US has intelligence Putin will stage a 'false flag' attack on his OWN troops to set up a pretext to invade Ukraine after talks between the US and Russia collapsed
*US officials accused Russia on Friday of planning 'false-flag' attacks to justify invasion of Ukraine
*Agents trained in urban warfare and sabotage are preparing to hit Russian proxy forces as first step, they said
*It would mimic the Russian playbook used in 2014 when it annexed the Crimean peninsula
*Kiev has been on alert since Moscow moved 100,000 troops, missiles and heavy weapons close to its border
*Meanwhile, Ukrainian websites were hacked with the message 'be afraid and expect the worst'
*The Kremlin denied it was preparing to launch false-flag attacks, calling the reports 'unfounded'
*Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said Russia had 'run out of patience' with the West
By Rob Crilly, Senior U.S. Political Reporter For Dailymail.Com
Published: 11:01 EST, 14 January 2022 | Updated: 13:45 EST, 14 January 2022
The US has intelligence that Russia is planning a 'false-flag' operation on its own forces in eastern Ukraine to create a pretext for invasion.
Officials on Friday also said they believed Russia was mounting a social media disinformation campaign to portray Ukraine as the aggressor.
The update, making the prospect of military conflict more immediate, came as Ukrainian government websites were taken offline in a 'massive' cyberattack, talks between Washington and Moscow collapsed and Russia held a combat readiness inspection of their troops. ...
Daily Mail (U.K.)
