The new granular information about Russia's plan was discussed in the Situation Room Thursday.
New granular detail about the planning of a false flag attack in Ukraine by Russia was among the intelligence items discussed in the Situation Room on Thursday night in an emergency meeting, U.S. officials confirmed to CBS News.
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters Friday that the U.S. is firmly convinced that Russia is looking hard at the creation of a false-flag operation to justify an invasion,"something that they generate and try to blame on the Ukrainians as a trigger for military action." Sullivan said that any subsequent attack would likely begin with"aerial bombing and missile attacks" ahead of"the onslaught of a massive force.
U.S. officials have said Russia already has intelligence operatives on the ground that could create a pretext for an invasion by assisting in creating a false flag.U.S. officials said this could involve Russian operatives"trained in urban warfare and in using explosives to carry out acts of sabotage against Russia's own proxy forces."
U.S. officials do not have evidence that Putin has decided to deploy these assets to launch an invasion but emphasize that he is now capable of making the decision to execute with very little warning. On Friday, Politico was the first to report that the U.S. had intelligence indicating that Russian military leaders had been told to be ready byThe cumulative picture of Moscow's planning triggered the U.S. on Saturday to pull out U.S.
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