The United States would have information according to which the order was sent to the Russian commands to carry out an invasion of Ukraine, affirmed Sunday several American media, citing anonymous sources in the field of information.
It was this information that would have prompted President Biden on Friday to say to himself “convinced“that Putin had decided to attack Ukraine, assures the Washington Post, attributing this information to anonymous sources without direct quotation. Asked by AFP, the White House, the Pentagon and the State Department did not confirm or invalidated this information, also relayed by other American media.
On Friday, a Pentagon official had assured that more than 40% of the Russian forces massed on Ukraine’s borders were now in an attack position, noting that the phase of destabilization of the country led by Russia had “start“.
Movements of Russian troops towards the Ukrainian border have been observed since Wednesday, the official said. Washington has been warning for weeks that Russia will cause an incident on the Ukrainian border to justify an invasion of Ukraine. On Sunday, the head of diplomacy Antony Blinken once more assured that “all“indicated that Russia was”regarding” to invade Ukraine. Russia denies any plan of invasion but demands guarantees for its security such as the withdrawal of NATO from Eastern Europe, all demands rejected by the West.
