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| 2.11.22
U.S. Believes Russia May Launch Invasion of Ukraine ‘At Any Time’ - Americans Warned to Leave Ukraine Immediately
Are you concerned about Russia invading Ukraine?
What’s the story?
- The U.S. government is warning that Russia may begin an invasion of Ukraine “at any time” and is urging Americans in Ukraine to leave the country in the next 24 to 48 hours or “as quickly as possible” because the U.S. military won’t be able to assist in their evacuation if Russia launches a full-scale invasion.
- National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan spoke at a White House press briefing Friday, where he warned the threat of Russian invasion is “immediate” and could begin “any day now”. Sullivan added, “There is a credible prospect that a Russian military action would take place even before the end of the Olympics.”
- He pushed back on questions regarding reports by several news outlets that said U.S. and NATO defense officials have determined that Russian leader Vladimir Putin has made the decision to launch his invasion of Ukraine next week. He said the U.S. government’s view, which it has shared with NATO allies, is that American officials don’t know that Putin has made any kind of a final decision or has definitively given an order to proceed with an invasion.
- If Russia launches a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, it will likely be preceded by a pre-emptive bombardment using aircraft, artillery, and ballistic missiles that “could obviously kill civilians without regard to their nationality.” It may also involve cyberattacks and electronic warfare that would impede or deny access to means of transportation and disrupt communications. Sullivan emphasized that the U.S. military won’t be sent “into a warzone to rescue people who could have left now but chose not to.”
- President Joe Biden met with transatlantic leaders on Friday including heads of state from key NATO member countries, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, and the leaders of the European Commission and European Council. Biden departed D.C. for Camp David without speaking to the press about the situation while Sullivan was at the press briefing. Biden will reportedly speak with Putin tomorrow, and the Russian leader is also going to speak separately with French President Emmanuel Macron.
Western Countries Urge Citizens to Leave Ukraine Now
- The U.S. began encouraging Americans to leave Ukraine last week, but is now doing so with increased urgency as Sullivan said Friday, “Any American in Ukraine should leave as soon as possible and in any event, the next 24-48 hours.”
- American citizens who are in Ukraine are being asked by the State Dept. to fill out an online form so that they can better communicate with you, and completing this form “is especially important if you plan to remain in Ukraine.” The form can be found here.
- About 7,000 American citizens and dual nationals who are in Ukraine have registered with the State Dept. and there may be an additional 25,000 in the country. They are being urged to leave by commercial flights while they are available or to make other arrangements to leave as soon as possible. Embassy officials are personally calling Americans in Ukraine to advise them to leave and help coordinate their departure.
- If an invasion occurs and transport by air or rail becomes impractical, they will be encouraged to proceed by land to the west toward Ukraine’s borders with Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania. Americans could also flee Ukraine to Moldova, but shouldn’t enter that country through the breakaway region of Transnistria, where the U.S. Embassy has limited access.
- The U.S. isn’t the only government urging its citizens to leave. The United Kingdom’s Foreign Office is advising British citizens to “leave now while commercial means are still available.” Israel, Japan, and Norway are also urging their citizens to leave as soon as possible. The European Union is reducing the footprint of its diplomatic staff in Ukraine to the bare minimum, while The Netherlands is moving its diplomatic post from the capital city of Kyiv to Lviv in Western Ukraine and also urging citizens to depart. American observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, who have been monitoring the conflict and ceasefire violations in Eastern Ukraine, are also being evacuated.
What’s happening with Russia’s military buildup?
- Russia’s military has amassed more than 130,000 troops along Russia’s border with Ukraine, in occupied Crimea, and in neighboring Belarus under the guise of military exercises. The buildup currently includes about 60% of Russia’s ground combat power, including many units that have been moved from the country’s Far East.
- The buildup also includes logistical units beyond what would be needed to sustain standard exercises, indicating that Russia at minimum has built up the capacity to sustain combat operations. Open-source satellite images taken in recent days show that field hospitals are being assembled at Russian military staging areas near Ukraine’s border.
- Additionally, the Russian naval presence currently in the Black Sea is the largest since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, while elements of Russia’s Baltic Fleet and Pacific Fleet are operating in the Mediterranean Sea.
- Taken together, Russia has assembled forces that could threaten Ukraine from several avenues of attack, as U.S. intelligence has identified nine potential routes that Russia could take into Ukraine if a full-scale invasion is launched. A Russian invasion would be the largest military conflict that Europe has seen since the end of World War II.
