, russian state m...

Arming of ukraine are the supplying of weapons and ammunition as a reason for, as a pretext really for its invasion of ukraine. they want that to stop, the fact that we have been increasing those, that supports, of course, it drives them crazy, it drives put in crazy. they will be one of the things that he strained to prevent, so that will be tough, it will be risky, but we have plenty of open borders with nato members that can provide this stuff to ukraine. as we have shown you, the assault is ...

On high alert. >> we are in the window where we believe that an attack could come anytime, that would be proceeded by a fabricated pretext that the russians used as an excuse to launch an invasion. claims of provocation, full state media reports, i think you should, everyone should keep their eyes open and aware of that potential, fake videos, false accusations about chemical weapons, accounts of attacks on russian soldiers that have not actually occurred. >> with us tonight, former u.s. ambassa...

That he wanted to justify his invasion. while announcing new sanctions, president biden said, quote, we shared declassified evidence about russias plans and false pretext so that there could be no confusion or cover up about what putin is doing. putin is the aggressor. putin chose this war. end quote. it cant be said enough this is a highly unusual strategy considering that intelligence agencies usually keep their information very close to the chest. this tactic did not prevent russias invasion,...

He was so emphatic, that clearly underscores that he has got information that he firmly believes is pointing in that direction. >> so, you ever heard secretary of state blincken warn of false-flag operations russia could use as a pretext, you see report of car bombing and evacuation of civilians to russia. in your opinion, is this part of the excuse russia will use to go to war? >> well, it is entirely possible. look, i, myself, was in the national intelligence council back in 2006 to 2009 when ...

They get 10,000 rubles or $130 on arrival in russia. and however many really arrive, it is the sort of pretext russia used in the past to justify assisting separatist rebels. this video is quite dramatic and separatists said it was of clashes with polish saboteurs, trying to blow up an ammonia storage plant on friday morning. but the videos metadata shows that it was created about ten days earlier. another technical fact that doesnt fit the separatist narrative. a separatist news crew was at han...