Russia Has Enough Troops at Border for Ukraine Invasion: White House
February 11, 2022
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as posted by the channelThe U.S. believes Russia could take offensive military action or attempt to spark a conflict inside Ukraine as early as next week, before the Winter Olympics in Beijing wrap up, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said.
Conflict “could begin during the Olympics despite a lot of speculation that it could only happen after” the Winter Games end, Sullivan told reporters at the White House on Friday. “What we can say is that there is a credible prospect that a Russian military action would take place even before the end of the Olympics.”
“Our view is that we do not believe he has made any kind of final decision, or we don’t know that he has made any final decision,” Sullivan added, referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
A Russian assault would likely begin with aerial bombing and missile attacks that would cause widespread civilian casualties, Sullivan said, encouraging Americans in Ukraine to leave as soon as feasible. The U.S. military would not go into Ukraine to evacuate Americans in case of conflict, he said.
“I can’t obviously predict what the exact shape or scope of the military action will be,” Sullivan added. “As I said before, it can take a variety of forms. It could be more limited, it could be more expansive, but there are very real possibilities that it will involve the seizure of a significant amount of territory in Ukraine and the seizure of major cities including the capital city.”
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