RELATED READING
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- NATO Increases Readiness of Multinational Response Force - What Is It? (1/29/22)
- State Dept. Encourages American Citizens to Leave Ukraine, Begins Evacuation of Embassy Staff Members' Families (1/24/22)
- U.S. & NATO Allies Provide Aid to Ukraine Amid Russia's Military Buildup (1/22/22)
- U.S. Intel Warns Russia is Prepping ‘False Flag’ Operation as Pretext for Invading Ukraine (1/15/22)
- Biden Tells Ukrainian President the U.S. ‘Will Respond Decisively’ if Russia Invades Further (1/3/22)
- U.S. & NATO Urge Russia to Pull Back From its Military Buildup on Ukraine’s Border (12/3/21)
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— Eric Revell
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I like, very much, the idea of getting the innocents (not just American citizens but any others that want to get out of there) to get loaded up and taken to safety first!
Who cares…. Fix our border.. NOW
FALSE FLAGS ABOUND EVERYWHERE! Do you recognize the time you are living in?
Covid scam is winding down. Forced vaccine rebellion is giving cover for the falsely elected leaders to crack down and remove freedoms and bring in global communism. When they bloody and haul off the peaceful citizen protesters, what then? Are you glad the Chinese soldiers were blocked from massing in Canada by the previous administration?
Vlad has already spent too much on the "showing". He can't stop now. You must know that.
Congress should restore their own constitutional right to make war. The president should not be allowed to do so without Congressional approval. And Congress should not approve war with Russia. War is obsolete. Leaders use the threat of war to prop up low approval ratings in both Russia and the U.S. The American people and their elected representatives should demand that disarmament negotiations be the top priority and that the President step back from dangerous threats against Russia. The world cannot afford war. The enemy is not the Russian people, the enemy is war.
NATO needs to let putin know that sanctions alone will not be his only punishment, we could also isolate all russians, no travel or trade with all NATO countries, and as a last resort NATO will use military!!
@Louise. God knows they used burner phones, they bragged about it. For Trumps 4 yrs in office all law and order laws were suspended with the help of the DOJ and pathetically weak men like Mueller, and the rest of his cronies
I am concerned of course however; I have every confidence in our President who knows Putin better than any others in D.C. I wish the Russian allies within our government, trump and friends, would exit before they are exposed and charged with treason, and we have to arrange firing squads for the lot of them!
Yes, I’m very concerned that Putin has decided to annex Ukraine. President Biden has said the US will not engage our troops. I appreciate that announcement as I fear WW3 otherwise. If the Russians invade, NATO should induce sanctions and cripple the Russian economy instead. Americans that want out of Ukraine should get out of Ukraine now. If not, they should not expect the US to retrieve them since we are not sending military into Ukraine if invaded.
Hey Carina, if you are concerned about the status of our military, perhaps you should look to your senile stooge Trump who had our military attack US citizens as practice targets. Fortunately, Trump’s attack on the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 was unsuccessful…..You treasonous traitors are all the same, stupid as hell where all of you came from.
Hope Russia gets this over so our REPS get back to work on Our County as it is so messed - up! (Our border) And I want a refund on my taxes since I’m very unhappy where you Spent My Tax Money.
It is important that US Nationals leave immediately. The US will not and should not risk an all out shooting war with US troops in Ukraine to get Americans out if they choose to stay. No one is going to risk a world war with Russia and the possibility of tactical nukes being deployed. … … … Putin is very much a chess player but he has also shown himself to be quite reckless at times. The Russian military is essentially always at war and willing to poke at the boundaries of adversaries to test their resolve. If he invades, take away much of Russias collective income by shutting down their gas pipeline to Central Europe.
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Did you know that Putin and Trump were secret lovers? Epstein introduced them.
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Watch what they DO, not what they say.
Before the sh*t hits the fan, everyone should leave! This should have been done a lot earlier though. I really don't get it, all the signs were there...hello! Putin is an a$$! He loves pounding his chest. He wants to be a king of the world. He's a danger to humanity! We don't want a world war 3 to happen because we all know how that will end.
Interesting how the Right has fallen in love with one of Trump's Autocratic BFFs, Putin. Who says things don't change? I remember how for decades, the Right detested the USSR ("Russia"). For a long time most Ameticans feared the "Soviet Menance" how bad "Communism" and "Socialism" were. I still know people who freak out at the very mention of Socialism but corruption is just fine. And there we thought the Right loved Democracy as well as Capitalism, noooo they were root, root, rooting for Fascism and the Corruption it brings. Things are revealed in time. Makes sense, no? Psst: Look how things are run in Russia under Putin. Aiii Yai Yai! Putin ain't no isolationist, babe.
They are just projecting on Russia what they already have done