Russia has selected its targets in Ukraine according to the United States.US Secretary of State Antony Blinken believes that Moscow has already planned which parts of Ukraine to target. He also said that Russia is laying the groundwork to justify a war. In addition, he urged Moscow to change its course.
The US claims that evidence shows that Russia is “moving towards an imminent invasion” despite Russia’s claim to withdraw. US officials including President Joe Biden believe that the attack will happen “in the next few days”.
“Every indication that we have is that they are prepared to go into Ukraine, attack Ukraine,” Biden said.
Russia however answer and said that these were “baseless accusations”.
Blinken suspects that Russia will generate a pretext of war. This could include fabricated terrorist bombing, the discovery of mass graves, or staged drone strikes. “Russia may describe this event as ethnic cleansing or a genocide, making a mockery of a concept that we in this chamber do not take lightly,” Blinken said.
“The information I presented here is validated by what we’ve seen unfolding in plain sight before our eyes for months,” Blinken said. “Remember that while Russia has repeatedly regarded our warnings as melodrama and nonsense. They’ve been steadily amassing more than 100,000 troops on Ukraine’s borders.”
Russian Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Sergey Vershinin, warned others about making the UN meeting a “circus,”. He said they should not present “baseless accusations saying that Russia allegedly was going to attack Ukraine.”
“We have long ago clarified everything and explained everything. And the announced date of this so-called invasion is behind us, so, therefore … my advice to you is [to] not present yourself in an awkward situation,” Vershinin said.