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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/24/ukraine-russia-denials/Russias attack on Ukraine came after months of denials it would attack
By Adam Taylor
Today at 11:40 a.m. EST
For weeks, Russian officials and commentators had strongly denied that the country was planning an attack on neighboring Ukraine. At points, they ridiculed such claims from the United States and its allies as hysteria and fairy tales.
Western officials have expressed concern about the risk of conflict since late last year, citing an unusual buildup of Russian forces and military machinery near the border with Ukraine. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov dismissed the idea, telling reporters that Russia doesnt threaten anyone and that it was allowed to move troops within its borders.
Any suggestion that Russia was planning to invade Ukraine was a hollow and unfounded attempt to incite tensions, Peskov said in November.
On Dec. 3, The Washington Post published a report that said U.S. officials believed the Kremlin is planning a multi-front offensive on Ukraine as soon as early next year involving up to 175,000 troops.
Russian officials denied there was anything unusual about the buildup, with Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova suggesting in remarks to a Russian newspaper that there had been provocative actions near Russias borders accompanied by accusatory rhetoric.
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Russia's attack on Ukraine came after months of denials it would attack (Original Post)
dalton99a
Feb 2022
OP
Oh sure, there won't be any war, except if we have to defend ourselves against the horrible
SWBTATTReg
Feb 2022
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SWBTATTReg
(22,133 posts)1. Oh sure, there won't be any war, except if we have to defend ourselves against the horrible
Ukrainian invaders!
chocolatpi
(7,888 posts)2. Says the guy who the previous pResident gave a guided tour
Says the guy who rumpie invited into our White House, all smiles and grins. Celebrating the joint election effort and theft of the Presidency from its' winner, Madame Secty. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,293 posts)3. Just like TFG, putin is a liar