A week of high-profile diplomatic talks between the West and Russia have not dispelled fears that Russia may be preparing to attack Ukraine.
The Pentagon warned that the Kremlin could be plotting what’s called"a false-flag operation" as a pretext for invading Ukraine.between the West and Russia have not dispelled fears that Russia may be preparing to attack Ukraine.
The White House accused Russia of"pre-positioning" operatives to be ready to stage a"false-flag operation" in eastern Ukraine that would justify a Russian attack. But in the three sets of talks this week, Russia did not budge from its core demands. Again and again, its negotiators repeated it will accept nothing less than the NATO security guarantees. While expressing interest in the U.S. offers to discuss arms control, Russian officials said it was impossible to make progress on those areas without the guarantees. The U.S. and NATO in the talks were equally uncompromising in rejecting those guarantees, saying they cannot yield on core principles.
The U.S. as well as some analysts have worried Russia was engaging in the talks all along with the expectation they would fail, allowing it to then claim it had no choice to use force after diplomacy failed. Some now said the talks' outcome proved that was the case. videos posted to social media that appeared to show long trains carrying tanks and other military vehiclesRob Lee, an analyst based at Kings College London's Department of War Studies, told ABC News on Thursday equipment that was being moved.
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