After a tense day that included shelling of pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, the expulsion of the US ambassador to Moscow and an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, intelligence sources in Washington claimed yesterday (Thursday) that they had "reliable information that Russian allegations of withdrawal may be part" From a disinformation campaign designed to deceive Western countries. "
Moreover, anonymous sources claim that in the immediate term there may be incidents in the form of a "false flag", referring to a covert operation aimed at dropping the blame on Kiev and actually constituting a cause for war.
Defense Minister Shoigu, Russian President Poti and General Gersimov.
Looking for a cause for war ?, Photo: AP
According to the report, one of the occurrences detailed was the staging of a chemical attack on civilians and the use of corpses to simulate a real attack.
One source even noted that the blame could fall on the US as well.
For several days now, Washington has been claiming such a scenario, which has been ridiculously denied in Russia, in addition to Western reports of an alleged invasion planned for last Wednesday.
US President Joe Biden himself warned last night: "We have reason to believe that the Russians will be involved in a 'false flag' operation so that they have an excuse to enter. All indication we have is that they are ready to enter Ukraine and attack, in my opinion - it will happen in the coming days ".
President Biden, Photo: AP
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken also warned at a Security Council hearing that Russia intends to falsify grounds for invasion.
He stressed that already now Moscow is preparing the ground for such a provocation.
It should be noted that Russia did indeed submit documents to the Security Council yesterday in which it accused Ukraine of crimes against pro-Russian separatists in Luhansk and Donetsk.
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