de-escalation pointing to intelligence that shows that russia has actually moved 7,000 additional troops to the border with ukraine. here's president biden earlier today. >> we have reason to believe that they are engaged in a false flag operation to have an excuse to go in. every indication we have is they're prepared to go in to attack ukraine. >> behind that warning by president biden that russia is looking to create a false pretext to invade a series of attacks this morning that include the shelling of a kindergarten when the government says is the work of russian-backed militias. secretary of state blinken made a strom at the united nations to make it clear to the international community that russia is on the path to war. using a tactic that the administration used again and