{"id":480151,"date":"2022-01-14T10:37:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T08:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=480151"},"modified":"2022-01-14T10:37:24","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T08:37:24","slug":"u-s-says-russia-looking-for-pretext-to-invade-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/u-s-says-russia-looking-for-pretext-to-invade-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. says Russia looking for pretext to invade Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The threat of a Russian military invasion of Ukraine is &#8220;high&#8221; as Putin could pursue with the move under any pretext or even without any but the United States and its allies are ready for any scenarios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was stated on Thursday during a White House briefing by U.S. President&#8217;s National Security Advisor <strong>Jake Sullivan<\/strong>, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrinform.net\/rubric-polytics\/3384814-biden-says-russia-looking-for-pretext-to-invade-ukraine.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ukrinform<\/a> correspondent reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;[I]t is certainly the case that the threat of military invasion is high,&#8221; Sullivan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The official stressed that no one in the U.S. administration has any illusions about the prospects for potential conflict and potential military escalation by <strong>Russia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Sullivan, the U.S. intelligence community has developed information that Russia is laying the groundwork to have the option of fabricating a pretext for an invasion, including through sabotage activities and information operations, by accusing Ukraine of preparing an imminent attack against Russian forces in Eastern Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, Biden&#8217;s advisor noted that the intelligence has no information yet on whether Putin has made a final decision on his further intentions as regards Ukraine. According to the official, \u201cthe United States and our European allies and partners are prepared for multiple different eventualities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sullivan stressed that the American side aims to pursue further diplomatic efforts to advance security and stability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We are also united with our allies and partners that if Russia chooses to go a different way for whatever reason, or no reason at all \u2013 well, we\u2019ll be ready for that,&#8221; the <strong>White House<\/strong> advisor said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Describing the recent talks with the Russians on the part of the United States and NATO, Sullivan called them &#8220;frank and direct,&#8221; adding that no agreement had been reached so far. In this regard, he noted that the United States would first consult with the allies in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He reiterated that the U.S. had been \u201cvery clear\u201d with Russia on the costs and consequences of further military action or destabilization in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/putin-s-ultimate-goal-is-control-over-all-of-eastern-europe-political-scientist\/\">Putin\u2019s ultimate goal is control over all of Eastern Europe \u2013 political scientist<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The threat of a Russian military invasion of Ukraine is &#8220;high&#8221; as &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":472965,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,49,55,50],"tags":[78],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-480151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","category-news-en","category-ukraine-en","category-svit-en","tag-homepage-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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