The U.S. has not provided specific evidence for its claims.
Highlights
- The U.S.
- says Russia is considering staging a “fabricated attack” by Ukrainian forces, an official says.
- The official says Russian intelligence services are “intimately involved” in the planning of the fabricated attack.
- It’s the second time in recent weeks that the Biden administration has publicly accused Russia of plotting an operation that would serve as a pretext to invade Ukraine.
- The Russian government has denied all of these allegations and insisted that it has no plans to invade the country.
- The State Department has declined to provide specific evidence for the allegations, citing the need to “protect sources and methods” The Russian state-run propaganda outlet RT claimed that a Ukrainian drone killed military personnel in separatist territory Wednesday.