According to her, the United States is closely monitoring Russia’s actions. And the movement of Russian troops to Belarus raises concerns.
“We are following everything Russia is doing very closely. The fact that we are seeing this movement of troops into Belarus clearly gives the Russians a different approach should they decide to take further military action against Ukraine,” Asher said.
She also noted that the US is concerned that Russia is creating a pretext for a possible multi-pronged invasion.
“You probably followed the news last week where we shared our concern about a possible false flag operation that the Russians could undertake again to prepare for an invasion of Ukraine. So this idea that Russia could lay the groundwork for To be able to fabricate a pretext for an invasion – be it through sabotage, information operations or troop deployment – is something we pay very close attention to,” she said.
Asher added that the Russian military plans to begin operations weeks before the military invasion.
“According to our assessment, this can happen at any time between mid-January and May,” she said.
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