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Pentagon: "Credible" Intel Shows Russia Is Prepping An Operation To Justify Invading Ukraine

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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What Do We Know About Russian Operatives in Ukraine?

The pentagon says it has very credible intelligence indicating that russia has prepositioned a group of operatives ready to conduct a false flag operation in eastern ukraine. This kind of operation would therefore create some sort of pretext for putin to order a russian invasion of yukraine. The administration now believes this could lead to that rRussian attack, and it could result in widespread human rights violations and even war crimes.

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