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US alleges Russia planning false flag operation against Ukraine using 'graphic' video

US officials alleged Thursday that Russia has been preparing to "fabricate a pretext for an invasion" of Ukraine by creating "a very graphic propaganda video" that would depict a fake attack by Ukraine against Russia.

The US' disclosure of the alleged plot is the latest in a series of revelations designed to blunt the impact of any pretext Russia may use to invade Ukraine, and comes after US officials warned that Moscow could use a false flag operation to justify such an invasion. Russia has continued building up forces and military equipment along Ukraine's borders, despite diplomatic efforts by the US and allies to de-escalate the situation.

Speaking at a Pentagon briefing Thursday, press secretary John Kirby said that the US believes the Russian government "is planning to stage a fake attack by Ukrainian military or intelligence forces against Russian sovereign territory or against Russian-speaking people" in order to create false rationale for an invasion.

"As part of this fake attack, we believe that Russia would produce a very graphic propaganda video which would include corpses and actors that would be depicting mourners and images of destroyed locations, as well as military equipment at the hands of Ukraine or the West, even to the point where some of this equipment would be made to look like it was Western supplied ... to Ukraine equipment," Kirby said.

С одной стороны, трупы, актеры... Как-то сложновато для России это выглядит. Можно ж разбомбить по-настоящему, тогда и актеров не нужно будет.

Да и бомбить не нужно. Можно просто нарисовать украинский истребитель, как это было сделано со сбитым Боингом, — поверить, что так, что этак, никто все равно не поверит, но формально повод будет.

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Пенс:

I heard this week that President Trump said I had the right to overturn the election. President Trump is wrong. I had no right to overturn the election. The presidency belongs to the American people and the American people alone. And, frankly, there is no idea more Un-American than the notion that any one person could choose the American president.

Мне, вообще, кажется, что это довольно большое дело, что Пенс наконец, больше чем через год после известных событий, решился это сказать.

Может быть, большое дело. Посмотрим, как события будут развиваться дальше.

Pence says Trump is “wrong” about January 6th

“I heard this week that President Trump said I had the right to overturn the election. President Trump is wrong. I had no right to overturn the election. The presidency belongs to the American people”
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— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) February 4, 2022

P.S. Тоже правда:

Honestly, good for Mike Pence. It's wild we've come to the point where rejecting a frankly authoritarian coup takes any courage at all, but that's where we're at!