assertions, and it defies basic logic to believe the ukrainians would choose this moment with well over 150,000 troops arrayed on its borders, to escalate a year-long conflict. russia state media continue to make phony allegations of a genocide taking place in the donbas and push fabricated claims warning about ukraine's attack on russia without any evidence. just what ukraine is thinking of doing. attacking russia. all of these are squint the play book the russians have used before. to set up a false justification to act against ukraine. this is also in line with the pretext scenario that's the united states and our allies and partners have been warning about for weeks. throughout these tense moments, the ukrainian forces have shown great judgment, and i might add, restrain. they've refused to allow the russians to bait them into war. the fact remains, russian troops