Ukraine crisis: USA make plans public - Russia speaks of "hysteria"
Created: 02/18/2022, 09:03
By: Max Schaefer
The Ukraine conflict is an issue in the UN Security Council.
Antony Blinken outlines Russia's possible attack plans.
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin speaks of a provocation.
No relaxation is in sight in the conflict between Ukraine* and Russia*.
Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State*, outlines Russia's possible attack plans in the UN Security Council.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Wershinin describes the portrayal as a provocation.
Munich/Brussels – The ongoing Ukraine crisis was the only topic at the UN Security Council meeting on Thursday (February 17, 2022).
On the way to the Munich Security Conference, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken also made a stopover in New York.
He again explained how an attack pretext could be constructed: "This could be a violent event that Russia will bring against Ukraine, or an outrageous accusation that Russia will bring against the Ukrainian government."
Ukraine crisis: Blinken outlines possible Russian attack plans in the UN Security Council
Blinken described Russia's possible course of action in the conflict and in the event of a possible invasion.
The pretext could be a terrorist attack in Russia, the discovery of a mass grave, a staged drone attack on civilians or a "fake - or even real - attack with chemical weapons," Der Spiegel quoted the US Secretary of State as saying.
Russian soldiers at a military exercise.
(Archive photo) © Russian Defense Ministry/AFP
In his speech, which lasted about 15 minutes, Blinken also explained Russia's possible course of action in the event of an invasion.
“Communication networks are blocked.
Cyber attacks will paralyze key Ukrainian institutions.
After that, Russian tanks and soldiers will advance to key targets,” Der Spiegel quoted the US Secretary of State as saying.
However, he is not on the Security Council to start a war, but to prevent one.
Ukraine crisis: Russia rejects allegations
At Thursday's meeting, Antony Blinken called on Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin to explain to the world in the Security Council that Russia would not invade Ukraine.
He was unimpressed by the allegations from the United States.
"We have speculated enough about it," Vershinin said, according to Spiegel.
The scenarios described by Blinken are nothing but a provocation.
"Stop this hysteria about Russian aggression," he also said after the meeting.
Der Spiegel quotes him as saying that it is Russia's "sovereign right" to move troops on its own territory.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken outlines in detail in the UN Security Council how Russia could proceed in the Ukraine conflict.
© Richard Drew/dpa
The US has previously warned that Russia could fabricate a pretext to justify an attack on Ukraine.
What is new, however, is the detailed description of blinking in a public forum.
Russia has repeatedly denied the allegations.
(ms/dpa)
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