The U.S. claims to have information indicating that Russia is considering staging a 'fabricated attack' by Ukrainian forces — including a 'propaganda video' showing Russian casualties and fake mourners — in order to justify an invasion of Ukraine.
last October, and may have contributed to Russian fears that the military balance of power in war-torn eastern Ukraine may be shifting.that a Ukrainian drone killed military personnel in separatist territory Wednesday, though the report was never confirmed.to allow Ukraine to manufacture Turkish drones domestically.
The British government has also taken the rare step of publicizing purported intelligence about Russia's plans,The Russian government has denied all of these allegations and insisted that it has no plans to invade Ukraine, despite its massive military buildup."We believe this kind of information, true information that goes to planning, goes to an option under consideration, may make it more difficult for this exact plan to be executed," U.S.
"And even if it doesn't prevent this plan from being executed, we believe that after the fact there will be significant disinformation deployed by the Russian government to say that they had to take military action for a reason like this," he added. "Putting this information out in advance will make it much harder for them to win the argument and easier for us to keep our partners and allies aligned, which is an important part of our strategy in this entire situation."
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