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US Secretary of State Blinken: This is a “moment of peril” for the lives/safety of millions amid Russia threat
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said to the UN Security Council on Thursday that this is "a moment of peril" for the lives and safety of millions of people in Ukraine regarding the risk of a possible Russian invasion.
Additional Remarks:
- Blinken tells UN "we do not see Russia drawing down its forces."
- Blinken tells the UN security council that Russian forces are preparing to launch an attack against Ukraine "in the coming days".
- Russia plans to manufacture a pretext for its attack on Ukraine.
- A Russian pretext could include a fake or real attack using chemical weapons.
- Russian media has already begun spreading some of these false alarms.
- Blinken outlines a potential Russian disinformation campaign to UN security council.
- The Russian government may 'theatrically' convene emergency meetings.
- "I am here today not to start a war but to prevent one.”
- Russia's targets include Ukraine's capital Kyiv.
- We have information Russia will target specific groups of Ukrainians.
- The information presented here is validated by what we've seen unfolding in plain sight for months.
Author
Joel Frank
Independent Analyst
Joel Frank is an economics graduate from the University of Birmingham and has worked as a full-time financial market analyst since 2018, specialising in the coverage of how developments in the global economy impact financial asset
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