ukraine accused russia of using the separatist it controls to provoke the ukrainian military into responding with force. thereby, giving russia an excuse to send its troops across the border. with all of that is a backdrop, secretary of state, anthony blinken, made an unscheduled stop at the un today, on his way to meet with u.s. allies in germany. he laid out, in stark and chilling detail, how russia might create a pretext for an attack. it could be a fabricated so-called terrorist bombing inside russia. the invent of the discovery of a mass grave. a stage drone strike against civilian. even a real attack using chemical weapons. russia may describe this offense as ethnic cleansing, or genocide. making a mockery of the concept that we in this chamber do not take lightly. russian missiles and bombs will drop across ukraine. communications will be jammed.
you. this is a moment of peril. terrorist bombing, inside russia. and the discovery of the mass graves. the stage drone strike against civilians or a stage, even a real attack using chemical weapons. todd: already, there has been showing in eastern ukraine with entries reported after a kindergarten school was hit putting u.s. and nato officials on high alert as moscow is the number two ambassador. meanwhile russia denies claims of a impatient despite 150,000 troops now posted along ukraine s borders. we look at our partners, to drop and to stop this hysteria
ukrainian government. we don t know exactly. it could be a fabricated so-called terrorist bombing inside russia. the invent of the discovery of a mass grave, stage drone strike against civilians, or a fake, even a real attack using chemical weapons. tucker: so they re going to use chemical weapons but it won t actually be them. it will be those diabolical russians. drunk on aftershave. once again, there is zero evidence that any of this is true. this is clearly some sort of intel op being filtered through the state department and the media. but yet, for months now they ve told us russia is definitely going to manufacture a pretext for an invasion. a lone ap reporter asked, how do you know this? they immediately accused him of working for putin. pretty much the only reporter who asked a question like that. there is a depressing irony to
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inside russia. the invent of the discovery of a mass grave. a stage drone strike against civilian. even a real attack using chemical weapons. russia may describe this offense as ethnic cleansing or genocide, making a mockery of the concept that we in this chamber do not take lightly. russian missiles and bombs will drop across ukraine. communications will be jammed. cyberattacks will shut down key ukrainian institutions. after that, russian tanks and soldiers will advance on key targets that have already been identified and wrapped up in detail plans. the state department said tonight that the blinken will meet with sergei lavrov in europe next week, provided there s no russian invasion. this comes as the u.s. says russia expelled its second most senior official of the american embassy in moscow, gorman. the state department calls it