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>> we heard there are administration sources who believe that the russians may use a false flag propaganda, fake video to try to use that as some way to get a pre-text to invade and ned price at the state department was asked what's the evidence of that. here is a bit of the exchange in his answer. >> you just come out and say this and expect us to believe it without you showing a shred of evidence that it's true. >> if you doubt the credibility of the u.s. government, of the british government, of other governments and want to find solace and information that the russians are putting out, tha...

The ones from nato, that's not to say they're dismissing this. they're taking it seriously but fought speaking with the same ominous tones as nato officials are. ukraine is soon to be facing russian military action on three different flonts. the ukrainian foremaign ministe is they are demanding what they are up to. russia will say we are carrying out exerciseing. some of the biggest exercises since the cold war. ukraine's national security council says they are on instances of provocation, which russia has used in the past to justify military action. they think that that could be a pre-text fo...

What's going against ukraine on the russian side is larger than that right now, and those five divisions, we don't have them in europe. we don't have a single division in europe right now. we have one brigade of about 100 tanks there, that's it. and so there's no way we would ever be able to in this scenario do anything, but vladimir putin knows it, and that's why all the nato threat is just an excuse, a pre-text to do something to ukraine for war. >> just a quick question. the shorthand is people everyone says, oh, we're going to war. that shorthand is wrong, right? >> absolutely wrong. >> ok...

This is language that president putin has used before. he's banded around this word gen genocide. there isn't evidence that russian official vss have complained about human rights violations in that eastern area. president putin has said and his spokes m s spokesman said that it's going to be up to them, up to president putin wornds hether o they move on this vote. the moment the kremlin is saying it wants to follow the talks that it cares and is concerned about the people in that eastern region. this genocide claim can be used as a pre-text to go into -- for russian forces to enter that

Onto buses and being taken out of ukraine into russia. in other words, they are looking more at the possible pre-text for russia to take action to go in and help those people protect and rescue them, whatever. it's not -- i don't think russia would say because they deny that want to attack. what they would say is we need to protect the people in there and that theoretically could give a pre-text for an attack. >> today vladmir putin over saw a russian strategic weapons exercise. why are these exercises so particularly important? >> i think they are very important, at least physically and symbo...